Before the EU-Korea summit taking place in Seoul on the 15th of September 2015, Eurostat published several figures about trade between the European Union and South Korea. Over ten years, the value of goods exported from the European Union to South Korea has constantly increased and...
Brussels - The European Parliament has reiterated calls for a pan-European target to cut serious road injuries. In a vote today on a review of European transport policy since 2011, MEPs called for, “the swift adoption of a 2020 target of a 40 % reduction...
European Commission and Parliament officials said on Thursday (3 September) that they were moving towards regulating connected cars, but are still a long way off from sealing new legislation on autonomous vehicles. Major car companies have been running tests on autonomous or driverless cars over the last...
FRANKFURT -- European new-car registrations rose 9.1 percent in July as recession-hit countries such as Portugal and Ireland, along with the major markets of Germany, the UK, France and Italy, performed strongly. Registrations increased to 1.18 million vehicles from 1.08 million a year earlier, according to...
Automotive industry plays a major role for any growing economy and also plays an important role in country’s rapid economic and industrial development. Indian automotive industry contributes significantlyto the overall GDP of the nation and also provides significant business and employment opportunities. Today’s car is already...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] The EU and Vietnam have reached an agreement in principle in the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), after two and a half years of intense talks. Following a telephone conversation between EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Commission made public the report on the 10th round of negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which took place from 13-17 July 2015 in Brussels. The text is now available online. This publication is part of the Commission’s transparency initiative and in line with...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After months of negotiation, Nokia sells the HERE Maps division to the German consortium, BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen for $2.71 billion. The deal would see HERE Maps turn into an open platform, which all car manufacturers can use for navigation and mapping inside vehicles. The three...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Scandinavian automotive supplier association, FKG is hailing this week's breakthrough talks concerning Iranian sanctions in Vienna as "great for Europe." Iran has been on its knees economically for years as decades of Western suspicion surrounding its supposed nuclear weapons programme have translated into harsh penalties severely...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As air pollution is responsible for around 400,000 premature deaths in the EU yearly, Environment MEPs on Wednesday tightened up Commission plans and called for more ambitious national caps on emissions of six main pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide, particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in...