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Škoda Weekly 29/2024
Exploring One of the Most
Advanced Paint Shops
in Europe
Painting car bodies is a highly sophisticated
process that is continuously evolving. One of the
most advanced paint shops in Europe is situated
in Mladá Boleslav. What sets it apart? How does
the painting process unfold? Which stage is
the most challenging? Pavel Saska, Paint Shops
Process Planning Coordinator at Škoda Auto,
provides the answers.
#ExploreŠkoda Podcast focuses on digital
technologies in Škoda cars and automotive
industry. Listen every two weeks on your
favorite podcast platform. This episode you
can also nd on YouTube.
New Škoda Mobil 8/2024
Dear readers of Škoda Mobil, the latest August issue is available at
distribution stands or online at www.skodamobil.cz/en, where more
photos, videos and links are published. Read all about the new Elroq, an
upcoming milestone in Škoda's portfolio. We also recall the InnoDay
innovation showcase and look back at this year's Tour de France,
with which the company has extended its partnership until .
Winning WRC at Rally Finland, Oliver Solberg has
made a big step towards the title. The -year-old
Swede and British co-driver Elliott Edmondson lead
the category from start to nish. After the . round
of the FIA World Rally Championship, Škoda Fabia
RS Rally driver Solberg tops the WRC overall
standings with a points lead over the Toyota
team of Sami Pajari/Enni Mälkönen.
In the WRC Masters Cup category, for drivers and
navigators over years old, the rst three places
were held by the Škoda cars teams.
After three very fast events with smooth gravel
stages, the FIA World Rally Championship turns
to rougher surfaces. Acropolis Rally Greece is
next (– September ), one of the toughest
events of the series.
Rally Finland: Škoda driver
Oliver Solberg extends
WRC2 lead
Not everyone has to grow up
for motorsport from an early age.
Finnish presenter Janni Hussi is
clear proof of this. Two years ago,
she was basically never sat in
a race car, but now she is
collecting points in world rallies
in the WRC category with driver
Lauri Joona. Her story
is proof of how open the world
of motorsport is.
Female element:
Janni Hussi |
Navigator
How Janni got into rallying is
described at Škoda Motorsport.
After introducing Škoda GPT-, we are now
taking another step forward. Meet GPT-o,
the latest and most capable language model
of articial intelligence from OpenAI. Compared
to previous versions, the o model is designed
to provide even more accurate, creative, and
user-friendly interactions, currently in the form
of text inputs and outputs. Another new
feature is the option to enable dark mode in
the application, which might be more user-
friendly for some users. The mentioned model
was rst tested within the AI community, which
currently has more than members.
Join them for insight and early access to all
the latest news!
ŠkodaGPT
adds
the newest
model and dark mode
Read the online version of the Škoda Weekly at www.skodatydenik.cz. Škoda Weekly editorial team: GKU – Internal Communications. E-mail: tydenik@skoda-auto.cz.
From this number of
lottery tickets,
winners were selec-
ted to go on holiday in
brand new Kamiq Monte
Carlo cars thanks to the
Tombola ZEBRA incen-
tive program. This year's
winners are very acti-
ve in proposing impro-
vements. Together, they
have already contributed
to almost improve-
ment proposals
during their career at
Škoda Auto.
Number of
the Week:
2 845
Škoda Team Joined Metrostav
Handy Cycling Marathon Again
One of the longest cycling races in the Czech Republic –
Metrostav Handy Cycling Marathon ( July – August
) – this year took participants to all regions of
the Czech Republic.
Škoda Auto once again sent its WeLoveCycling.cz team
to the mixed team relay and at the same time contributed
CZK , to a fundraising campaign to help -year-
old Jan Zopek, who was born as a premature baby and is
struggling with a number of health complications. However,
he found his passion in cycling.
The collected amount will be used by Honzik's family to buy
a car needed to travel to races.