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Automotive

Updates on production, innovation and investment in Slovakia's largest industry: automobile manufacturing

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Motor shows are popular in Slovakia.
Out of total 2.8 million passenger and small commercial cars, only 12,000 are battery electric cars.
The Slovak plant will create with the Ghent plant in western Europe (Belgium) and the Torslanda Plant in northern Europe (Sweden) the European triangle.
The €1.2-billion investment should help the local car industry shift towards full electrification.
Production in JLR plant in Nitra
All Slovakia’s car plants should be making fully electric cars within a few years.
Volkswagen Passat was the first model ever to be produced in Bratislava after Volkswagen started vehicle production in Slovakia in 1991.
Models’ portfolio of carmakers in Slovakia change, mother companies invest heavily in Slovakia.
Barbara Bergmeier, executive director of industrial operations at JLR
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Other car manufacturers in Slovakia already produce electric cars.
Winter in Bratislava.
Drivers urged not to wait to change tires.
The Škoda Fabia model.
The selection includes new and well-maintained vehicles no more than 9 months old.
But situation not as dramatic as a year ago.
The new research and development centre in the Schaeffler Group plant in Kysuce.
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Investment includes a new laboratory and modernised testing area.
Four major carmakers produce in Slovakia.
Euro 7 and ban on sale of new fossil fuels cars as of 2035 have become pre-election themes in Slovakia.
The number of electric cars driving Slovak roads remains low.
Purchasing electric cars is closely linked to the annual net income of people, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association found out.
Volkswagen Slovakia plant in Bratislava will produce all-electric SUV Porsche Cayenne.
The future Porsche Cayenne will be the first all-electric SUV to be manufactured there.
The Gyrocopter Calidus is equipped to fly, and to drive on public roads.
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The 'driving plane' is licensed to use public roads.
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