AUTOMOTIVE STUDY 2025 / Šaroch (ed.) et al.

CONTENT

INTRODUCTION

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1 GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

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1.1 Distribution of production capacity worldwide

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1.1.1 Motor vehicle production in the context of world regions 1.1.2 Car production relative to the population of the country

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1.1.3 Foreign trade in passenger cars by country

1.2 Global car sales: Market penetration and major players

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1.3 Status and outlook for the global EV market

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1.4 China: Global leader

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1.5 Overall characteristics of the global automotive market

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2 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN THE EU

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2.1 EU and global production capacities

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2.1.1 The importance of the automotive industry in terms of GDP in the EU 2.1.2 The growing importance of foreign trade in motor vehicles in the European Union

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2.2 Changing market for new passenger cars in the EU, EV sales on the rise 39 2.2.1 New passenger car registrations by brand in the EU 43

2.3 The EU on the road to electromobility

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2.4 European car market in brief

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3 THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY (AND AUTOMOTIVE MARKET) IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 61

3.1 Distribution of production capacities in the Czech Republic and trends 61

3.2 The importance of the automotive industry for the Czech economy

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3.3 Condition of companies in the Czech automotive industry – selected indicators 68

3.4 The automotive industry from a foreign trade perspective

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3.5 Passenger car market: penetration, age, arrival of alternative fuels

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3.6 Sector trends from a price development perspective

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