German state prosecutors said they searched BMW premises in Germany and Austria, investigating suspected defeat devices capable of manipulating exhaust emissions.

ŠKODA AUTO delivered 92,800 vehicles to customers worldwide in February, an increase of 14.3% compared to the same period of the previous year (February 2017: 81,200 vehicles), and the best February result in its 123-year history.

An autonomous Uber car killed a woman in the street in Arizona, police said, in what appears to be the first reported fatal crash involving a self-driving vehicle and a pedestrian in the US.

Czech carmaker Škoda delivered 92,800 vehicles to its customers worldwide in February 2018, up 14.3% from the same period last year (February 2017: 81,200 vehicles).

In the Dvořák Hall of the Prague Rudolfinum, the prestigious Awards of the Czech Film and Television Academy for the year 2017 were awarded on March 10, 2018. Volvo Car Czech Republic was a partner of the festive evening.

Since January, Automakers magazine has been organizing a poll on best media service of the Czech Association of Automobile Importers in 2017, in collaboration with both journalist clubs. The vote was closed on February 28, 2018. Who was nominated?

More than three hundred students joined the QHERO project launched in November last year by Porsche Czech Republic to support schools and students of automotive focus.

Prologis, the global leader in logistics real estate, announced several promotions today at its Czech and Slovak offices.

U.S. President Donald Trump kept up pressure on trading partners, threatening European automakers with a tax on imports if the European Union retaliates against his plan to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel.

Thirty new Toyotas have been used by FC Baník Ostrava football club. The cars were provided in cooperation with the AUTOBOND dealer group, who became the club’s new partner.

Ester Ledecká enrolled with a sensational gain of two gold medals in two different disciplines in the history of winter sports. To her success, as well as a longtime member of the Audi Ski Team, Ondrej Bank, who worked with her in the Alpine disciplines, contributed as an assistant to one of Esther’s trainers.

Celebrations of the 115th Anniversary of Harley-Davidson will start on July 4, 2018 in Prague by the Rolling Stones concert. The legends are going to Prague. The British band Rolling Stones will play in Prague for the fifth time, this time in Letňany.

Porsche Czech Republic, the Volkswagen passenger cars division, handed over the Golden Needles for 2017 in February. At the Augustine Hotel in Prague, the company celebrated the three best sales and service representatives of the Volkswagen brand in the Czech Republic.

Porsche expects to launch a diesel version of the new-generation Cayenne SUV this year and may offer the powertrain in the smaller Macan crossover as well, a top executive said, denying reports that the automaker plans to abandon the technology.

The French government has a message for automakers and suppliers who are grappling with the swift decline of diesel sales. Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will meet with industry leaders in early April to discuss ways to save the 12,000 French jobs related to diesel engines and components.

A top German court ruled on Tuesday in favor of allowing major cities to ban heavily polluting diesel cars, a move likely to hit the value of 12 million vehicles in Europe’s largest market and force automakers to pay for costly modifications.

The winners of the 41st Annual Motorcycle Poll, the 2017 Golden Steering Wheel, took over their trophies. The announcement of the poll was held in the congress hall of the PVA Expo in Letňany, Prague.

Cebia longtime marketing manager Jan Dryák leaves the company on February 28th, 2018. He is heading to one of the big Czech investor groups. Cebia puts on a new press spokesperson on March 1.

A German court on Thursday delayed a ruling on whether major cities can ban heavily polluting diesel cars, which could hit the resale value of 15 million vehicles in Europe’s largest market and force automakers to pay for costly modifications.

Congress should investigate new allegations that Volkswagen Group diesel cars were sold overseas with rigged software after the company’s $14.7 billion settlement of a cheating scandal in the U.S., a Republican lawmaker said.