The DRIVES project, an ERASMUS+ Blueprint Sector Skills Alliance for the automotive sector, is celebrating its one-year anniversary. The 24 consortium members of the project DRIVES had a two-day work session in Lomazzo, Italy, hosted by the ComoNExT1 innovation hub, to share their accomplishments in 2018...
[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 Building a Low-Carbon, Climate Resilient Future: Next-Generation Batteries call for proposals is open for applications as of today and until 25 April 2019. It makes available €114 million in seven battery-related topics. The call for proposals brings together research and...
Yesterday evening in Davos, the European Commission was awarded the 2019 Circular Economy prize by the World Economic Forum and the Forum of Young Global Leaders as recognition of the work done to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy that protects the environment and reduces greenhouse gas emissions...
A coalition of downstream steel users has called into question the rationale for the European Commission’s imposition of definitive steel safeguard measures. The European Commission initiated the safeguard investigation in response to US restrictions on steel and aluminium, with the aim of preventing a surge...
INEA has received 238 project proposals by the deadline of 16 January for eight topics in the areas of waterborne transport, logistics, aviation, transport infrastructure and safety under the Mobility for Growth call. They have requested €1.29 billion, while the available EU funding is €122 million....
MEPs call for safety and liability rules for driverless cars EU needs to act faster to the developments in the sector More funding for research, safety and liability rules needed Focus also on other modes of transport, not only road MEPs welcome focus on automated mobility,...
To achieve the goal of safer, cleaner and more efficient transport, the European Commission is collecting feedback on C-ITS (cooperative intelligent transport systems) provisions until February 8. In many aspects, today's vehicles are already connected devices, and they are being linked and integrated into our ever...
The International Council on Clean Transportation has published a 2018 update of the From Laboratory to Road series. This report covers approximately 1.3 million passenger cars from 15 data sources and eight European countries. The update shows that in 2017, for the first time in years,...
The EU is setting CO2 emission reduction targets for heavy-duty vehicles for the first time. The Council agreed its position (general approach) on a proposal to reduce CO2 emissions of new heavy-duty vehicles. This agreement provides the presidency with a mandate to start negotiations with...
Technological progress and globalisation offer tremendous opportunities for innovation, growth and jobs. These developments require skilled and adaptable people who are able to drive and support change.In order to address skills gaps that may prevent promising industries from growing, the Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills was launched as...