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e production of motor vehicles in the Czech Republic began to increase signi cantly in 2005 thanks to the launch of production at the TMMCZ – Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic (until 2020 it was called TPCA – Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech) in Kolín (28 February 2005), the launch of series production at the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech (HMMC) plant in the Nošovice industrial zone (3 November 2008) and the expansion of production at the Czech plants of Škoda Auto in Mladá Boleslav and Kvasiny. e Czech Republic is also one of the largest bus manufacturers in the world per capita. In 2023, a total of 5,253 buses were produced in the Czech Republic, which was only one per cent less than in the record year of 2022. e majority of these (4,741 vehicles) were produced by Iveco Bus from Vysoké Mýto (the company was called Karosa until 2006). is was followed by SOR Libchavy (492 vehicles), which also produced 23 pure battery-powered buses. Trucks are currently produced in the Czech Republic only by Tatra Trucks (1,432 units produced in 2023) and Jawa Moto motorcycles (755 motorcycles in 2023). e vast majority of domestic motor vehicle production is exported. Of the total 1.405 million motor vehicles produced in the Czech Republic in 2023, 8%, i.e. 107 thousand, were sold on the Czech market. 1.299 million vehicles were exported. Fig. 3.3: Production of motor vehicles in the Czech Republic, export and domestic sales (units)

Source: Czech Automotive Industry Association; Note: Production - Škoda domestic plants only; Export – only export of vehicles produced in the Czech Republic; Sales - these are domestic sales reported by the manufacturer (difference from first registrations) Production of passenger cars in the Czech Republic Domestic production of passenger cars has been growing in the long term since 2005. e development of production in the Czech Republic during the global economic crisis in 2008 and 2009 is remarkable. During this period, there was no decline in total car production in the Czech Republic, but on the contrary, it grew and

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