In eight months, the carmakers produced 775,496 cars, which is 12.6% more than last year, but compared to the pre-crisis year of 2019, this means a loss of 17.7%.
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Due to the lack of semiconductors, car production will be about 140,000 cars lower this year. The Association of the Automotive Industry announced this on Thursday.
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Škoda Auto and Toyota have extended traditional summer outages due to missing semiconductors. In the summer, Škoda produced 42% fewer cars than last year.
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In eight months, production increased by 7.9% to 486,423 vehicles. In Toyota, production fell by 37% in July and stopped in August.
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However, total production rose by 5.8% to 106,673 cars. At the Hyundai brand, holiday production was roughly at last year’s level. From January to the end of August, it increased production by 33.1% to 182,400 cars.
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The Hyundai plant in Nošovice has not yet had to stop production due to a lack of components.
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“There are problems, but we don’t have to interrupt the shifts yet,” said Petr Michník, a spokesman for the Silesian factory. He added, however, that there will be no overtime Saturday shifts in Nošovice, which the company originally planned for September.
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“The situation in the automotive industry is not improving, quite the opposite. In Malaysia, production at key chip suppliers was temporarily suspended due to measures against the spread of coronavirus, “said Zdeněk Petzl, the association’s executive director.
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“Supplies have also been affected by logistics problems, such as the closure of some major Chinese ports. As a result, some producers were not able to realize the required production not only in the Czech Republic, “Petzl pointed out.
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“We estimate that due to the missing chips, approximately 140,000 vehicles will not be produced in the country, which would otherwise be of interest to customers,” added the director of the association.
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At the same time, according to the association, there is a clear trend of increasing demand for electric vehicles, especially in export markets.
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Overall, the number of electric cars and plug-in hybrids produced exceeded 10%, increasing by 0.9 percentage points to 10.5 percent compared to the results from the first half of the year.
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In August, every fifth vehicle manufactured in the Czech Republic was electrified. 46,139 battery electric cars and 34,920 plug-in hybrids were produced.
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Bus production remained almost unchanged year on year. 2984 vehicles were produced, ie 25 buses less.
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Traditionally, the largest manufacturer is the Iveco CR in Vysoké Mýto. From January to August, the company produced 2,738 buses, ie 0.9% more year-on-year, SOR Libchavy produced 233 buses, of which more than a fifth (48) were fully electric.
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Jawa Moto produced 736 motorcycles this year, which is 128% more than in the same period last year.
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