AustriaTech as an Agency of the Austrian Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology acts as an interface between industry, research and policy. We have been active in various projects on automated and connected mobility since 2014. As national contact point (NCP)...
The European Commission has published on 18th September a report by an independent group of experts on Ethics of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs). Who should be responsible in case of a collision when there is no human driver? How can ethical and responsible data...
On 16th September, ROADPOL, the European network of traffic police forces, launched the very first ROADPOL Safety Days – a Europe-wide campaign to raise awareness of road safety. The aim of the initiative is to reduce the number of traffic fatalities – currently up to...
Today, the European Council Conclusions were accepted by EU Heads of State and Government. CLEPA welcomes the inclusion of a significant paragraph entirely dedicated to “Single Market and industrial policy” in which EU leaders call for an “ambitious European industrial policy” that would “foster production and...
The European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety exchanged views with Mr Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the Commission, on "Stepping up Europe's 2030 climate ambition". The meeting took place on the 28th of September. Frans Timmermans pointed out that the Commission...
The mobility sector is progressively increasing the number and breadth of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence applications. Next-level improvements could drive both huge competitive advantages, as well as accelerate results towards climate neutrality and road safety. However, the development of artificial intelligence technology also presents several policy...
The High-Level Roundtable on skills for the Automotive Sector (23 September) brought together industry representatives, academia, trade unions and employer´s associations to discuss the current challenges that the automotive industry is facing in terms of skills shortage and how to best support the shift towards...
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CLEPA, ACEA and the SMMT, along with 21 national associations, have warned collectively that the automotive sector could face severe repercussions of a ‘no deal’ scenario. Economies and jobs on both sides of the channel are at risk of a second devastating hit in the shape of no deal coming on top of around €100 billion...