Car parts supplier and integrator Delphi Automotive announced investments and partnerships in three privately held companies to help carmakers profit from the increasing amount of data produced by the growing number of vehicles connected to the internet. As cars are equipped with new capabilities, from...
The European Parliament gave today its consent to additional €200 million for Horizon 2020, the current EU research and innovation funding programme, by adopting a compromise on the mid-term review of the EU budget, reached with the EU Member States on 7 March. The final...
Few road safety topics have generated as much conversation in recent years as connected and automated driving. The automotive industry is on the cusp of major change. Connected and automated cars hold the promise to significantly improve road safety, decrease fuel consumption (and with that, lower...
Driven by connectivity-based services and new players entering the scene, the digital transformation of the automotive aftermarket business is rapidly gaining momentum and scope. These and other trends were highlighted at the 8th Aftermarket conference on March 29/30, organised by CLEPA, the European Association of...
In response to the recent slowdown in reducing road fatalities, the Commission is holding together with the Maltese Presidency, a Stakeholder and Ministerial Conference in Malta on 28 and 29 March 2017. The meeting encouraged open discussion around the key pressure points of the road...
Erasmus (European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) is a European Union student exchange programme established in 1987. On the 27 March 2017, the European Commission presented an initiative under the Erasmus+ programme which further supports learning and mobility of young Europeans. Called...
European countries join forces to digitise industry Today at the Digital Day in Rome the European Commission launched the European platform of national initiatives on digitising industry. It brings together the 13 existing national initiatives to digitise industry to improve the sharing of best practices and...
Cooperation on connected and automated mobility A large number of European countries have signed a letter of intent to establish, together with the Commission, a legal framework for cross-border trials in connected driving, based on harmonised rules on data access, liability and connectivity. This drives forward EU...
President Juncker and President Tusk have met with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, with the negotiations for a bilateral trade deal featuring prominently on the agenda. In a statement given before the meeting, President Juncker said: We believe this agreement is necessary because we believe...
European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans delivered a speech on the Commission's Better Regulation Agenda, at the Regulatory Scrutiny Board's first open conference on Regulatory Scrutiny in the European Union, attended by Member State representatives, national regulatory watchdog chairs, REFIT Platform members, stakeholders and representatives...