How we’re doing our bit.

Making sure our products are environmentally friendly at every stage of their life cycle is one of our top priorities. This is how we’re doing it:

• We recycle as much as possible. Škoda parts are marked so they can be quickly and easily identified when the car is taken apart, or should groups of parts get separated. They’re also designed for fast, easy dismantling when the car reaches the end of its life cycle.
  
• We use the latest, most environmentally-friendly manufacturing technologies and facilities available. For instance, to protect our cars’ painted areas against corrosion, we insist on leadless cataphoresis* (KTL) and waterbased colours.
• We do everything possible to cut fuel consumption and emissions in both our petrol and diesel engines. We minimise the frictional loss in wheel traction, make our vehicles as aerodynamic as possible and our parts lighter, all so less energy is used. All our engines meet the current emission guidelines.
  
• We take steps to ensure no fluids escape, whether during the manufacture of the car, while it’s being used or during servicing. All our vehicles meet the laws and guidelines for the protection of the environment, both land and water.
• Finally, by using the most modern analytical methods and follow-up measures, we also lower noise levels and improve sound quality in our cars.

The combined result is that Škodas are not only great to drive, but they’re also as friendly as possible to the environment.

( * The motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode)