Diesel information hub is going live, to provide information including how innovative technologies in the diesel engine help reduce pollutant and CO2 emissions, how diesel caters to specific driver needs, and what the EU and manufacturers are jointly doing to provide consumers with reliable information...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of policy options for the mandatory implementation of different sets of vehicle safety measures Review of the General Safety and Pedestrian Safety Regulations : technical annex to GSR2 report SI2.733025 : final report Publication metadata The objective of this in-depth cost-benefit study was to calculate concrete...
Automotive suppliers play a key role in innovating mobility and road transport and adapting the automotive industry to meet new global societal challenges and regulatory requirements. This drives the need for further research in energy efficiency in the global automotive sector, the development of new...
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has published call for tender under COSME programme - Towards a common vision on addressing SMEs skills needs in the automotive sector: strengthening the development of upskilling and reskilling strategies. The main goal is to address the...
A proposal for the long awaited review of the General Safety Regulation (GSR) by the European Commission is expected tomorrow in the context of the third mobility package. The review will make mandatory a number of measures to update minimum vehicle safety standards to account...
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...