Executive Summary Europe should maintain its leading position in reducing CO2 emissions from Heavy-Duty Vehicles as European trucks are currently amongst the most efficient ones in the world with best-in-class technologies regarding fuel efficiency. Reaching EU target levels for Heavy-Duty Vehicle emissions will require the...
CLEPA’s first corporate member's catalogue provides a comprehensive overview of CLEPA’s corporate members and gives you a short overview of each one. A typical vehicle consists of up to 30.000 parts and CLEPA members cover all of them. With CLEPA’s member's catalogue, you can see...
CLEPA supports considerations to further implement the Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems technical requirements, enabling a robust increase of vehicle safety in real world driving conditions and an efficient contribution to the reduction of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. TPMS systems are technically and economically mature...
CLEPA re-elected Roberto Vavassori as President and confirmed future priorities. On Friday, June 30th, CLEPA members highlighted during their Annual General Assembly in Rome, digitalisation and low carbon mobility as the defining challenges for the automotive industry for the years to come. CLEPA – the European Association...
As of 1 September 2017, consumers in Europe will benefit from more accurate information on vehicle fuel consumption and emissions thanks to the entry into force of a new standard testing procedure (the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure or WLTP). With WLTP, the test...
Road safety in the EU has improved significantly over the past decade thanks to strong and effective action taken at EU, national and at a local level. However in the light of recent analyses and technological progress, the Commission sees a need to consider revising...
The Cologne Institute for Economic Research reported that two European automotive are leading the global race towards autonomous driving. In a short paper, the Institute collated the patents on automated driving, which are held by several companies. Using data from the World Intellectual Property Organisation,...
The WTO handed a full victory to the EU in its challenge against Brazil's wide-ranging import-substitution and export-performance subsidies. Brazil is an important trade partner for the EU. Since mid-2012, the EU has enjoyed a trade surplus with Brazil, which can be linked to the...
The European Commission Directorate General for Environment has published a paper on air quality in the European Union. Air quality in the European Union has improved over the past decades, as emissions of many pollutants were curbed successfully. The fitness check looks at the performance of...
The International Labor Organization(ILO) has published a report entitled; What does the future of work hold in store for the automotive industry? The automotive industry is a sector of prime importance for the ILO, not only because of its economic weight but also because of...