Bring one route, depot or charging site you know well. At e-SALON, you can ask vehicle suppliers, charging providers and operators to work through the same example.
An electric van can look right on the exhibition floor. What a fleet manager needs to know is how much it can carry on the usual route, where it will charge at the end of the shift and who will service it locally. In Letňany, you can explore those questions in the same visit. Renault Pro+ is bringing its electric Trafic to Hall 3, charging companies are exhibiting across the fair and the organiser has set aside Hall 7 for test drives. Renault Group’s exhibition announcement · e-SALON exhibition preview
The eighth e-SALON runs 12–15 November 2026 at PVA EXPO PRAHA, Beranových 667, Prague 9–Letňany. ABF’s fair covers electric and other alternative-drive vehicles, charging, components and services. Thursday is the professional and invited-guest day and includes the Clean Mobility Conference. The fair opens to the general public from Friday. Fair overview · Visitor information
Pick your day and ticket
| Date | Fair hours | How to plan the visit |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 12 November | 09:00–17:00 | Professional and invited-guest day. The separately ticketed Clean Mobility Conference also runs that day. |
| Friday 13 November | 10:00–17:00 | Public admission. A specialist forum on electric transport and charging in smaller cities is scheduled in the morning. |
| Saturday 14 November | 10:00–17:00 | Public admission. The afternoon programme includes the Czech Battery Cluster and a session on mobile charging. |
| Sunday 15 November | 10:00–16:00 | Public admission. Afternoon sessions include used EVs, charging from street lighting and battery measurement. |
The organiser publishes the opening hours and the full accompanying programme separately. Friday’s Modern Technologies in Electric Transport forum starts at 10:30 in Congress Hall 1, Entrance Hall III. Its listing says the forum is free after registration. Check the fair admission arrangements when signing up for the session. Opening hours · Accompanying programme and registration
Standard fair admission costs CZK 300 in advance through 11 November and CZK 350 from 12 November. The emailed ticket is valid for one entry and its barcode can be shown on a phone. The family ticket is CZK 700 in advance or CZK 800 from 12 November. The organiser lists student admission at CZK 200 with valid proof, up to age 26. Use Friday to Sunday when planning a visit on a standard public ticket. Fair prices and concessions · Official ticket seller
The Clean Mobility Conference costs CZK 3,013 at the standard rate. Shopex says the conference ticket also includes entry to the accompanying e-SALON fair. The detailed agenda lists registration from 09:00, the conference opening at 10:00 and closing remarks at 17:30. If you want to see the exhibition on Thursday as well, fit those meetings in before the fair closes at 17:00. Ask the organiser about session languages and interpretation before booking if you need English. Conference ticket and terms · Conference programme
What to hear at the Clean Mobility Conference
ABF is organising the conference with EIT Urban Mobility. The Thursday programme in Congress Hall I follows the journey from making EVs and batteries to charging and running vehicles in cities. The six published panel times are local. EIT Urban Mobility event overview · Full agenda and speakers
| Time | Panel | A question to bring |
|---|---|---|
| 10:20–11:05 | EV manufacturing and Central Europe’s place in global competition | Where do vehicle makers need regional suppliers or support? |
| 11:30–12:15 | Batteries, repair and second use | Who can assess a battery and take responsibility for its next use? |
| 13:25–14:10 | Smart charging, grid limits and vehicle-to-grid | How can a depot manage several vehicles on the same electrical connection? |
| 14:35–15:20 | Public charging and urban mobility | Who owns, operates and funds charging at the proposed location? |
| 15:55–16:40 | Companies’ experience electrifying fleets | Which operating assumptions changed once vehicles went into service? |
| 16:45–17:30 | Electric delivery fleets and city logistics | How do charging and driver schedules affect the routes that can be electrified? |
For charging projects, the 13:25 panel lists speakers from Kempower and Last Mile Solutions. Vehicle-to-grid, often shortened to V2G, refers to using a compatible vehicle and charger to feed stored energy back to the grid. If your immediate problem is a limited depot connection, ask what scheduled charging can already do at the site and what equipment a V2G trial would require. Smart charging panel and speakers
For fleet operators, the 15:55 and 16:45 panels cover workplace charging and what happens when electric vans go into service on delivery routes. The final panel lists Go4 and Łukasiewicz – Poznań Institute of Technology, a relevant session for visitors comparing logistics operations across Central Europe. Thursday also has a separate Insurance Forum at the venue, with its own programme and ticket. Fleet and logistics panels · Insurance Forum
Exhibitors to put on your shortlist
- Commercial vehicles — Renault Pro+ and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. Renault has announced the Czech debut of the electric Trafic Van E-Tech in Hall 3. The fair’s preview also lists Volkswagen’s Multivan, Caddy and ID. Buzz Long. Use the displays to check loading access, vehicle layout and the support offered to fleet customers in Czechia. Renault announcement · Organiser’s vehicle preview
- Passenger cars — Škoda, Hyundai, Toyota and BYD. The organiser lists Škoda’s Epiq and Peaq, eight Toyota model premieres and BYD’s SHARK plug-in hybrid pickup ahead of its local launch. Hyundai’s exhibitor listing includes the IONIQ 3 and Staria Electric. A fleet buyer comparing these brands can ask which versions are due in Czechia, when orders open and which service centres can support them. Organiser’s vehicle preview · Exhibitor announcements
- Charging equipment and software — SECTRON, OlifeEnergy, Chargee and ELEXIM. SECTRON and OlifeEnergy list their shared stand as A1–9. SECTRON plans to show its EMA charger management platform and NEXUS portable charger. The organiser also lists Chargee for workplace charging and ELEXIM for the MyBox station configurator and cloud service. If you already run chargers, bring their model names and ask suppliers to explain how they would connect them, assign usage to drivers and handle faults. SECTRON’s stand announcement · Organiser’s charging preview
Allow time for Hall 7. The organiser plans on-site test drives across multiple brands. Hyundai, for example, lists the Inster, IONIQ 3, Staria Electric and IONIQ 9 among its test vehicles. If a particular model is important to your visit, ask about availability, sign-up and driving licence requirements. The official catalogue and hall plan are the best places to confirm stand locations as the show approaches. Hall 7 and test drives · Hyundai test models · Exhibitor catalogue · Hall plan
Getting to PVA EXPO PRAHA in Letňany
| Starting point | Route |
|---|---|
| Prague city centre or Main Station | Take metro C towards Letňany and get off at the terminus. The organiser estimates a five-minute walk to the fair. You can board line C at Hlavní nádraží or change from line A at Muzeum and from line B at Florenc. |
| Prague Airport | Take trolleybus 59 from Terminal 1 or 2 to Nádraží Veleslavín. Change to metro A, then to metro C at Muzeum for Letňany. |
| Near a local bus route | Enter Výstaviště Letňany as the destination in the PID planner. The venue lists services including 195 and 201. |
| Driving to the fair | Use PVA EXPO PRAHA, Beranových 667. The venue lists CZK 200 for a day of passenger-car parking. P1 is accessed from Beranových and P2 through the main gate. |
Venue directions and parking · Airport public transport · PID journey planner · DPP service changes
For an early start, the conference ticket seller lists WE Hotel EXPO Prague next to the exhibition grounds and advertises a 20% accommodation discount for conference ticket holders using ABF2026, subject to the offer available when you book. If your trip includes meetings elsewhere in Prague, a hotel near a line C station keeps Letňany accessible while leaving more of the city within reach. Conference ticket and hotel offer
Turn the visit into a decision
If eight vans return to one depot at 18:00 and need to leave by 07:00, take that schedule to both a vehicle supplier and a charging provider. Add the daily distances, payloads and available site power. Ask what they would quote for the same operation, who would install and service it and what you could test with a small pilot.
If you are visiting to find a Czech partner, pick two or three stands and set out the role you need before you meet. A distributor, an installation partner and a service company solve different problems. Ask who would take responsibility for the first Czech installation, support it after commissioning and keep spare parts available. A short follow-up meeting around one site or customer gives both sides something concrete to work on.
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Related reading
- Czech trade fairs and B2B events for 2026–27
- Find business partners in the Czech Republic
- Prague Airport transfers for business travellers
- Prague business hotels
Sources
- Fair logistics — e-SALON overview and hall plan · visitor information · fair ticket prices · fair ticket seller · accompanying programme
- Conference — official agenda · EIT Urban Mobility · conference tickets and hotel offer · Insurance Forum
- Exhibitors — catalogue · organiser’s exhibition preview · exhibitor announcements · Renault Group · SECTRON
- Transport — PVA EXPO PRAHA · Prague Airport · PID journey planner · DPP service changes