Automotive
Updates on production, innovation and investment in Slovakia's largest industry: automobile manufacturing
Coronavirus crisis reduced car production by an estimated 20 percent in Slovakia
ZAP proposes to use Recovery Fund money to build new alternative fuel charging stations.Compiled by Spectator staff, 30. Dec 2020, at 15:53
Car industry needs to jump on the latest trends
Economy minister promises extensive support for hydrogen technologies in Slovakia.Jana Liptáková, 30. Nov 2020, at 14:21
Passat and Superb make up half of the €1 billion Volkswagen is investing in Slovakia
Production of two new models will balloon the labour force by 2,000 from current 12,100 people.Jana Liptáková, 19. Nov 2020, at 19:32
Process innovations allow Slovak innovators to shine
Slovak-made innovations make their way to the world through transnational companies.Jana Liptáková, 19. Nov 2020, at 16:52
Passat returns to VW plant in Bratislava after 30 years
Moving production of the Volkswagen Passat and Škoda Superb to Bratislava will account for half of the planned €1 billion investment.Jana Liptáková, 16. Nov 2020, at 18:02
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New car models for Bratislava. Volkswagen will reportedly make a big investment in Slovakia
The investment is higher than the Igor Matovič government has hoped for.Compiled by Spectator staff, 9. Nov 2020, at 11:44
Slovak car-plane developers look to cash in on changing views of flying cars
AeroMobil and AirCar among a handful of firms working on special concept.Jana Liptáková, 2. Nov 2020, at 15:02
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How many people were infected in Volkswagen or U.S. Steel? Top companies mostly remain silent
Biggest employers have introduced measures, they do not want to talk about possible layoffs.Martina Raabová21. Oct 2020, at 17:40
A new smart battery can be tailored to any electric vehicle
The mass production is expected to start next year.Compiled by Spectator staff, 12. Oct 2020, at 11:16
Bratislava’s Volkswagen kicks off production of new plug-in hybrid model
It will roll down from production lines on the 10th anniversary of manufacturing the first hybrid vehicle.Compiled by Spectator staff, 28. Sep 2020, at 17:47
BUSINESS FOCUS: Pandemic changes plans of American investors in Slovakia
Slovak-US relations, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on US companies in Slovakia and the story of the first factory for electric car batteries in Slovakia are among the highlights of the latest Business Focus.Compiled by Spectator staff, 28. Sep 2020, at 7:56
Slovakia is following the trend by producing electric car batteries
InoBat Auto will be the first supplier of tailor-made car batteries.Jana Liptáková, 8. Sep 2020, at 7:10
A new Porsche plant will be built in Slovakia
The investment is good news for the automotive industry during the coronavirus crisis.Compiled by Spectator staff, 17. Aug 2020, at 11:36
Coronavirus assistance did not go to the hardest hit sector of business
Support for businesses in the coronavirus-induced crisis unevenly distributed, analysis shows.Compiled by Spectator staff, 17. Jul 2020, at 15:48
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (NOT ONLY) FOR BUSINESS
Autonomous cars: Attainable reality or outlandish dream?
Questions of morality must be answered before we put autonomous vehicles on the road.Martin Spano, 6. Jul 2020, at 10:05
One-third of jobs may be replaced by robots
The automotive industry introduced the most robots.Compiled by Spectator staff, 25. Jun 2020, at 14:05
Jaguar Land Rover restores operation in Nitra
Plant currently running one-shift operation.Compiled by Spectator staff, 19. May 2020, at 0:53
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Delayed government assistance put Slovakia’s competitiveness at risk
A study compares measures to combat the impact of the coronavirus crisis in seven European countries.Jana Liptáková, 7. May 2020, at 14:05
Bratislava Volkswagen plant launches three-shift operation in late May
Second shift to be added in mid-May as production gradually resumes.Compiled by Spectator staff, 5. May 2020, at 13:21
Jobs of over 1.1 million automobile workers in the EU affected so far
Slovakia is no exception.Compiled by Spectator staff, 1. Apr 2020, at 13:59
- 1. Bratislava was nothing like Prague when I first came here
- 2. Vaccination strategy to change
- 3. Cabinet agrees on COVID screening
- 4. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 573 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 5. More tips for outings in Bratislava during the lockdown
- 6. Snow has arrived in Bratislava
- 7. Tip for trip: Zádielská valley in evening sun
- 8. Fire-damaged façade of Roland’s Palace is almost completely restored
- 9. Slovak designer wins top prize for ocean station that removes plastics from sea
- 10. Slovakia has the most COVID-19 deaths per million people
- 1. Bratislava was nothing like Prague when I first came here
- 2. Vaccination strategy to change
- 3. Cabinet agrees on COVID screening
- 4. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 573 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 5. News digest: Schools will remain closed
- 6. News digest: Minister adjusts vaccine expectations, mass testing decision still in the balance
- 7. News digest: Flights from UK and Ireland still limited, new rules for entering Germany
- 8. Snow has arrived in Bratislava
- 9. More tips for outings in Bratislava during the lockdown
- 10. Austria fears new coronavirus strain spreading in Slovakia. Closes some border crossings
- 1. Bratislava was nothing like Prague when I first came here
- 2. News digest: Schools will remain closed
- 3. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 573 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 4. Slovakia has the most COVID-19 deaths per million people
- 5. News digest: Mass testing on a weekly basis, six exceptions for Holý
- 6. Cabinet wants mass testing to break the curve
- 7. More tips for outings in Bratislava during the lockdown
- 8. Former elite tennis player and her husband skipped the vaccination line
- 9. Bratislava will be connected with Stockholm
- 10. Vaccination strategy to change