Bird & Bird in association with CLEPA and Automobil-Industrie have the pleasure of inviting you to the next annual international automotive conference, Automotive Connect, taking place on 9 March 2017 in Frankfurt am Main. Legal and non-legal experts from the industry will provide commercial perspectives...
Autonomous cars are taking a central role at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, reports Bloomberg. CLEPA members especially were very well represented and provided numerous demonstrations and explanations on their coming products and services. More than 130 companies that provide some sort of automotive technology will...
Introduction Today, European automotive suppliers lead the world in the design, engineering and manufacturing of key vehicle components and systems technologies. A crucial factor behind this has been the success of the Single Market and the positive benefits of European Union membership. The European automotive sector employs...
On the 9th of December, the European Commission adopted the report on the operation of the system of access to vehicle repair and maintenance information. Vehicle manufacturers are required under European legislation to ensure that independent operators have easy, restriction-free and standardised access to vehicle RMI...
On 6 December 2016, the Forum for Mobility & Society issued a set of recommendations to EU policymakers in calling for improved efforts when it comes to reaching road safety targets. The document was launched during a lunch debate on road safety in Europe. The event...
Last month, McKinsey published their latest automotive industry study - 'How the convergence of automotive and tech will create a new ecosystem'. The study looks at the four trends shaping the development of the automotive industry, how OEMs are responding to the entry of tech...
On December 6 2016, ZF unveiled their new ZF Part Finder App which allows customers to search their entire range of spare parts available from the ZF Aftermarket premium product brands Sachs, Lemförder, TRW, and Boge from anywhere in the world. Customers can find parts by searching...
How to continually generate sustainable value in further maturing and competitive procurement environments Many organizations have professionalized their direct material procurement in recent years, yet pressure on continually leveraging savings potential remains the top priority of today´s CPOs – but how can companies manage to achieve...
On November 30, the European Commission unveiled its Energy Union Winter Package, described as the "Clean Energy for All Europeans" package. It consists of a range of legislative proposals relating to energy policy, aimed at supporting the European transition to a low-carbon economy. The Commission wants the EU...
On November 30 2016, the European Commission adopted a European Strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS), a milestone initiative towards cooperative, connected and automated mobility. The Strategy will make it possible to deploy vehicles that can "talk" to each other and to the transport infrastructure on...