Member States meeting in the Technical Committee of Motor Vehicles (TCMV) have agreed on the Commission's latest proposal to strengthen car emissions testing. New and improved car emissions testsbecame mandatory on 1 September 2017: tests in real driving conditions ("Real Driving Emissions" – RDE) and an...
In the third Mobility Package published yesterday, the European Commission, placed again a lot of emphasis, and rightly so, on the importance of innovation and investment. Decarbonisation and digitalisation, the enablers for safer, smarter and sustainable mobility, cannot be achieved without R&D on our home...
The European Commission appointed the High-level Strategy Group on industrial technologies to assess, discuss, and recommend support for research and innovation in the area of Key Enabling Technologies, also in view of future research and innovation programmes. Two new Key Enabling Technologies are proposed: artificial...
The EESC endorses the rationale for the Clean Vehicles Directive – as part of the Clean Mobility Package – although it will have only a small impact compared to the general efforts needed to achieve the EU's climate objectives and in particular the decarbonisation of...
The European legislation foresees that a type-approval needs to be issued for the placing on the market of vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units as provided in Directive 2007/46/EC concerning the type-approvals of motor vehicles and trailers (to be replaced by a Regulation which...
The European Commission launched a call for experts for an Expert Group on Liability and New Technologies. The Expert Group will work in two formations: a Product Liability Directive formation managed by DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW) and a New Technologies formation...
The European Commission will announce a major package of road safety legislation next month including new vehicle safety standards, revised rules on infrastructure safety management, a strategy on automated driving as well as a new overarching road safety framework setting targets for the decade to...
The Connected and Automated Driving in Europe Initiative has published the 5th issue of the #EUGoesDriverless newsletter. One of the goals of CARTRE and SCOUT projects is to inform policy makers on the developments of Connected and Automated Driving – CAD in Europe. The “Driving Future...
The presentation: CO2 Bruksela 24_04_2018 SDCM_ENG Technology neutrality key to sustain economic fabric of Poland and Europe Global competitiveness depends on technology leadership in all disciplines Andrzej Grzyb MEP addressing the audience The Polish automotive supply industry represented by SDCM, in close coordination with CLEPA, the European Association...
From 25 – 27 April 2018 26 Ministers, 17 of which are from European Union Member States, and over 2,000 transport experts and decision-makers will join the TEN-T Days 2018 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This year's conference will focus on smart, sustainable and safe mobility on...