In opposition to the backdrop of a number of world crises, Škoda Auto managed to supply nearly 780,000 automobiles at its world manufacturing websites in 2022, together with nearly 56,000 at its Indian vegetation alone. As well as, the corporate has manufactured our bodies and quite a few elements – corresponding to MEB battery programs, engines, axles, gearboxes and high-voltage traction batteries which are additionally put in in automobiles of different Group manufacturers.
“It’s due to the extraordinary efforts of our sturdy crew that we have been capable of produce nearly 780,000 Škoda automobiles in our manufacturing vegetation worldwide, even underneath the present, extraordinarily difficult general circumstances. This achievement impressively proves the excessive resilience and suppleness of our crew and deserves nice recognition. In 2023 we can be pushing additional forward with electrification and have clearly outlined our purpose: By 2030, all our three Czech vegetation can be producing E-components or E-vehicles.”
Michael Oeljeklaus, Škoda Auto Board Member for Manufacturing and Logistics
Round 415,000 automobiles rolled off the manufacturing traces in Mladá Boleslav in 2022
In 2022, Škoda Auto produced round 415,000 automobiles from the Škoda Fabia, Scala, Octavia, Octavia iV, Kamiq, Enyaq iV and Enyaq Coupé iV collection at its predominant plant in Mladá Boleslav. The fashions within the profitable all-electric Enyaq iV household are based mostly on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB).
Since Might 2022, battery programs for the Volkswagen Group’s MEB automobiles have additionally been manufactured in Mladá Boleslav. Investments within the newly constructed manufacturing line whole round 130 million euros. The battery programs are utilized in Škoda, Volkswagen, Audi and SEAT fashions. Škoda Auto plans to launch one other meeting line in 2023. This step will improve the full capability by greater than 340% to 1,500 battery programs a day.
As well as, the corporate produced 366,000 engines, 1,390,000 axles in addition to 356,000 transmissions of the kinds MQ100 and MQ200 at its predominant plant. Škoda Auto reached the milestone of 4 million EA211 engines and manufactured the 15 millionth transmission of the present technology throughout all kinds.
On the Kvasiny website, Škoda Auto produced a complete of 221,000 models of the Škoda Very good, Very good Combi and Very good iV mannequin collection in addition to the Kodiaq and Karoq SUVs.
On the element plant in Vrchlabí, Škoda Auto constructed 538,000 models of the DQ200 computerized direct-shift transmission. By mid-February 2022, the plant had produced the 4 millionth transmission in whole. That is put in within the Czech carmaker’s fashions in addition to in automobiles of different Group manufacturers. The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility has been Škoda Auto’s first CO2-neutral manufacturing website worldwide for the reason that finish of 2020. It operates in accordance with Trade 4.0 ideas, using ground-breaking applied sciences within the automotive trade.
Different manufacturing websites in Europe
On the plant in Bratislava, the Slovakian capital, Škoda Auto produced 16,000 models of the Škoda Karoq in 2022.
Leveraging the potential in Asia
In 2022, Škoda Auto produced round 42,000 automobiles at Chinese language vegetation in Changsha (Škoda Kodiaq and Kodiaq GT), Nanjing (Škoda Kamiq, Kamiq GT and Very good), Ningbo (Škoda Octavia, Octavia Professional and Karoq) and Yizheng (Škoda Speedy).
Throughout the identical interval, the carmaker constructed nearly 56,000 automobiles at its Indian vegetation in Pune (Škoda Kushaq and Slavia) and Aurangabad (Škoda Octavia, Kodiaq and Very good). The Aurangabad plant makes use of 100% ‘inexperienced’ power and is on observe to being CO2-neutral by 2025.
The Slavia is the second mannequin Škoda has efficiently launched in India after the Kushaq SUV, which was developed particularly for the wants of consumers on the subcontinent as a part of the INDIA 2.0 mission. The Škoda Slavia and Kushaq are based mostly on the MQB-A0-IN platform, particularly developed for the Indian market. From 2024, Škoda Auto can be exporting each mannequin collection in CKD format to Vietnam, the place they are going to be accomplished on the newly constructed CKD meeting plant. The automobile producer is thus underlining the strategic significance of India for its additional improvement in Asia and the corporate’s general internationalisation technique.
In February 2022, the Group’s Board of Administration determined to droop manufacturing in and exports to Russia indefinitely as a result of Russian assault on Ukraine. This resolution impacts the 2 Russian vegetation in Nizhny Novgorod and Kaluga.
Škoda Auto manufacturing in 2022 (rounded figures)
| Automobiles | 780,000 |
| Engines | 366,000 |
| Axles | 1,390,000 |
| Excessive-voltage traction batteries | 206,000 |
| Transmissions | 894,000 |
| DQ200 | 538,000 |
| MQ100; MQ200 | 356,000 |
SOURCE: Škoda
