Automotive industry in the Czech Republic

[2][3] The following car brands are produced in Czechia: - Skoda - Hyundai - Toyota - Renault - Peugeot as well as trucks and busses (Iveco, Skoda, SOR), trams, trains and subway trains.

The Prague watchmaker and mechanic Josef Božek was the first to create a self-propelled carriage in what is now the Czech Republic.

Božek improved his creation for several years, after which he used the steam engine separately from the vehicle itself.

Later, the Bohemian designer was engaged in steamships and rail transport, and also gained fame as a watchmaker.

In 1897, the East Moravian Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft (future Tatra) company produced its first passenger car, the President, and a year later a truck.