[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Compared to previous years, fewer people lost their lives on EU roads in 2019, according to preliminary figures published today by the European Commission. An estimated 22 800 people died in a road crash last year, almost 7...
An impressive number of members joined us--on-line--for the CLEPA General Assembly last week and a large part of the agenda was allocated to the fall-out of the Covid-19 crisis. What did we learn? The Covid crisis is heavily impacting us as individuals and society, and rewriting...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]At a webinar on 5 June, EUROBAT launched its “Battery Innovation Roadmap 2030”, featuring Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and MEP Claudia Gamon, alongside EUROBAT’s, Marc Zoellner, Christian Rosenkranz and Bernhard Riegel. In the official welcome,...
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Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) is expected to reshape mobility in Europe and globally. The goal is to create more user-centred, all-inclusive mobility, while increasing safety, reducing congestion and contributing to decarbonisation. This requires a system approach to innovation: including infrastructures, vehicles, operations and...
The Association of the Automotive Suppliers’ industry in Europe has provided feedback on the roadmap for an EU Climate Law. CLEPA represents over 3.000 companies supplying state-of-the-art components and innovative technology for safe, smart and sustainable mobility, investing over 25 billion euro yearly in research and...
Taking into consideration the extraordinary circumstances in which we are living, CLEPA is extending the deadline for applications for the CLEPA Innovation Awards 2020 to allow more companies to submit their initiatives. The new deadline is the 10th of July. The European Association of Automotive Suppliers, in cooperation...
CLEPA is regularly organising webinars for its members as part of the Covid-19 information for its members, in collaboration with expert partners, including the major management consultancy firms, covering different aspects of the impact for the sector, from effect on the value chain to new...
On 19 February, the European Commission adopted a White Paper on Artificial Intelligence, which sets out options for a regulatory framework, expected towards the beginning of 2021. The Commission considers imposing mandatory requirements for AI applications that would be considered “high-risk,” and proposes to review...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] The European Commission has published a report that provides input for the evaluation of the State aid rules related to environmental protection and energy, with a particular focus on the EU Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection...