09/2019

ŠKODA Mobil - newsletter, September 2019.

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  ENERGISED

  9 2019

  ŠKODA’S ELECTRIC ERA

  HAS JUST BEGUN

  PAGES 4, 5, 11, 13

  SMARTER RIDE THROUGH THE CITY

  ŠKODA AUTO DIGILAB EXPANDS AND

  ENHANCES THE RANGE OF ITS SERVICES

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  ŠKODA IN FRANKFURT

  THE BRAND INTRODUCES NEW MODELS

  AND ITS VISION FOR ELECTROMOBILITY

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  CONNECT, INSPIRE, EDUCATE

  INNODAY 2019 OFFERS A TASTE

  OF NEW PROJECTS

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  FLIGHT THROUGH THE ŠKODA WORLD

  INTEREST IN

  INNOVATIVE INCUBATOR

  1

  While developing its cars, ŠKODA

  AUTO is following trends and modern

  technologies and verifying their possible

  applications in the automotive industry. For

  this purpose, it uses, among others, its

  Innovative Incubator facility located near

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  occupied hourly visits, the incubator workers

  presented their work to the company

  employees and explained how they could use

  the incubator for their own ideas. The visitors

  tested out a project that uses QR codes to

  communicate new car innovations.

  KAMIQ SCORES

  MAXIMUM FIVE STARS

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  The latest addition to the SUV series

  has successfully passed its extensive

  Euro NCAP crash and safety tests. It received

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  and it primarily impressed the inspectors in

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  protection of cyclists. The KAMIQ model

  earned 96 percent of the available points for

  adult passenger protection, making it one of

  the best-rated cars of all time. During an

  accident, it protects its passengers with nine

  airbags, including the driver’s knee airbag and

  the rear side airbags. Its safety equipment also

  includes a multi-collision brake, pro-active

  passenger protection and hangers on the

  passenger seat and in the back. The model

  earned the full number of points in the cyclist

  safety category thanks to its Front Assist

  system, which includes emergency braking

  and predictive protection of pedestrians and

  cyclists in the standard car version.

  THE ŠKODA MUSEUM

  PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDS

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  Do you know the origins of the Lat-

  in-sounding OCTAVIA and FELICIA? Do

  you know which proven technical solutions led

  to the development of these models, and what

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  predecessors? Do you know the exotic

  derivatives, such as New Zealand’s TREKKA or

  Pakistan’s SKOPAK? At the ŠKODA OCTAVIA

  & ŠKODA FELICIA “60” exhibition, opened by

  the ŠKODA Museum, you will learn a lot of new

  information about the brand’s famous models.

  One of the exhibition’s interesting aspects is its

  video projection of contemporary advertise

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  ments, and three exhibits will be presented in

  their full glory: the OCTAVIA from 1960, the

  sports OCTAVIA TS 1200 (1964) and the

  FELICIA convertible (1961). The exhibition will

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  SUCCESSFUL SEPTEMBER

  FAREWELL TO SUMMER

  4

  The next year of the family festival

  with ŠKODA AUTO – the Solnice

  farewell to summer – took place on Sunday,

  1 September. Some 3,800 visitors arrived at

  the sports complex in Solnice, for which the

  organisers had prepared a rich programme.

  The highlight was a performance by singer

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  enjoyed the popular Scooter races, the

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  new ŠKODA KAMIQ’s presentation and

  20-kilometre test rides with the SCALA,

  KAROQ, KODIAQ, SUPERB, and OCTAVIA

  COMBI demonstration cars were also very

  popular. Participants were greeted by the

  participating car production manager of the

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  QUALITY OF LIFE IN

  MLADÁ BOLESLAV IS GROWING

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  Founded with the aim of improving

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  region, the ŠKODA AUTO Endowment Fund

  is successfully implementing the New

  Boleslav Region Programme. Led by Bohdan

  Wojnar, member of the fund’s Supervisory

  Board and ŠKODA AUTO Board Member for

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  representatives handed over a check for

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  amount will be used to improve patient care

  at the Urology Department. The fund is

  living up to its mission. The launch of its

  Rekola shared bicycle project was a great

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  Boleslav taking almost 16,000 rides in less

  than four months of operation. The increas

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  ing level of the quality of life was also

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  43 places since last year to the 35th spot.

  ALMOST 50 JOURNALISTS

  ARRIVE IN KVASINY

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  production line at Kvasiny, and the ceremoni

  -

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  18 September was attended by members of

  the media. A total of 28 Czech and 19 foreign

  journalists attended the event. Prior to the

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  and the Quality Centre in the company of

  representatives of the carmaker. Experts from

  the ranks of ŠKODA AUTO had prepared

  a workshop on electromobility and the

  manufacturing of hybrid vehicles in order to

  acquaint the journalists with the modern

  plant in Kvasiny. Aside from the SUPERB

  and SUPERB iV models, the popular

  KODIAQ and KAROQ SUVs are also

  manufactured here.

  STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH

  THE CZECH PHILHARMONIC

  7

  As usual, the Czech Philharmonic has

  started its latest concert season

  (already its 124th) with its traditional partner,

  ŠKODA AUTO. This exceptional connection

  has been in existence since 1993, and

  numerous interesting projects were launched

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  the Czech Philharmonic’s open air concert

  held at the end of every season for the

  general public in front of Prague Castle.

  Thus far, the Philharmonic has played with

  talented children from music schools and the

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  as well as an American gospel ensemble. In

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  institution, ŠKODA AUTO also transports

  the artists in its SUPERB and KODIAQ cars.

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  accepted the KODIAQ model with the

  2.0 TSI engine and Laurin & Klement top

  equipment.

  ŠKODA VISION iV

  IS POPULAR IN EUROPE

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  In the poll for the BEST OF Mobility

  2019, readers chose the ŠKODA

  VISION iV as the winner in the Concept Car

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  ŠKODA to be built based on the Volkswagen

  Group’s modular electric-car platform (MEB)

  and gives a preview of the Czech carmaker’s

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  Management Board, accepted the award as

  part of NEW MOBILITY WORLD at the

  International Motor Show in Frankfurt. The

  BEST OF Mobility readers’ poll is conducted

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  German Association of the Automotive

  Industry (VDA). The competition covers

  18 categories.

  24 %

  THE DELIVERIES OF OUR

  NEW MODELS IN ESTONIA

  GREW YEAR ON YEAR BY

  24 PERCENT AND WERE

  MAINLY INFLUENCED

  BY THE GOOD

  PERFORMANCE OF THE

  LOCAL SALES NETWORK,

  WHICH CONTINUES TO

  MAKE ŠKODA NO.2 ON

  THE ESTONIAN MARKET

  88,100

  TOTAL NUMBER

  OFVEHICLES SOLD

  INAUGUST 2019

  AROUND THE WORLD

  COUNTRIES WITH A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN ŠKODA SALES IN AUGUST 2019

  IN PERCENT COMPARED WITH AUGUST 2018

  THE KAROQ AND KODIAQ MODELS ARE GAINING IN POPULARITY

  While interest in ŠKODA cars continues to grow

  across Europe and in Russia, the Chinese passen

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  Although the Czech brand has supplied 66,000

  vehicles to other markets and increased their deliv

  -

  eries by 5 percent over last August, its worldwide

  sales fell by 4.1 percent. “Because of the high de

  -

  mand for our KODIAQ and KAROQ SUV models,

  we’ve been able to reduce the impact of the current

  developments in our largest market in China. We

  expect further growth momentum in the coming

  months thanks to our new urban ŠKODA KAMIQ

  SUV on the European markets,” said Alain Favey,

  ŠKODA Board Member for Sales and Marketing.

  250,000

  CARS PRODUCED DURING THE

  MODEL’S VERY FIRST TWO

  YEARS OF PRODUCTION. THIS

  LEVEL WAS REACHED BY THE

  KAROQ SUV PRODUCED AT

  THE PRODUCTION LINE OF

  THE MLADÁ BOLESLAV PLANT.

  A KAROQ 1.0 TSI 85 KW IN

  METALLIC BLACK MAGIC WAS

  THE ANNIVERSARY CAR

  2 ŠKODA MOBIL SEPTEMBER 2019

  Bosnia  13 %

  Romania  15 %

  Serbia  18 %

  Netherlands  21 %

  Baltic states  27 %

  Austria  37 %

  Switzerland  37 %

  Sweden  45 %

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  ENERGISED

  Plug-in hybrid

  The car combines acombustion engine

  and battery-powered electric engine.

  The driver has achoice: switch manually

  between engines or make the selection

  automatic. Plug-in hybrid cars have helped

  to reduce emissions and will make it

  possible to charge from aregular outlet.

  4 ŠKODA MOBIL SEPTEMBER 2019

  WE HAVE OUR FIRST

  SUPERB iV

  THE VERY FIRST SERIAL PLUG-IN HYBRID IN THE ŠKODA BRAND’S

  HISTORY HAS COME OFF THE KVASINY PLANT’S PRODUCTION LINE.

  Changes in the network

  ŠKODA iV

  All the electrified cars produced by ŠKODA AUTO

  will feature their uniform iV designation. The letter “i”

  indicates the typical features of this range: innovative,

  intelligent, iconic and inspiring, and “V” means vehicle.

  CZECHS GET THEIR TURN

  In early September, ŠKODA AUTO started pre-

  selling its SUPERB iV model on the domestic market.

  The car will be available to customers from the

  beginning of next year in the Ambition, Style and L&K

  trim levels, as well as in the SPORTLINE variant. Its

  price starts at CZK876,900.

  ELECTROMOBILE CENTRES

  The entire Czech network of ŠKODA authorised

  partners is undergoing agradual transformation.

  Soon, it will be self-sucient in terms of energy

  and will strengthen the public charging station

  network with its own stations. From 1 January

  2020, all authorised partners will meet the

  standards for selling, servicing and charging electric

  cars and will become ŠKODA electromobile

  centres. Customers will be oered counselling on

  the purchase and operation of their electric cars,

  including supplemental services, such as the home

  charger purchase and installation (so-called wallbox),

  accessories and counselling on energy self-sucient

  homes.

  Steps before serial production

  1

  Anew assembly worksite has

  been established at the M6 Hall

  of the Mladá Boleslav plant. It is

  used to produce PHEV batteries (see

  Energy for the Group), which then

  proceed to Kvasiny.

  2

  The Welding Shop in Kvasiny

  was to be supplemented with

  new technologies and equipment.

  The changes related to the plug-in

  hybrid floor design, accommodating

  ahigh-voltage battery.

  3

  The Kvasiny assembly line

  has also been modified. The

  carmaker incorporated the assembly

  of specific parts into this line.

  4

  Abrand-new finishing facility

  designed for PHEV cars only has

  been established there as well.

  5

  The thermal cameras and

  temperature sensors in Kvasiny

  will detect any potential battery

  defects in time. In addition to the

  assembly line, control sensors are

  also located in the Pilot Hall, Quality

  Centre, Logistics areas etc.

  6

  With the arrival of anew

  product, the brand’s logistics

  have had to adjust the flow of new

  batteries, including their storage.

  7

  The carmaker solved the setup

  of new processes associated

  with the engines’ high-voltage

  power supply. They accompanied

  the production process from the

  development of PHEV components

  through their assembly in cars up to

  quality verification.

  8

  The Kvasiny plant has produced

  102 pre-serial SUPERB iVs.

  9

  The planned daily capacity is

  222 cars for the classic version

  and 60 cars for the hybrid one. The

  SUPERB cars and KODIAQ models

  are built on the same assembly line.

  5,500

  KVASINY PLANT EMPLOYEES

  HAVE BEEN TRAINED FOR

  PHEV PRODUCTION

  12

  MILLION EUROS HAS BEEN

  INVESTED BY THE CARMAKER

  INRECONSTRUCTIONS

  T

  he new SUPERB iV mo-

  del with its plug-in hyb-

  rid drive will be produ-

  ced exclusively at the Kvasiny

  plant, where the modernised

  SUPERB version with pure

  -

  ly internal combustion engines

  has been coming off the same

  lines since July. In addition to

  

  plant also produces models

  from the KAROQ and KODIAQ

  SUV families. “The SUPERB iV

  

  order to start production on our

  -

  le, we have consistently had

  to meet the necessary requi

  -

  rements in Kvasiny in recent

  months. Everything went well,

  and the production line has de-

  livered the result of our gre-

  

  

  Production and Logistics, about

  the premiere. The carmaker has

  been preparing for the produ-

  

  -

  -

  

  The advanced plug-in

  hybrid technology required

  -

  ons of worksites and locations

  that test new cars before han-

  ding them over to customers.

  

  the Welding Shop and Assem-

  

  was established. The newly

  built training centre is also

  

  -

  dified and New Operations).

  Thanks to all these measu

  -

  res, the SUPERB iV may now

  be manufactured on the same

  equipment as the conventio-

  nal combustion engine mo-

  dels. RED

  PILOT HALL

  It is used in the construction

  of both pre-series and series

  cars to achieve smooth and

  high-quality car production.

  This workplace also plays

  arole in selecting suitable

  parts from internal and

  external suppliers.

  QUALITY CENTRE

  It focuses on car safety

  and functionality tests. In

  addition to its regular tasks,

  the centre checks high-

  voltage and cooling systems

  and completes hybrid-drive

  operational tests.

  WELDING SHOP

  Since the SUPERB iV features

  adierently shaped floor to

  accommodate its batteries,

  they have modified its existing

  and also installed its new

  equipment on the welding line.

  FINISHING WORKPLACE

  The newly built workplace has

  received its filling machines

  and final operations section,

  which exclusively concerns

  the PHEV vehicles. Fully

  functional cars leave from

  there for their next production

  phase.

  ASSEMBLY

  Significant work was required

  on the assembly line, which

  received an additional

  container for chassis frames

  and manipulators for high-

  voltage and 12-volt batteries.

  TRAINING CENTRE

  The employee training covers

  the assembly and connecting

  of high-voltage components,

  both in the real car and virtual

  one. The training focuses on

  the work safety principles

  during PHEV car works.

  MODIFIED

  AND NEW

  OPERATIONS

• Page 5

  SEPTEMBER 2019 ŠKODA MOBIL 5

  ENERGY

  FOR THE GROUP

  THE MLADÁ BOLESLAV PLANT HAS STARTED ITS

  SERIES PRODUCTION OF BATTERIES FOR PHEV

  CARS OF ŠKODA, AUDI, SEAT AND VOLKSWAGEN

  T

  -

  ring itself to step into the electromobility

  era since the VW Group commissioned

  the ŠKODA brand to manufacture plug-in com-

  

  meantime, the carmaker has taken the necessary

  technological measures, ensured careful training

  of its employees and completed the task. Since

  September this year, it has been producing high-

  -voltage batteries for PHEV vehicles of the VW

  

  batteries will also drive the SUPERB iV.

  Significant Investment

  

  battery production lines and started its producti-

  on preparation two years ago. “The technologica-

  lly demanding procedure was an important step

  for us in our transition to electromobility. We wish

  to further expand our production of electrical com-

  ponents. When establishing the necessary com-

  petencies, we rely on an exchange of experien-

  ces within the Volkswagen Group Components

  Group. In this regard, the focus is on battery area

  responsibility, from battery cell skill development

  and knowledge up to recycling,” says Christian

  

  With the Help of Robots

  ŠKODA AUTO has also used the Group network

  to prepare its production facilities. In addition to

  

  

  transport very heavy or bulky parts. For example,

  they pick up the battery modules on the assem-

  bly line and load completed batteries onto their

  pallets. Other robots, using automatic grips, place

  lids on the batteries and connect them to the tank

  

  production line, the battery modules are not only

  assembled but also tested in test mode. Then, they

  

  ensures the car’s minimum range of up to about

  

  When fully charged, the SUPERB iV car can com-

  

  Safely

  In addition to its new production technologies,

  the carmaker has been intensively dealing with

  

  logistics. Work on its assembly line requires

  extra safety precautions, so the carmaker has

  

  damaged battery handling.

  The production of batteries for hybrid cars is

  great news for those interested in working in the

  industry as well. When it is at full capacity, the

  assembly line is operated by employees in three

  shifts, and other workers are needed, for exam-

  ple, in the Logistics and Quality departments.

  To be able to work here, all of them must acqui-

  -

  tion levels, depending on their type of work per-

  formed (see the Stress-free Work on Energised

  Equipment column). RED

  I

  n addition to technical measures, the

  production of alternative drive cars

  requires personnel training to ensure that

  

  with all the safety regulations. That is

  why the ŠKODA Academy’s technical tra-

  ining lecturers carried out both the ana-

  lysis of the current Czech legislation and

  its comparison with the German regu-

  lations, since Germany has more expe-

  rience with the production and operati-

  on of electric cars. “In addition to Czech

  -

  nal Competence in Electrical Enginee-

  ring), we have mainly followed German

  

  which deals with the division and content

  of knowledge necessary for high-voltage

  electric car systems,” is how Stanislav

  Hackl described the training preparation.

  Based on the German experiences, they

  

  -

  grees according to the groups of activities

  carried out by the employees during work

  on electric cars. They map the activities

  from the safest ones, in which the wor-

  kers do not come into contact with any

  high voltages, to electrotechnical works.

  These are only performed by experts who

  may perform diagnostics of energised

  

  was created for every group.

  The employees have been acquiring

  their necessary professional competen

  -

  -

  

  Development workers were trained, then

  the Pilot Hall and Quality personnel, af-

  ter which came the Assembly and Logis-

  

  plug-in hybrid drive will be produced in

  Kvasiny, so all the workers of assembly

  line II attended the training. It now repre-

  sents the production site with the biggest

  

  per square metre in the Czech Republic.

  PAVEL ODVÁRKA

  STRESS-FREE

  WORK ON

  ENERGISED

  EQUIPMENT

  IN PREPARATION FOR EMOBILITY,

  THE ŠKODA ACADEMY LECTURERS

  HAVE ALREADY TRAINED 14,000

  EMPLOYEES

  PAVEL ŠIMEK

  ENGINE AND BATTERY

  PRODUCTION

  PETR LEICHTER

  PKM/3 – BATTERY

  ASSEMBLY

  For battery production, we have built

  acompletely new assembly line in the

  M6 Hall, including atest facility. Owing to the

  strict legislative requirements for electrical

  components, it was very dicult for us to

  ensure safe working conditions.

  The battery is acompact unit. The

  battery may only be handled by

  atrained employee of the carmaker or

  authorised service centre. In the SUPERB iV, it

  will be mounted on the floor inside the rear

  section of the car.

  THE LAUNCH OF

  PRODUCTION OF

  ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS

  WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN

  POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR

  HIGH-TECH SUPPORT AND

  THE EXCELLENT TEAM

  PERFORMANCE OF ALL

  ŠKODA EMPLOYEES, SAYS

  DR.MICHAEL OELJEKLAUS,

  BOARD MEMBER FOR

  PRODUCTION AND

  LOGISTICS.

  150,000

  ALMOST AS MANY UNITS AYEAR

  ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE

  INITIAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY

  25,3

  MILLION EUROS

  INVESTED IN THE MLADÁ

  BOLESLAV PLANT

  200

  EMPLOYEES WORK DIRECTLY

  OR INDIRECTLY IN ELECTRICAL

  COMPONENT PRODUCTION

  What is behind the advent of electromobility?

  Where will it be in the coming years?

  You will find answers in the ŠKODA Mobil – Ride

  into the Future supplement, which is available at

  www.skodamobil.cz

  JÍZDA

  DOBUDOUCNOSTI

  e

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• Page 6

  Do you

  know that…

  … the WeShare electric

  car sharing service

  will appear in Prague

  next year? Volkswagen

  launched it successfully

  in Berlin in June this year.

  The CITIGO

  e

  iV will turn

  up in Prague’s fleet.

  6 ŠKODA MOBIL SEPTEMBER 2019

  FIRST IN LINE

  THE CZECH BRAND INTRODUCED NEW ELECTRIC

  MODELS AND ITS VISION OF E-MOBILITY

  E

  nvironmentally friendly mobility played a big

  role at this year’s IAA Motor Show in Frank

  -

  furt. ŠKODA AUTO was no exception: New mo-

  dels of the iV family and G-TEC variants on the fresh

  SCALA and KAMIQ models dominated the car show.

  E-mobility as a service

  -

  

  -

  

  -

  furt were presented with the pioneering models

  in this area: the SUPERB iV and the CITIGO

  e

  iV.

  “Electric cars will quickly become an important part

  

  -

  

  AUTO. Maier further explains that the iV designati-

  on reveals an entire ecosystem of eMobility produ-

  cts and services that will provide customers with

  the simplest and most enjoyable and comfortab

  -

  le experience during their travels. Together with

  

  -

  llation and maintenance to its clients. The ŠKODA

  Connect app will then help its customers find

  

  e-Charge card can be used for quick and comfortab-

  le payments at public stations across Europe.

  More news

  The emphasis on e-mobility does not mean that

  the brand is giving up on other propulsion types.

  Two other innovations presented at the world pre-

  miere in Frankfurt are proof of this: the CNG-powe-

  red SCALA G-TEC and KAMIQ G-TEC. Both mo-

  dels use identical technology with three CNG steel

  

  

  helps to start the engine (read more in the Green Fu-

  

  KAMIQ MONTE CARLO are intended for more con-

  ventionally minded motorists. The traditional equi

  -

  pment level gives the models a more distinctive and

  LUDĚK VOKÁČ

  Software’s

  importance is rising

  Most of the brands present at the motor

  show, including those in VW Group,

  focused on sustainable mobility. Frankfurt

  also gave ample space to programmes

  and apps found within car equipment. The

  Volkswagen brand promoted Volkswagen

  WE, its digital ecosystem of services,

  which includes WeShare, We Park,

  WeExperience, We Connect and other

  services for customers in Germany.

  MOTOR SHOW

  You can find out

  more about the

  motor show by

  scanning the QR

  code

• Page 7

  SEPTEMBER 2019 ŠKODA MOBIL 7

  CARMAKER’S

  DISPLAY CASE

  THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD DIRECTED ITS

  ATTENTION TO ŠKODA AUTO’S STAND OVER

  SEVERAL DAYS

  1

  The stand of the Czech brand had an area

  

  visitors passed through every day during the

  -

  mation on cars and services were taken care

  

  

  2

  Many visitors started their tour at the infor-

  

  information or be accompanied by a hostess

  to their desired car. Those who had received a

  coupon from the hostesses before entering the

  motor show could exchange it at the stand for

  

  3

  The carmaker’s presentation also inclu-

  ded a boutique where visitors could pur-

  chase ŠKODA promotional items and se-

  lected accessories.

  4

  Not only did the visitors have an oppor-

  

  

  by ŠKODA AUTO. They could find out

  more about the EVs’ recharging possibili-

  

  WeShare.

  5

  The brand also strongly emphasised its

  presentation on connectivity. Product spe-

  cialists equipped with smartphones and

  watches demonstrated the ŠKODA

  Connect functions directly in ŠKODA cars

  or at a special exhibit.

  STARS AT THE SHOW

  1

  P

  reparing a motor show ex-

  hibition is a challenge every

  year. The planning starts a few

  

  the actual construction of the

  ŠKODA stand at the IAA Motor

  Show in Frankfurt began in mid-

  -August. LUDĚK VOKÁČ

  2

  3

  5

  4

  It took 26 days to

  construct the stand

  Almost 180

  workers took part

  The material

  for its assembly

  was delivered by

  29trucks

  The construction

  required

  66.7 tonnes of steel

  4.5 km of electric

  cables

  12 km of LAN

  cables

  Visitors were

  attended to by

  55hostesses and

  product specialists

  All hostesses passed

  an intensive three-

  day training course

  12 workers were

  continually cleaning

  the cars on display

  Any potential

  vehicle repairs were

  provided by the

  technicians from

  the Production

  department

  CITIGO

  e

  iV

  ŠKODA’s first purely electric car oers a range of up to

  260km per charge. The CITIGO

  e

  iV is also the most

  aordable EV on the Czech market, with a base price of

  CZK429,900. The 61kW electric motor makes the car

  enjoyably dynamic.

  SUPERB iV

  The hybrid’s plug-in drive oers system power of 160kW

  (218hp) and boasts a 56-km electric range in the WLTP

  cycle. Its range can reach up to 930 km in the combined mode

  with a fully charged battery and 50 litres in the petrol tank.

  SCALA AKAMIQ G-TEC

  The ŠKODA compact models can also be ordered in the

  environmentally friendly and economical G-TEC variant

  running on natural gas. The CNG propulsion is provided by

  a three-cylinder 1.0 TSI engine delivering 66kW the CNG

  is stored in three tanks, and the car has an additional 9-litre

  petrol tank. The KAMIQ G-TEC uses the same technology as

  the SCALA G-TEC. Switching between the petrol and the gas

  mode happens automatically. When burning natural gas, the

  KAMIQ G-TEC’s emissions are about 20 percent lower than

  with petrol.

  SCALA A KAMIQ MONTE CARLO

  The MONTE CARLO equipment level has traditionally been

  inspired by the brand’s racing history. The design line with

  black accessories can also be ordered for the KAMIQ and

  the SCALA. The urban SUV received 17" black wheels made

  of light alloy, designed exclusively for the MONTE CARLO

  variant. Sports accessories can be found in the interior. The

  SCALA in this variant has black design accessories, including

  the ŠKODA inscription on the rear. There are also darkened

  tailgate and side windows.

• Page 8

  INNOVATIONS MARKETPLACE OFFER

  23

  STANDS AT THE INNOVATION

  MARKETPLACE OFFERED NEWS FROM

  ALL AREAS, ALONG WITH THE ŠKODA

  AUTO DIGILAB

  2,130

  EMPLOYEES VISITED THIS YEAR’S

  INNODAY

  40

  BLOCKS OF 18 TYPES OF

  WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND

  LECTURES WERE ATTENDED BY 1,105

  EMPLOYEES

  92

  COLLEAGUES ACTIVELY PRESENTED

  THEIR PROJECTS OR LED WORKSHOPS

  AND LECTURES

  1

  EMPLOYEES COULD SEE ELECTRICAL

  AND URBAN MOBILITY PRODUCTS

  TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME

  71

  PERCENT OF EMPLOYEES RATED THE

  EVENT AS VERY SUCCESSFUL

  ŠKODA

  INNODAY 2019

  FINANCES ANDITTECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY STRATEGY HR MANAGEMENT

  Digital press shop maintenance

  Using the most advanced IoT platform

  on the market, it allows us to produce

  condition monitoring and to work with data

  to create AR and predictive algorithms

  Chatbot for NDA

  Use of a chatbot (IVA – Intelligent Virtual

  Assistant) to provide basic information

  regarding non-disclosure agreements

  (NDAs)

  ŠkoMap .

  New application generation for navigation in

  the factory and buildings of ŠKODA AUTO

  (more on page 16)

  Emissions Measurement according to

  WLTP and RDE Procedures

  The project focuses on the introduction of

  new emission measurement methods in the

  laboratory and on the road (RDE)

  The use of AI in the development of

  car aerodynamics

  By systematically processing all the available

  data, AI finds the hidden context and brings new

  body design possibilities

  E-Simulator

  Integration of customer perspective into

  mobile online services testing

  Glossary

  An interactive and user-friendly application

  that includes shortcuts from the ŠKODA

  AUTO environment and is always available

  VAICHECK – AI check of the

  engine compartment

  Visual AI check of the engine compartment

  by high-speed camera and evaluation by

  using 3D data

  DigiSign

  Web application for digital signing of PDF

  documents by one or more ŠKODA AUTO

  employees, including document approval

  status tracking

  SAP SuccessFactors

  Implementation of first three

  SuccessFactors modules: Recruiting,

  Onboarding and Employee Central

  ŠKODA Space

  The ŠKODA Space employee portal

  available to anyone from anywhere

  8 ŠKODA MOBIL SEPTEMBER 2019

  ŠKODA INNODAY 2019

  CONNECT,

  INSPIRE,

  EDUCATE

  THE BIGGEST INNOVATION EVENT OF THIS YEAR – INNODAY

  2019 – OFFERED A TASTING OF NEW PROJECTS OF ALL THE

  AREAS OF THE CARMAKER, INCLUDING ŠKODA AUTO DIGILAB

  B

  esides terms such as connectivity,

  electromobility, autonomous control

  and sustainability, we are increasin

  -

  gly using the word “transformation” in busi-

  ness processes. This year, during its biggest

  innovation event, the carmaker demonstra-

  ted that it can translate the previously inter-

  

  

  -

  

  the ŠKODA Museum. During

  

  -

  

  -

  nagement, the best innova-

  tion projects were presented

  by all the carmaker’s areas,

  and ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab

  was also invited. As a result,

  the employees were able to

  familiarise themselves with all the novelties

  and feel the automaker’s pulse, including the

  challenges it is facing to accelerate product

  changes and introduce new services and bu-

  

  these projects, accompanying workshops and

  lectures, the carmaker showed them its visi-

  

  time in one place.

  Innovations Marketplace

  Twenty-three presented projects have proved

  that the carmaker is perfectly prepared for its

  

  intelligence elements and big data processing,

  as well as chatbot or virtual and augmen-

  ted reality technologies. Although all of them

  were created for the needs of ŠKODA AUTO,

  it is possible to consider their other commer-

  cial uses.

  The chance to impress the

  professional world, as dPro

  -

  duction did (more in the May

  

  comes with the High-level

  Container Utilisation app,

  which the Production and Lo-

  gistics area introduced as one

  of its four projects. The sys-

  

  and digital data transmission to make the most

  of every space inside the containers, which are

  subsequently transported to foreign plants (see

  -

  

  -

  ject was to reduce the administrative burden on

  employees. The Web application is used to di-

  

  approval status monitoring. We presented this

  

  in the “Think digitally, print minimally” section.

  The Purchasing area presented its method of

  

  will make it possible to visualise the digital foot-

  print left behind by every purchase case (from

  

  footprint through the appropriate software will

  help to identify non-standard cases, and the en-

  tire purchasing process will accelerate, increa-

  

  Workshops

  

  

  these were repeated two to three times because

  of demand. The internal workshops, led by our

  colleagues from ŠKODA AUTO, focused on se-

  lected company projects, innovation topics and

  digital skills. The current technological trends

  and global economic developments were pre-

  sented by external experts. For example, Czech-

  -American professor Milan Zelený lectured on

  the global changes in the world and their im-

  pact on companies, Jakub Škrdlík of Phonexia

  talked about the use of speech technologies,

  

  possibility of using a quantum computer. RED

  The one-day innovation

  event was attended

  by more than ,

  ŠKODA AUTO

  employees with various

  professions who rated

  it as very successful

  (percent).

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  THE EVENT BROUGHT

  TOGETHER ACTIVITIES

  FROM ALL THE AREAS OF

  ŠKODA AUTO IN ONE PLACE.

  IT ALLOWED EMPLOYEES TO

  BE INSPIRED BY THE IDEAS

  OF OTHERS AT THE

  INNOVATIONS

  MARKETPLACE, EVEN

  THOUGH ONLY A FRACTION

  OF WHAT WE ARE

  CURRENTLY WORKING ON

  AT THE AUTOMOBILE

  FACTORY WAS

  REPRESENTED. WE ALL

  REALISE THAT, TO HAVE

  ASUCCESSFUL

  TRANSFORMATION, WE

  NEED TO EXPEDITE OUR

  PROJECT PREPARATION,

  INCLUDING

  IMPLEMENTATION, AND

  INVOLVE AS MANY

  EMPLOYEES AS POSSIBLE IN

  THE INNOVATION PROCESS.

  I BELIEVE THAT THIS YEAR’S

  INNODAY HELPED TO DO

  THIS”, SAYS CHRISTIAN

  SCHRADER, HEAD OF GGS

  – STRATEGY AND

  INNOVATION MANAGEMENT.

  PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS PROCUREMENT SALES AND MARKETING

  Citymove + Anagog

  Travelling platform combining the services

  of various mobility providers into a single

  platform and analysing customer behaviour

  data (more on pages 14–15)

  Innovations in car sharing

  New ŠKODA AUTO activities in the field of

  car sharing

  Car access-based services

  This project enables OEMs to increase

  customers’ experience of car ownership

  and simplify car maintenance

  Container utilisation app

  Loading containers for international projects

  by using artificial intelligence

  (more on page 11)

  dProduction

  A comprehensive system of digitising

  documents and visualising assembly line

  work procedures (more in the May 2019

  issue of ŠKODA Mobil)

  Real device versus D data model

  automatic verification

  Software comparing 3D model with real

  equipment during construction of production

  lines

  Predictions in production

  Prediction of machine failure and remote

  collaboration in augmented reality for quick

  problem solving

  Data mining in procurement

  A new tool for the active use of internal

  data and AI to identify improvement

  potential in the purchasing processes

  GPS – Group Procurement Suite

  Consolidation of the key procurement

  systems into a single all-in-one Central

  Group GPS system based on SAP S/4

  HANA

  ŠKODA Car Configurator

  The new configurator focuses as much as

  possible on the customer

  ŠKODA Service Cam

  Comfortable customer interaction via

  SMS or e-mail with the option to accept or

  decline the order extension

  Video Dynamic Creative

  Optimisation

  Dynamic creative optimisation within the

  SCALA car launch campaign delivering

  highly personalised and relevant

  communication based on users’ online

  behaviour

  ŠKODA AUTO DIGILAB

  SEPTEMBER 2019 ŠKODA MOBIL 9

• Page 10

  FORCE PROGRAM

  INTERNATIONAL

  COOPERATION

  AFTER TAKING OVER GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY, THE

  PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS DIVISION FULFILS NEW TASKS

  I

  n January, ŠKODA AUTO took over responsi-

  bility for production management at the Pune

  plant and, thus, for the Indian region. Particular

  departments of the P division (Manufacturing and

  Logistics) work closely not only with India but also

  with other markets (China, Russia, Algeria, Ukra-

  ine, Kazakhstan) where ŠKODA AUTO manufactu-

  res its cars or where it supplies engines and trans-

  missions (South Africa and Mexico). Therefore, the

  

  regionalisation and supports the creation of interna-

  tional teams across the entire car factory. “In terms

  of the total number of employees, the Manufactu-

  ring and Logistics division employs very few fore-

  ign experts who communicate in English or Ger-

  man. Our goal is to double this number and, in this

  way, contribute to the globalisation of the carma-

  ker,

  Creation of international teams

  The Production and Logistics departments sup-

  port international teams and include foreign wor-

  kers, interns and trainees. Recruitment, accom-

  panied by lectures for foreign university students

  given by experts from the P division, also plays

  an important role. For example, the PA (Start

  -

  -up Management) department is planning to de-

  liver a lecture at Pune University in December. It is

  thanks to international recruitment that Yue Zhao

  from China is now working on her diploma the-

  sis at the Czech University of Life Sciences Pra-

  -

  

  currently a student at the University of Pardubice,

  -

  -

  lly passed an external ACM (form of comprehen-

  

  

  Locally and globally

  Internationalisation is being supported on

  two levels. The first level is about improving

  the skills of internal employees and applies to

  the whole car factory. Within the Regionalisa-

  

  and intercultural seminars for employees. The

  acquired knowledge and skills will subsequent

  -

  ly help them with communication and coope-

  ration in international teams. The second level

  -

  re the company has established a partnership

  with two international nurseries. Furthermo-

  re, the company has arranged that there be at

  least one English or German speaking doctor

  

  -

  

  the company has also selected doctors who can

  speak foreign languages in the Rychnov nad

  

  Educational exchanges

  As globalisation grows, there is an increasing

  demand for information sharing between the

  plants. Therefore, ŠKODA AUTO actively uses

  global boards attended by foreign employees

  (videoconferences, Skype, teleconferences). It

  also promotes remote communication through

  educational exchanges.

  In the Production and Logistics section, for

  

  -

  partment regularly exchanges expert teams with

  -

  agement department sends apprentices to plants

  abroad. The PF (Car Production) department tra-

  ins workers from Aurangabad, India, in Kvasiny,

  -

  tes three groups of talents from the Indian region

  in the Czech Republic. RED

  MAKING USE

  OF THE GLOBAL

  LABOUR

  MARKET

  JIŘÍ CEE, HEAD OF PL – BRAND

  LOGISTICS, EXPLAINS THE GOALS OF

  THE SEVENTH ACTION FIELD

  Don’t you worry that the increasing

  number of foreigners will cause cultural

  disagreements in the workplace?

  

  are accompanied by possible disagreements

  that we try to avoid through intercultural and

  language courses, so I’m not worried. From the

  long-term perspective, this is a very important

  process leading to the creation of international

  teams that help us to transform the car facto-

  ry into a global company. When we look at the

  current situation on the Czech labour market,

  

  recruiting foreign experts is a logical choice.

  What does the programme for Indian

  Talents look like in Brand Logistics?

  Sharing information and innovations not only

  between regions is a key success factor for the

  -

  lleagues and I agreed on a weekly training pro-

  gramme in the Czech Republic. A total of nine

  

  

  logistics. The second team got acquainted with

  operative and plant logistics. And the third team

  focused primarily on dispatching cars. In addi-

  tion, all team members visited the Kvasiny and

  

  solutions are used there.

  How does it feel for you personally to

  work in an international team?

  Very good. I regularly deal with foreign colle-

  agues via Skype or videoconferences, which

  helps in handling operational issues in parti

  -

  

  

  -

  cessary and quite logical to maintain close per-

  sonal bonds with this region.

  What are the objectives of the FORCE

  Programme’s seventh action field until

  ?

  Increasing the share of foreign employees in

  Production and Logistics. We support this

  goal by giving lectures at local universities and

  abroad, and we focus on all foreign students

  who might join ŠKODA AUTO as potential

  talents.

  Although the company continues to pay

  attention to employee development and

  education, you now want to expand these

  competencies. Why?

  The world is constantly developing, and some

  

  global world; everything is on the move, and

  we have to be able to respond to it. It is ne-

  cessary to review current trainings and pro-

  mote the creation of new ones. We also need

  to transfer the acquired knowledge across all

  Production and Logistics departments. RED

  OUR GOAL

  GLOBALISATION THROUGH

  EFFICIENCY AND FLEXIBILITY

  OUR WAY

  SIMPLY CLEVER SOLUTION

  OUR WAY

  SIMPLY CLEVER SOLUTION

  REGIONALISATION

  ŠKODA AUTO is constantly

  increasing the level of

  globalisation and has responded

  to this trend in the FORCE

  Programe’s seventh action

  field, Regionalisation. Its goal

  is to increase the number and

  diversity of international teams,

  extend competencies, deepen

  the expertise and intercultural

  skills of employees through

  trainings, motivate young

  talents and eectively fulfil the

  objectives of the 2025 Strategy.

  2×

  WE WANT TO DOUBLE THE

  NUMBER OF FOREIGN EXPERTS

  WORKING IN THE PRODUCTION

  AND LOGISTICS SECTION

  Regionalisation

  Ramp Up

  Challenges

  Value creation

  Customer

  OrientedQuality

  Green Future

  Environment

  Capacities

  Competitive

  CostStructure

  Future

  Factory

  10 ŠKODA MOBIL SEPTEMBER 2019

• Page 11

  PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS

  ON OUR WAY TO LARGE VOLUMES

  THREE NEW ACTIVITIES WILL HELP TO INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION CAPACITIES

  EFFECTIVENESS

  THANKS TO

  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

  Starting in November, artificial intelligence and

  digitisation will help CKD Centre employees to utilise

  the capacity of containers that are shipped abroad. The

  new High-level Container Utilization app can make

  the most of the volume of part shipments heading to

  Russia. The centre’s employees first enter information

  into the electronic application system regarding the

  types of pallets that can be stacked and what needs

  to be loaded. Artificial intelligence evaluates all the

  parameters and suggests the best way of placing the

  parts and pallets. “The application will help our logistics

  engineers make the most of the container volume in

  the future. The entire system helps ŠKODA AUTO

  avoid having to ship every 72nd container, thus helping

  reduce the amount of CO2 emissions produced,” says

  Jiří Cee, Head of Brand Logistics.

  PRE-SERIAL PRODUCTION

  FUTURE IN THE NEW HALL

  On 19 September, the ŠKODA AUTO representatives laid the

  foundation stone for the construction of the new M10 Central

  Pilot Hall. The carmaker started construction with regard to

  the increasing number of launches of new models but also the

  continuous expansion of the range of BEV and PHEV products in

  the brand portfolio. It will be fully operational in the first quarter of

  2021, bringing together all the necessary existing worksites. Upon

  completion, it will be producing and commissioning pre-serial bodies

  and cars (e.g. filling liquids, entire car and control unit programming),

  completing actual and virtual installation tests and doing 3D printing.

  Control measurements, including analyses, will take place in the new

  hall, too. The centralisation of pre-serial production activities under

  one roof will ensure the capacity for future volumes of pre-serial cars

  and their timely submission to their driving or homologation tests.

  PHEV ANDBEV DRIVE

  TEST FACILITY

  As part of preparations for the brand’s electrical

  future, ŠKODA AUTO has completed the worksite

  of its competency Quality Centre for electromobility.

  These premises are intended for analysing and

  checking electric-drive cars. An interesting part of

  the centre is its new solar chamber. It is the first

  such chamber in the automobile factory, where

  it is also possible to test electric cars. The entire

  worksite meets the requirements for high-voltage

  works and features a sucient number of charging

  stations. While building the premises, the carmaker

  had to comply with a number of fire-fighting

  measures that are necessary for the needs of

  electromobility in a much larger and more expensive

  form. The opening of the new Quality Centre

  ensured sucient test capacities for PHEV and BEV

  drives for the next three years.

  CENTRALISED

  CHECKED

  AT FULL CAPACITY

  TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE APP WORKS

  https://vimeo.com/358119690

  SEPTEMBER 2019 ŠKODA MOBIL 11

• Page 12

  STEPS IN COMPANY

  DEVELOPMENT

  LOOKING BACK AT THE TOGETHER4INTEGRITY PROGRAMME’S

  HALF-YEAR ACTIVITIES AT ŠKODA AUTO

  February

  FIRST ACQUAINTANCE

  More than 300 nominated

  employees attended the three-day

  Together4Integrity programme at

  the ŠKODA Museum. They listened

  to speakers from both ŠKODA

  AUTO and the VW Group and

  discussed topics related to corporate

  environment in the car factory.

  CULTURAL WAVES

  The third round of cultural workshops

  that also significantly support

  the development of a positive

  environment at ŠKODA AUTO took

  place, along with the programme

  presentation. More than 1,000

  executives participated in the

  discussions and seminars, which

  focused in particular on integrity and

  VW Group policies.

  March

  INSTRUCTION MANUAL

  All core employees received a new

  handbook on compliance, integrity

  and corporate culture. It provides a

  comprehensive overview of relevant

  policies and addresses the company’s

  core values introduced in the

  document. In addition to the Czech

  Republic, around 43,000 copies were

  also distributed to the ŠKODA AUTO

  subsidiaries in Germany, Slovakia and

  India.

  April

  SUBSIDIARIES’ TURN

  The programme applies to the

  entire VW Group and has also been

  introduced in selected ŠKODA AUTO

  subsidiaries. Their employees fulfil

  the defined measures, participate in

  discussions, workshops and other

  activities and spread the main ideas of

  the programme.

  I&C TRAINING

  To familiarise employees with

  integrity and compliance principles,

  various trainings are held under the

  auspices of the GO (Governance,

  Risk & Compliance) department. New

  colleagues learn about these principles

  during the onboarding process,

  and future managers discuss them

  within the Management Advanced

  Programme. Pupils of the vocational

  school attended the trainings in

  April and during the welcome

  week in September. The company

  continuously supports the awareness

  of employees with a number of others

  – in particular, e-learning courses.

  TOGETHER4INTEGRITYSOUs

  A SUMMARY OF THE TOPICS CAN BE FOUND IN THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL ON THE EMPLOYEE PORTAL

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  How does the gearbox influence fuel consumption?

  Engagement

  of gears

  Bearings

  Gearbox oil

  Sealing ring

  Dierential

  MQ 200 – 6-speed

  mechanical transmission

  Mechatronics – automatic

  transmission control

  Gear ratios

  and number of gears

  Weight of the gearbox

  Ball

  Bevel

  ENVIRONMENTAL

  ALTERNATIVES

  ŠKODA AUTO PRESENTED ITS G-TEC

  CARS AT THE FRANKFURT MOTOR

  SHOW

  T

  h

  the penultimate Sunday of September. The

  results of the vehicles entered in this run re-

  gularly prove the extent to which the carmaker is

  cutting fuel consumption and CO

  

  emissions in

  its models. The entrants in the economy run utilise

  

  

  from the gearbox, whose design

  and mode of use have a direct im-

  pact on fuel consumption.

  A normal car with a fuel consump-

  

  grams of CO

  

  per kilometre. The

  number of gears and their mutu

  -

  al ratios influence the dynamic

  drive capability of the car and its

  economic operation. Their higher number, howe

  -

  ver, not only increases the price but also weight of

  the gearbox, which results in higher fuel consumpti

  -

  on and, hence, also CO

  

  emissions. A further factor

  

  loss of power. The gearbox is responsible for about

  

  

  

  through friction during engagement of the gears

  -

  

  ring tightness etc., and little can be done about this

  loss for technical and economic reasons.

  Designer opportunity

  

  from loss in the bearings. The shafts are most of

  -

  ten mounted either in two bevelled taper bearings

  or in one ball and one roller bearing. Both variants

  have their advantages and usage limits. And the

  

  -

  ding friction does not occur in the ball and roller be-

  arings, unlike in the bevelled bearings, and the loss

  -

  mands on the dimensioning of the bearings as they

  must carry both radial and axial forces.

  At present, every fuel consumpti-

  on percentage is counted, and it

  is not even possible to ignore the

  energy used to control the gear-

  box. In the case of the mechani-

  cal gearbox, the required energy

  is provided by the driver through

  his left leg and right hand – that is

  by pressing the clutch and enga-

  ging the gears. In the case of an

  automatic transmission, this must

  be provided by the engine. Control of the automa-

  tic transmission requires pressured oil and, therefo-

  re, also a pump.

  Driver behaviour

  The automatic transmission shifts gears with ma-

  ximum precision. Its energy demand is successfu-

  lly balanced by the control software, which knows

  precisely when it is best to shift the gear and how

  

  mode, the gearbox shifts gears at low rpm so that

  the fuel consumption is as low as possible. This

  mode also allows for “coasting”. If the software eva-

  luates that it is suitable after a reduction in accele-

  ration to allow coasting in neutral, it activates this

  mode. A predictive driver can better utilise the ki-

  netic energy of the car and reduce fuel consumpti-

  on. A driver with a manual transmission gear stick

  -

  tion and CO

  

  emissions. It is enough for them to co-

  rrectly shift gears and avoid driving in excessively

  low or high gears. RED

  HOW THE GEARBOX

  AFFECTS CONSUMPTION

  BOTH ITS DESIGN AND THE WAY IT IS USED WHILE DRIVING CAN AFFECT

  THE ENVIRONMENT

  The MQ 200 five- or

  six-speed gearbox

  is made in Mladá

  Boleslav in a total of

  50configurations,

  which are installed in the

  models of the various

  VW Group brands.

  Did you

  know that...

  … in 2018 alone, ŠKODA

  AUTO manufactured

  371,700 type MQ 200

  gearboxes? At the

  Mladá Boleslav plant,

  they are installed in the

  FABIA, SCALA, KAMIQ,

  OCTAVIA and KAROQ

  models in combination

  with 1.0- to 1.6-litre petrol

  engines. The current total

  daily production volume of

  the MQ 200 gearboxes is

  more than 1,600 units.

  Scan the QR

  code for an

  overview of cars

  with alternative

  drives.

  SEPTEMBER 2019 ŠKODA MOBIL 13

  A

  fter the OCTAVIA COMBI G-TEC, the

  group of ŠKODA cars powered by na

  -

  tural gas (CNG) has been expanded to inc-

  lude a study of the compact SCALA G-TEC

  and the urban KAMIQ G-TEC SUV. “As part

  

  

  emissions, natu-

  ral gas plays an important role for ŠKODA in

  its powertrain supply,” says Christian Stru-

  be, ŠKODA Board Member for Technical De-

  velopment. “Owing to lower emissions and

  low fuel prices in many countries, our G-TEC

  models will become increasingly popular,” he

  adds.

  The car engine design has been specially

  adapted for burning environmentally friendly

  natural gas. Petrol, which is located in an ad-

  -

  gine start situations: tank pressure changes

  and drops, and when outdoor temperatures

  

  -

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  tion is available. The switching between the

  two modes is automatic without any driver

  intervention.

  CNG contains more energy than gasoline

  or diesel. It is cheaper and burns quietly. CO

  

  

  than with petrol. Moreover, the combustion of

  CNG produces much less nitrogen oxide and

  no carbon soot. The environmental balance

  -

  ced from waste water or agricultural products

  or synthetic gas is burned instead of CNG. In

  addition, the environmental balance may be

  improved if electricity from regenerative sour-

  ces is used for gas production. RED

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  SMARTER RIDE

  THROUGH

  THE CITY

  ŠKODA AUTO DIGILAB EXPANDS AND ENHANCES

  THE RANGE OF ITS SERVICES

  W

  hen the ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab’s in-

  

  its goal was clear: To significantly

  contribute to transforming ŠKODA AUTO from

  

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  -

  lity solutions. During its short

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  China and launched several very

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  Customer under the X-ray

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  look for modern technologies

  

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  

  -

  

  -

  

  

  meeting. What if the courier could deliver the

  goods to the customer’s luggage

  

  

  

  

  -

  -

  -

  re technology that would allow

  

  

  

  agreed with online stores Alza.cz and Rohlik.cz

  -

  

  

  

  -

  RED

  Mobility with

  care

  Another service from the

  carmaker’s innovation centre

  workshop is designed for

  those who need transport

  assistance: children, the

  handicapped and seniors. The

  service is called CareDriver,

  and it is an assistance

  transport service managed

  by trained professionals called

  Careprofs. They must have

  completed aspecial course to

  work with the given clients,

  aclean criminal record and at

  least three years of driving

  experience. Most often, they

  drive children to their after-

  school activities or seniors

  who wish to go shopping or

  visit medical facilities. They

  accompany their passengers

  to their destination or back

  to the car. The analysis is

  currently underway before

  launching the service in other

  cities, including Prague.

  With the tested mobility

  services, the ŠKODA

  AUTO DigiLab team

  continuously thinks

  about the added value

  they could bring to the

  carmaker’s product and

  service oering.

  ŠKODA AUTO DIGILAB

  The popularity of

  carsharing is growing

  Older projects are being developed at the Innovation Centre

  as well. The HoppyGo’s car-sharing platform reports over

  60,000 registered users who have already completed

  4.5million kilometres since its launch. They may now rent

  Czech brand cars owned by the HoppyGo, which they

  unlock themselves and take over without any keys. The

  Uniqway carsharing platform is being developed and used

  by students at all the Czech universities as well. The fleet

  of 16 cars will expand with seven additional cars by the

  end of the year. In addition, users will be delighted with

  another new feature: In the capital, free parking zones have

  been extended. The e-MONA mobile charging stations

  are now used by one of the largest carsharing services in

  Prague, CAR4WAY, which operates 50 electric cars. At the

  same time, the innovation centre in cooperation with Berlin

  located start-up Chargery, is working to improve the charger

  capacity, which will accelerate car charging from hours to

  dozens of minutes.

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  First successes in

  China

  In Beijing, the ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab

  China partner team is exploring the

  possibilities of applying ideas from the

  creative workshop in Prague to the large

  and specific Chinese market. In July, it

  launched its CareDriver pilot project based

  on its European version but addressing

  another group of customers. In China, it

  is very dicult to get an ambulance to

  transport patients who do not suer from

  any urgent or life-threatening conditions.

  Trained drivers using the specially

  equipped and modified KODIAQ model

  carry patients from the Puhua Hospital in

  Beijing. Since the summer, young people in

  Beijing have also been using the WayToGo

  service to rent aŠKODA or Audi car

  and get their online city travel guide.

  The programme, developed by ŠKODA

  AUTO DigiLab China, has become part

  of the popular WeChat social network

  application.

  Innovation hunters

  The ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab Israel is ajoint

  venture of the Mladá Boleslav carmaker

  and the Champion Motors importer. Its

  team is headquartered in Tel Aviv and has

  been tasked with searching the local start-

  up scene for innovations that could be

  used both in the services developed by

  the ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab in Prague and

  in the carmaker’s day-to-day operations.

  Any department may contact it. For

  example, they helped the human resources

  management sta find technology

  that increases the success of their job

  interviews.

  Last year, ŠKODA AUTO invested in the

  Israeli Anagog start-up, whose technology

  uses artificial intelligence to process

  smartphone data. The new ŠKODA AUTO

  DigiLab Israel has partnered with the

  Guardian start-up, which develops highly

  intelligent car sensors, and the Chakratec

  company. Its unique electric energy storage

  technology enables the quick charging

  of electric vehicles, even in poor energy

  infrastructure areas.

  Head Out

  to Prague

  The Citymove

  application will

  make your travelling

  through the capital

  more enjoyable

  1

  Before you get into

  your car, download

  the app from the

  Apple Store or

  Google Play

  2

  Using your

  application, find

  asuitable parking

  car zone in Prague

  and pay for it

  directly. If you

  accidentally stay

  longer somewhere,

  you can extend the

  parking time from

  your mobile

  3

  Enter your

  destination

  4

  The application will

  oer you various

  options. Will you

  take the metro, rent

  aFreebike electric

  bicycle, take Liftago

  or walk?

  5

  Forget paper

  tickets. Buy

  them right in the

  application

  6

  BeRider scooters

  and HoppyGo

  platform shared

  cars will soon

  expand your

  capabilities

  D

  o-

  tion in a

  the registration doesn’t take

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  shows a-

  ding area with several shi-

  ning green dots. They indica-

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  -

  

  have reserved the scoo-

  

  -

  ach it in a

  unlock

  helmet from the

  trunk behind the saddle (the-

  -

  

  

  

  a

  -

  

  button and ride.

  -

  

  

  lift the scooter to its rear

  

  the accelerator – this is not

  common for electric scoo

  -

  

  

  -

  -

  re one doesn’t meet any cars

  -

  te and brake. Everything is

  working well. Even in the

  

  -

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  

  

  -

  -

  -

  

  

  -

  

  going back to Vinohrady.

  

  -

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  -

  

  

  

  RANI TOLIMAT

  GREEN RIDES

  THROUGH PRAGUE

  OR BERIDER FIRST-HAND

  W

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  

  

  -

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  -

  

  mobile service that of

  -

  broad combination of fe-

  atures. They choose the right trans-

  

  

  -

  

  and the amount of money they wish

  

  

  visitors may also use a service called

  

  ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab. A 

  shared electric scooters to

  move through the city and its surroun-

  dings. They have a-

   -

  

  -

  on Centre did adetailed study of the

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  

  -

  

  Environmental operation

  Excellent driving characteristics

  Easy parking

  Speed up to 66 km/h

  So far only available in Prague,

  after evaluation of the pilot of

  the operation decides on the

  extension to other cities

  METROPOLIS

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  ANEW TRAVEL DIMENSION

  SEPTEMBER 2019 ŠKODA MOBIL 15

• Page 16

  Innovative

  features

  The advent of modern technology,

  as well as the growing number of

  oce and production facilities on the

  carmaker premises, has generated

  new requirements for additional

  functionalities. In particular, it has

  concerned more user-friendliness

  for mobile phones with Apple and

  Android operating systems or easier

  facility navigation or touring in the

  form of the Indoor view. When

  planning a route on a mobile or PC,

  ŠkoMap 2.0 will show you all the

  facility access zones (you will see

  whether you can pass or need to

  request access) and will take you to

  the selected workplace when you

  enter the facility.

  Scanning

  with the

  NavVis

  robot

  Displaying the

  facility and the

  workplace in

  ŠkoMap 2.0 on PC

  Fault reporting and

  troubleshooting

  Display navigation

  on a mobile

  THE CARMAKER IN THE

  PALM OF YOUR HAND

  WITH THE IMPROVED ŠKOMAP MOBILE APP, YOU CAN NOW REPORT

  PROBLEMS AS WELL

  Electronic fault

  reporting

  However, navigation is not the only

  upgraded feature. ŠkoMap 2.0

  also allows you to report faults or

  incidents instantly, and for facility

  managers it displays their exact

  location and oers an ecient way

  of removing them that is much more

  convenient for facility managers and

  employees. No more complicated

  forms to fill out. If you report a

  fault, you only need to select from

  three categories, in which about

  99percent of the possible cases are

  described in detail. As a result, you

  create an incident report in three

  clicks, then just indicate the location

  – or take a picture of the fault – and

  click send. Facility managers or the

  particular departments can then deal

  with it immediately.

  How not to get

  lost without

  GPS

  Which technology should be

  chosen for navigation in facilities

  where GPS does not work?

  Various variants were considered,

  from the so-called invisible

  points and Wi-Fi transmitters

  to a combination of several

  dierent procedures. In the end,

  the NavVis system from the

  company of the same name,

  proved to be the best one. It

  enables navigation based on the

  principle of taking three photos

  from dierent angles but from

  the same spot. If the facility’s

  3D model is known, including

  photographic and laser scans,

  the aforementioned three

  images can be used to determine

  the position very accurately

  and quickly. In addition, the

  technology is also suitable for

  planning production lines and

  production facility equipment.

  F

  or nine years, ŠkoMap has

  been helping workers across

  all areas. Through company

  PCs, it gives them access to schema-

  tic plans of buildings with GPS co-

  ordinates, general designations of

  -

  ting room etc.) and contacts (name

  and phone number) to the manager

  of the facility owned or managed by

  the carmaker.

  -

  sion will provide users with a lot of

  additional features. Thanks to navi

  -

  gation, for example, they will have a

  much easier time navigating office

  buildings and production facilities,

  

  of convenient fault reporting and

  troubleshooting. It will be primarily

  intended for company PCs and smart

  devices. After the installation of spe-

  cial software, it will work in so-called

  protected mode with other company

  applications, even in private mobile

  phones.

  It was developed by IT specialists

  

  

  Services Management in cooperation

  with NavVis. Test operation took place

  

  -

  ment of the original version was pre-

  ceded by mass mapping of all the

  facilities nine years ago, when electro-

  

  -

  

  and Mladá Boleslav, the process took

  three years, even with the help of tem-

  -

  -

  

  team now adds scans of and current

  data on a number of other buildings

  

  -

  vidual plants must not restrict the pro-

  duction process; for that reason, it is

  performed only at night and on wee-

  kends. Although the scanning team

  is moving relatively quickly and can

  scan two facilities over a weekend, it

  faces a mammoth challenge. The car-

  maker, including its branch plants,

  office space in Prague, and the tes

  -

  -

  

  -

  cilities of the main production plant

  in the second-generation ŠkoMap.

  MIROSLAV NĚMEC

  16 ŠKODA MOBIL SEPTEMBER 2019

  05

  22

  FACILITIES WITH PRECISE

  NAVIGATION IN THE MAIN

  PRODUCTION PLANT BY THE END

  OF 2019

  486

  FACILITIES IN TOTAL ARE OWNED

  OR MANAGED BY THE CARMAKER

  THINK

  DIGITALLY,

  PRINT

  MINIMALLY

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  TAKING STOCK

  WITH A MOBILE

  THANKS TO THE SMART COMPUTER SYSTEMS, REGULAR

  INSPECTIONS ARE NO LONGER A NIGHTMARE

  BOTH @SMART APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT

  ŠKODA Space > My Portal > My Applications

  Mobile assistant

  With the advent of technologies came the opportunity to cancel

  paper tickets. Now, workers pass the individual items with their

  mobile terminals (HDT – handheld data terminal), scan the item’s

  corresponding barcode and write its physical state directly into the

  system. This eliminates paperwork and rewriting and gives them an

  immediate overview of the inventory status. The HDT even warns the

  worker that some items still have to be inspected. The dispatch centre

  also sees in real time which stage the individual centres are at. The

  data are immediately available for acceptance, and it is possible to see

  in which centre they have deficiencies, that some parts could not be

  traced or some are still present.

  Custom tweak

  In recent years, mobile phones with their special SCAN4INV

  application have been used to do car inventories. The application was

  developed by the FIB / 5 – IT department in cooperation with external

  suppliers under the leadership of Radek Najman. This application

  eliminates the need to rewrite VINs into paper documents. A worker

  scans a barcode or QR code with his mobile phone, which makes it

  faster to do inventory. “Last year, this was an inventory of several tens

  of thousands of cars standing on the factory grounds in a fraction of

  the time compared with the paper period,” says Petr Grecman from

  FCB. “This year, we also wish to take stock of unfinished vehicles on

  the assembly line with our mobile phones. This will save at least two

  hours of preparation, printing and distribution of inventory cards,” adds

  Radek Najman.

  S

  tock-taking is imposed on compa-

  

  

  out in various areas: The levels of stock

  -

  

  example, in the Production and Logistics

  area, stock-taking is performed on the deci-

  sive date in work in progress and includes

  everything that is currently being delivered

  from a warehouse and ready to be used in

  operation or assembled in work in progress

  components,” says Jan Chochola of FCB.

  

  

  

  while at the time the carmaker produced

  only one model FELICIA in two body vari-

  ants, the number has increased to nine mo

  -

  dels today. In addition, the plant produces

  a wide range of components, engines and

  gearboxes, as well as cars in various degre-

  es of disassembly, which are then transpor-

  -

  ly, stock-taking related to FELICIA took six

  shifts; today, we manage it in three, and this

  year, we want to reduce it by another one.

  This would not have been possible without

  -

  

  replaces part of the manual work,” explains

  

  Stock-taking is now easier to record. The

  systems directly prepare the supporting do-

  cuments for acceptance because they have

  an accurate picture of where the parts are,

  or various technical gadgets, such as part

  weighing or mobile applications, help in

  

  at the end of the process. The system will

  calculate the parts contained in the unfi

  -

  nished car components according to the

  parts list and the place where the part was

  captured during stock-taking,” adds Radek

  Najman from IT Production Preparation.

  ŠTĚPÁN VORLÍČEK

  Three

  phases

  “The inventory includes

  the recording of

  the individual parts,

  acceptance that verifies

  that records have been

  produced per the rules,

  and final internal and

  external audits. In the

  past, it could have relied

  on system support,

  which consisted of

  preparing inventory

  cards whose production

  represented not only

  significant overhead

  costs but also an

  environmental burden,”

  says Zdeněk Čučka from

  PLO.

  SEPTEMBER 2019 ŠKODA MOBIL 17

  Do you know

  that…

  … the inventory of our unfinished

  production will take place in two shifts

  this year? In Mladá Boleslav, it will start

  on the night from Friday, 25 October, to

  Saturday, 26 October, and on Saturday

  morning in Kvasiny. Its complexity mainly

  lies in the fact that our assembly lines

  are run to the last moment, and the

  components and cars are in various

  stages of completion. ŠKODA AUTO

  produces up to 50,000 dierent car

  variants per month, even if they dier

  only in colour or radio equipment.

  Therefore, it is not possible to predict in

  advance how many and which parts will

  be located at which line. Our warehouses

  may be inspected continuously, through

  so-called permanent inventory.

  SMART ABOUT FINANCES

  Introducing two more applications that you can find on

  ŠKODA Space. They greatly help to reduce administration

  and save time.

  Employee collections

  Do you contribute to a good cause? If so, we

  have great news for you. You can conveniently

  set up and manage your contributions through

  a corresponding application. You may easily and

  quickly adjust your contributions every month if you

  wish. As it is a financial area related to your wage

  deductions, the application requires a two-level

  login: with the help of a PKI chip and entered PIN or

  your RSA card. You can also access the Employee

  Collections application from home just by logging

  into ŠKODA Space with your username and LDAP

  password. You can find the Employee Collections

  tile there as one of the items in @SMART Apps.

  Then, you only manage your collection account and

  set your contribution amounts for the individual

  non-profit organisations. You can also view your

  contribution history for the entire duration of your

  Employee Collections. One checkbox is important:

  whether you want your non-profit to know about

  your contributions. This is the only way to issue and

  send you a gift receipt to reduce your tax base.

  Other gainful activities

  The application serves all ŠKODA AUTO

  employees when they report and approve other

  gainful activities. It may be accessed through the

  PKI chip on the MFA card via the Employee Portal

  and the My HR data tile. There you report all forms

  of gainful activities, which the system automatically

  compares with ŠKODA AUTO’s business activities.

  If it finds a match, it will generate an employer

  approval request and notify you by e-mail.

  Otherwise, it only records your data. You also use

  the application to inform your employer of the

  termination of your reported gainful activity.

  1,297

  EMPLOYEES ENTERED DEDUCTIONS

  THROUGH THE APPLICATION IN AUGUST

  72

  PERCENT OF THE TOTAL DEDUCTIONS

  WAS ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED

  CZK 235,095

  PASSED THROUGH THE APPLICATION

  TONON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS

  70,000

  ITEMS FEATURED

  INVENTORY CARDS IN

  THE PAST (RECORD,

  ACCEPTANCE, AUDIT)

  20

  PERCENT OF ŠKODA

  AUTO EMPLOYEES

  PARTICIPATE IN THE

  COMPANY’S STOCK-

  TAKING EVERY YEAR

  @SMART Application

• Page 18

  18 ŠKODA MOBIL SEPTEMBER 2019

  MOTORSPORT

  KOPECKÝ

  WINS

  INGERMANY

  ŠKODA FABIA R5 DRIVES FROM

  VICTORY TO VICTORY

  TURKISH

  CHALLENGE

  THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR’S

  RALLY OF TURKEY HAS ONCE

  AGAIN CONFIRMED THAT IT IS

  ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING

  COMPETITIONS OF THE WORLD

  CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

  The crew of the ŠKODA Motorsport facto-

  ry team Jan Kopecký / Pavel Dresler had

  their best performance of the season at

  

  -

  lly Championship series. On the track

  

  

  

  -

  -

  

  in the championship. The other factory

  

  

  

  

  

  -

  -

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  team was no exception.

  -

  

  

  -

  -

  

  and his co-driver Pavel Dresler were clear-

  

  

  -

  -

  

  

  -

  

  performed exceptionally well with his co-

  

  

  -

  

  

  RED

  Three-in-one

  The Rallye Deutschland required extraordinary

  versatility from the crews. On the Friday, there

  were speed tests in vineyards on the slopes of

  the Moselle Valley and often on very narrow

  roads with short straights and multiple turns.

  On Saturday, the teams were expected at the

  Baumholder military area. Broken concrete

  with long jumps gave the wheels a hard time,

  and there was many a flat tyre. On Sunday, the

  competition returned to the vineyards, but the

  speed tests were much faster than the ones two

  days earlier.

  GREAT NUMBERS

  FOR THE CUSTOMER

  PROGRAMME

  ŠKODA FABIA R5 IS THE BEST-SELLING CAR IN THE

  R5 CATEGORY

  Data for the period between

  1 April 2015 and 18 September 2019

  Rallye Deutschland

  (WRC 2 Pro)

  1.

  KOPECKÝ/DRESLER (CZE/CZE),

  ŠKODA FABIA R5 EVO

  2.

  CAMILLI/VEILLAS (FRA/FRA),

  FORD FIESTA R5 MKII

  3.

  ROVANPERÄ/HALTTUNEN (FIN/FIN),

  ŠKODA FABIA R5 EVO

  Rally of Turkey (WRC 2 Pro)

  1.

  GREENSMITH/EDMONDSON (GBR/

  GBR), FORD FIESTA R5 MKII

  2.

  KOPECKÝ/DRESLER (CZE/CZE),

  ŠKODA FABIA R5 EVO

  3.

  ROVANPERÄ/HALTTUNEN (FIN/FIN),

  ŠKODA FABIA R5 EVO

  Continuous ranking of

  manufacturers (WRC 2 Pro)

  1

  ST

  ŠKODA, 257 POINTS

  2

  ND

  FORD, 220 POINTS

  3

  RD

  CITROËN, 110 POINTS

  Continuous ranking of drivers

  (WRC 2 Pro)

  1.

  KALLE ROVANPERÄ (FIN), ŠKODA,

  166 POINTS

  2.

  GUS GREENSMITH (GBR), FORD,

  110 POINTS

  3.

  MADS ØSTBERG (NOR), CITROËN,

  110 POINTS

  4.

  JAN KOPECKÝ (CZE), ŠKODA,

  79 POINTS

  FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT

  www.skoda-motorsport.com

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