EFFICIENT

DRIVING

ECONOMY RUN CONFIRMS THE

INCREASED ECO-FRIENDLY ENERGY

EFFICIENCY OF ŠKODA VEHICLES

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he route for the 36th annual competition for the lowest consumption, hosted by ŠKODA AUTO and ÚAMK Automotoklub ŠKODA Mladá Boleslav, measured

a total of 323 km (from Mladá Boleslav to

Vrchlabí and back). A total of 51 teams appeared at the start on 23 September along

with efficient driving enthusiasts. The

winners were first announced in individual categories based on fuel: petrol, diesel and compressed natural gas (CNG).

The main evaluation criteria included actually achieved consumption. The organisers also took into consideration the average speed and the difference between the

actual and standardised consumption according to the new European driving cycle. Whenever there was a tie with respect

to CO2 emissions and consumption value,

the faster average speed was the decisive

factor. The winning crew in the petrol category with the CITIGO 1.0 MPI achieved an

average consumption of only 3.2 l per 100

km. The diesel category was led by a team

driving an OCTAVIA 1.6 TDI with an average consumption of 3.1 l per 100 km. In the

evaluation of vehicles powered by CNG,

the CITIGO G-TEC vehicle won with an

average consumption of 2.2 kg per 100 km.

The crew of Marek Tomíšek and David Kazda, completed the 323-km route in 6 hours

and 7 minutes.

Eco-friendly production

The ECONOMY RUN results confirmed the

increasing efficiency of ŠKODA brand vehicles. In 2014 and 2016, the carmaker reduced its models’ CO2 emissions by approximately 12 percent. By 2020 it wants to

reduce them by another 18 percent, and it

has committed to do so in its report on sustainable development 2015/2016. In the spirit of the GreenProduct motto, the production of extremely efficient vehicles is part

of the GreenFuture strategy, in which the

ŠKODA brand combines all activities enabling the reduction of environmental consequences of development and production of

vehicles. RED

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INTELLIGENT POWER REGULATION OF THE

DRYER AT PAINT SHOPS IS ALSO BEING

IMPLEMENTED AT OTHER PRODUCTION

LOCATIONS

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ncreasing energy efficiency during the

drying of paint is part of ŠKODA AUTO’s

GreenFuture strategy. To this end, the

carmaker has equipped the dryers at the

paint facilities to regulate volume current.

They depend on the type of burden. Without adjusting the dryers, they work at maximum output, regardless of how many vehicles they are drying. However, if regulated,

the amount of warmed air changes depending on the number of vehicle

bodies that need to be dried.

the amount of air brought in and released

could be reduced by 10 percent without affecting the quality of painted vehicle bodies. This could reduce the rotations of ventilators. The implemented measure was

found to lead to annual savings of 3,000 litres of water, 900 MWh of electricity and

1,400 MWh of heat energy. Expressed in

money, the measure amounts to a total of

CZK 2.3 million in annual savings.

The further regulation of

dryers took place at the PlasANNUAL SAVINGS

tizol line in Kvasiny. “The

principle involves the perforThe use of frequency

changers during regulation

mance of the dryer being regM3 OF GAS

Already at the end of last year,

ulated depending on capacregulation of volume current

ity, all while complying with

was added to the first dryer

process parameters. Prior to

MWH OF ELECTRICITY

at the Mladá Boleslav plant.

the change, the dryer worked

“This pilot project proved to

at full output, even at zero cabe another important step to increase the ef- pacity. The implemented changes have reficiency of used resources in the Mladá Bole- sulted in annual savings of 185,000 m 3 of

slav plant. Without the valuable involvement natural gas and 375 MWh of electricity. Exof our employees, this never would have pressed in money, these savings amount to

been achieved, which also demonstrates CZK 1.7 million annually”, Drbout explains.

The implementation of the changes to exthat environmental protection plays a crucial

role for them”, says Brand Planning Manag- isting dryers and air ventilation systems will

er Jiří Dbrout.

bring around 4,500 MWh of electricity and

The frequency changers were added to 740,000 m3 per year. This corresponds to the

the air ventilation system of the DL1 and annual consumption of approximately 840

DL2 painting lines at the Mladá Boleslav average households, which will save the carplant, where this installation enabled the maker approximately CZK 11.2 million per

smooth regulation of ventilator rotations. It year in energy costs. RED

was discovered from the measurements that

Frequency

changers

Regulation with a changer is used

wherever there is a need to achieve

different electric motor rotations than the

ones offered by the standard series. It is

also used wherever the rotation speed

has to be changed, for the managed

starting and running of an electric motor,

which reduces current and torque

significantly, and in solutions focused on

energy savings.

740,000

4,500

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