Press releases
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Thursday, 15. July, 2010
Avia’s Revenues Grow by a Quarter in the First Half
Praha – The revenues from the sale of cars of automotive manufacturer Avia Ashok Leyland Motors of Prague - Letňany grew by over a quarter in the first half of 2010 compared to last year. The revenues from the sale of spare parts even increased by nearly forty percent. The automotive company has maintained one of the leading positions in the segment on the domestic market in the past six months. “We currently hold one fifth of the middle-class truck market in the Czech Republic, which, given the situation in the automotive industry, is an excellent result and one that we want to maintain in the second half of the year,” says Marcus Pauels, Executive Director of AALM, about the… -
Friday, 28. May, 2010
Avia Pulls a Secret Green Vehicle Ace at Autotec
Brno/Prague - In addition to two conventional diesel powered vehicles, Avia Ashok Leyland Motors (AALM) ofPrague - Letňany has exhibited at the largest domestic truck and utility vehicle fair a Smith Newton electric vehicle from theUK, which features an Avia chassis and cab. It is for the first time that this new environmentally friendly vehicle has been officially introduced to the professional public, and Avia will start offering the product to customers in theCzech Republic and abroad during the fair. “The electric vehicle is an important project as it expands the portfolio of our products and our co-operation with the manufacturer of fully electric powered vehicles, the British company Smith. Seventy of these vehicles bearing the Avia face are already… -
Friday, 14. May, 2010
Avia Has Tested Electric Truck in Standard Operation in Prague
Prague - At the end of April the Prague-based truck manufacturer Avia Ashok Leyland Motors (AALM) successfully tested an electric truck supplied by Smith, UK, in the real-time situation of Prague traffic. During the Autotec 2010 exhibition of commercial vehicles in Brno, Avia will present a new model of the electric truck ready for marketing in Central Europe, built on a chassis with an Avia cabin, which will soon also be offered to customers in the Czech Republic. “We have tested the electric truck as part of the project of a week of electro-mobility in Prague, and it successfully managed to operate during the rush-hour traffic in Prague without any problems. It is here, at Europe’s biggest fair of commercial…