Hungarian automotive industry: week 5 2022
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ZalaZone adds central control facility, BMW switches to cabron-free steel, disappointing start to new car sales in January. Let’s recap what last week brought in Hungary’s automotive sector. Clicking on the highlighted items will open the full stories.
ZalaZone Automotive Proving Ground has inaugurated its new Control Center, built with a HUF 350 million investment. The facility will serve as the workplace of 40-50 employees.
From 2026 onwards, every European BMW plant will utilize low-carbon steel in their production as part of the car maker’s sustainability goals.
BMW is also targeting sustainability in its leather applications. It is the second manufacturer to join a global initiative called Leather Working Group, which promotes the sustainable production of leather products.
New car registrations opened poorly in the first month of 2022. In January, slightly over 8,000 new cars were registered in Hungary, 8.8 percent less than in the same period the year before.
On the other hand, used car import volumes show a very different picture. Owing to decreasing new car sales due to the chip shortage, in January used car imports grew by 7.2 percent in Hungary year on year.
In 2021, electric vehicles outsold diesel cars for the first time in the European Union. While sales continue to be dominated by vehicles with traditional drive systems, their share plummeted from the previous year.
Despite the volume of OEM tyre sales decreasing due to the chip shortage, 2021 was a year of recovery for the European tyre industry, and could achieve pre-pandemic levels by the end of the current year.
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