3 August 2016, Stuttgart/Berlin – Bosch is launching its new Coup eScooter sharing service in Berlin. Coup, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bosch, now provides Berlin residents with a new mobility option featuring a simple pricing model. Customers can now find, reserve, and use their...
On August 1 2016, Delphi Automotive PLC was selected by the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) as a strategic partner to implement autonomous mobility concepts, recognising Delphi’s leading technologies in advanced safety and automated software. Delphi will provide a fleet of fully autonomous vehicles and will...
[caption id="attachment_11003" align="alignright" width="190"] Mr Louis-Sylvain Ayral[/caption] Last month, CLEPA's Technical Director Louis-Sylvain Ayral retired from his position after leading CLEPA's Technical Regulations department for 20 years. We are very thankful to Mr Ayral for his faithful service to CLEPA and wish him well in retirement. Mr...
On July 5, 2016, the European Commission's Motor Vehicles Working Group met in Brussels and discussed the following topics: Approval of the Draft Summary Report of the 131st meeting of the Working Group "Motor Vehicles" held on 16 February 2016 Presentation by the Commission services on the...
On Friday July 22, the European Commission's Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) launched a Call for tender for a Study on the support system for SME supply chain due diligence. The aim of this contract is to design a comprehensive...
On July 20 2016, the European Commission released two Inception Impact Assessments: Revision of Regulation (EU) No 443/2009 and Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 regulating CO2 emissions from light duty vehicles (Click here to read) Monitoring Heavy Duty Vehicles' (HDV) fuel consumption and CO2 emissions with a view...
On Friday 22 July 2016, CLEPA CEO Paul Schockmel shared his vision for Automated Driving (AD) with 2025ad.com in the following blog piece. In the European automotive value chain, Automotive Suppliers play an essential role by directly employing more than 5 million people and investing 18€...
On July 14, it was announced that Gestamp would receive €160m from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for financing research and innovation. EIB Vice-President Román Escolano and Gestamp CEO Francisco J. Riberas signed an Investment Plan for Europe loan at a ceremony in Madrid. The loan will allow...
On 7 July, Roland Berger published their latest Global Automotive Supplier Study, produced in cooperation with Lazard. The study identifies automotive trends over the last year and provides insight into future developments. As part of the study, performance indicators of more than 600 international suppliers were analysed...
The draft EU Regulation COM/2016/031 on the Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles will increase the quality and independence of vehicle testing and improve the oversight of cars already...