Mladá Boleslav / Prague, 15 April 2019 – As the host and an official partner of the event for the third time, ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab invited talented programmers to the Smart Mobility Hackathon in Prague. More than 60 creative minds developed innovative concepts in relation to smart cities, green mobility and connectivity over the course of the 48-hour programmer competition, which ran from 12-14 April. In addition to the organiser’s grand prize of 5,000 euros, ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab also awarded team MAASTERS the prize of taking part in the internationally renowned mobility conference EcoMotion Week 2019 in Tel Aviv for developing a special algorithm to predict the price of used cars.

Mladá Boleslav/Shanghai, 15 April 2019 – ŠKODA has founded another spin-off of its innovation workshop in Beijing, called ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab China, which is networking with the local start-up community to collaborate on projects. Here, the focus is on mobility of the future, digitalisation as well as the development and implementation of new business models.

ŠKODA has held its first-ever Clever Mobility Hackathon event in China, to connect with young Chinese tech talents on the future of mobility. 48-hour marathon competition themed “Clever Mobility Services for a Better Life” 88 participants, including entrepreneurs, students, programmers and creative minds, competed in 4 areas related to future mobility. Top ideas and concepts to be further developed together with ŠKODA China