FleetOnLine Recording 7/05/2024

Thank you very much for your interest in the lecture by President Jakub Farys entitled “Reducing emissions from vehicles - EU policy and actions in Poland”, during the last FleetOnLine on May 7, 2024, which was attended by a record number of guests of about 400 people. Below please find a link to the recording.

LINK for RECORDING :  https://youtu.be/JY_ecYGCWCY

Webinar “Management of Waste in Company” 14/05/2024

We would like to invite you, together with Sendero Tax & Legal, to a free webinar in the series “Law and Taxes in Automotive” entitled “Management of Waste in Company”, which will be held on May 14 at 10:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION: https://sendero.clickmeeting.com/gospodarka-odpadami-w-firmie/register

PZPM - ACEA - EU - LCV, CV , BUS REGISTRATIONS by fuel type -Q1 2024

In the first quarter of 2024 , new EU van sales rose by 12.6%, with nearly 400,000 units sold on the back of strong results in key markets. Italy led with a remarkable 19.4% growth, followed by Germany at 12.7%, Spain at 10.9%, and France at 8.7%.
In contrast, new EU truck registrations fell by 4% to 85,296 units. This was mainly due to a 5.4% decrease in heavy-truck sales and despite a 5% growth in medium trucks. Germany and France reported slight decreases of 2.2% and 0.3%, respectively. Spain and Italy defied the trend with robust gains of 15.7% and 6.6%, respectively.
Bus sales also had a positive start to the year, with new EU registrations surging by 23.3% compared to the first quarter of 2023, totalling 9,624 units. While sales dropped by 16.8% in France, three major markets grew substantially: Germany (+20%), Italy (+18.3%), and Spain (+7.6%).  Overview of current registrations

(ACEA report reveals an alarming gap between the current availability of public charging points for electric cars in the EU and what will be needed in reality to meet CO2-reduction targets

We are presenting a new European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) report revealing an alarming gap between the current availability of public charging points for electric cars in the EU and what will be needed in reality to meet CO2-reduction targets.
EU electric car sales grew three times faster than charging point installation between 2017 and 2023, ACEA’s report shows. Looking ahead, the EU needs eight times more charging points annually by 2030, according to industry estimations.
“We need mass-market adoption of electric cars in all EU countries to achieve Europe’s ambitious CO2-reduction targets. This will not happen without widespread availability of public charging infrastructure right across the region,” stated ACEA’s Director General, Sigrid de Vries.
“We are very concerned that infrastructure rollout has not kept pace with battery-electric car sales in recent years. What is more, this ‘infrastructure gap’ risks widening in the future – to a much greater extent than European Commission estimates.”
Just over 150,000 public charging points were installed last year across the EU (less than 3,000 per week on average), reaching a total of over 630,000.
According to the European Commission, 3.5 million charging points should be installed by 2030. Reaching this target would mean installing around 410,000 public charging points per year (or nearly 8,000 per week) – almost three times the latest annual installation rate.
However, ACEA estimates that 8.8 million charging points will be needed by 2030. Reaching this would require 1.2 million chargers to be installed per year (or over 22,000 per week) – eight times the latest annual installation rate.
“Easy access to public charging points is not ‘nice to have’, but an essential condition to decarbonise road transport, in addition to market support and a competitive manufacturing framework in Europe. Investments in public charging infrastructure must be urgently ramped up if we are to close the infrastructure gap and meet climate targets,” cautioned de Vries

New Raport: situation on the EU-AU border

We present the latest report on the situation on the EU-AU border, which we received thanks to the establishment of cooperation with ASSTRA Forwarding AG.  
According to the Ukrainian Customs Service, about 17,664 trucks are waiting to leave Ukraine, almost 6,749 trucks are waiting to go in the Polish direction; about 5,039 trucks in the Romanian direction; about 1,750 trucks in the Slovakian direction; 3,274 trucks in the Hungarian direction and about 852 trucks in the Moldovan direction >>> read more>>>

PZPM - VI Debate

First step taken but full electromobility yet a long way off. Although public transportation and public transport are on the way to complete electromobility, there are still many challenges ahead for heavy transport. Such as building the right charging infrastructure. And that's what Jakub Faryś - President of the Polish Automotive Industry Association - talks about in the latest episode of the @szczerze_o_pieniadzach program, with Ernest Bodziuch as host.

PZPM - V Debate on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the PZPM

Electric cars are not yet ecological motoring. To talk about such a thing, we need, first of all, ecological car production. And there is no turning back from this. What's more, the path towards it has already been marked. The only question is whether it is winding and bumpy or does it resemble an even and straight highway? Agnieszka Olenderek, Member of the Management Board of Volkswagen Poznań, and Jakub Faryś, President of PZPM, talk about this, and Ernest Bodziuch.

PZPM - IV Debate on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the PZPM

We invite you to watch the recording of the recent debate on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Polish Automotive Industry Association, with participation of Dr Jacek Pawlak President of Toyota Central Europe - Poland and Jacek Nowakowski Alternative Drives Director at IVECO. The debate was chaired by editor Ernest Bodziuch.
The future will belong to hydrogen. And it's not just about hydrogen as a fuel to power electric cars. Hydrogen can contribute to the next great revolution of the global economy. And Poland has the opportunity to play a significant role here. This is discussed in the latest debate on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of PZPM

Automotive Industry, Quarterly report prepared by PZPM and KPMG, edition Q1 2024

In 2023, 475,000 new passenger cars were registered in Poland - 13.2% more than in 2022.
Better sales results were also recorded in vans, trucks, buses and motorbikes. Last year, sales of alternative-fuel passenger cars totalled 217,600 units, up 35.4% on the previous year. This is not only a result of changing consumer preferences, but also an opportunity for manufacturers and suppliers to adjust their offers even more to the growing interest of ecological solutions. According to a report by PZPM and KPMG in Poland "Automotive industry, Q1/2024 edition", the previous year was also a better one for automotive factories in Poland, which produced 612.9 thousand vehicles - 26.7% more than in 2022.

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PZPM Automotive Industry Report 2023/2024

The Automotive Industry Report 2023/24, which we provide in the link below the news, is a compendium of knowledge on the broadly understood automotive industry in Poland and Europe. In the current edition of the PZPM yearbook, we present an analysis of the park of all types of vehicles, first registrations, and automotive production, as well as issues related to transport, fleet operations, fuel sales, tyre production, and road infrastructure.
In the Report, you will also find expert studies prepared by our regular Partners on the most crucial issues of key importance to the industry - including environmental, fiscal, macroeconomic, and legal issues, as well as a discussion of support systems for the automotive industry using EU and national state aid funds. The studies consider the impact of, among other things, legislation and the current socio-political situation on the Polish and European automotive sector and its environment. In the publication, no information on the latest developments in the automotive industry - alternative drives and the associated charging infrastructure, as well as autonomous and connected vehicles - could be missing.

In a foreword, PZPM President Jakub Faryś said: "We have undoubtedly come to live in interesting times of automotive revolution. A sector that has recently had to overcome the crisis caused by a pandemic, the disruption of semiconductor supplies, and the war in Ukraine has also been confronted with the need to meet very ambitious emissions targets and, in the not-too-distant future, to change powertrains" and the just-appointed ACEA Director General, Sigrid de Vries , emphasized, "In the turbulent times in which we live, fact-based decision-making is becoming increasingly important. That is why the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) wants to be the main reliable source of data on our sector in order to support fact-based decision-making on the future of automotive and the European industry."

The Report is published since 2007 on the initiative of the Polish Automotive Industry Association edited by Robert Przybylski. The co-authors of the latest issue are CMS Cameron McKenna, KPMG in Poland, Martini & Co., SSW Pragmatic Solutions, PZPO, ZDG TOR.

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Automotive Industry, Quarterly report prepared by PZPM and KPMG, edition Q4 2023

New passenger car registrations grew by 10.6% in three quarters of 2023
During the first nine months of 2023, 350,000 new passenger cars were registered in Poland - 10.6% more than in the same period last year. Better sales results were also recorded in the segments of trucks, vans, buses and motorbikes. Particularly noticeable is the dynamic increase in sales of passenger cars with alternative drives, of which 154,000 were sold in Poland between January and September this year, an increase of nearly 30% year-on-year.
Automotive factories in Poland also recorded better results in terms of the number of vehicles produced. The number of vehicles produced in Poland in the three quarters of this year totalled 451,000 - 34.6% more than in the previous year.

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