On September 20 2016, the United States Department of Transportation (DOP) published its Federal Automated Vehicles Policy, making the US the first country to propose automated driving legislation. In the introductory message, US Secretary for Transportation Anthony Fox explains that three main drivers prompted this policy: the...
On September 19 2016, US President Barack Obama's editorial on self-driving cars for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette was published, in which he discussed upcoming guidelines from the US Department for Transport for self-driving cars. The guidelines, to be published on September 20, are a first...
Together with Nokia and Deutsche Telekom, Bosch is developing local cloud solutions for the automotive industry and working on the complete integration of vehicles via the cellular network all the way through to the Bosch IoT Cloud. The companies are employing Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), a...
On 14 September 2016, European Commissioner for Transport and Tourism Violeta Bulc met briefly with some of the members of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee in Strasbourg to discuss the recently launched Commission Strategy on 'Low-emission mobility'. In her speech, Ms Bulc identified three key areas...
International agreement an important milestone in further development of a growing industry FRANKFURT, Germany – September 13, 2016. The remanufacturing industry, which specializes in sustainable manufacturing, announces today that six leading associations with members in the automotive sector have reached a common understanding of basic definitions...
At this year's IAA Commercial Vehicles exhibition, Continental will be showcasing two new automated driving technologies as examples of new safety systems. A new long-range radar system for commercial vehicles which can even identify pedestrians who are partially obscured and initiates a braking maneuver in an emergency, and...
On 8 September, Dana announced plans to construct a state-of-the-art gear manufacturing facility in Europe. The establishment of this gear factory in Győr, Hungary, will support Dana's regional operations in Europe. The 140,000 square-foot (13,000 square-meter) facility will provide customers in the region with access to Dana's advanced...
Earlier this year, the European Commission launched this consultation to collect the views of stakeholders and citizens with regard to the revision of the EU regulations setting CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans (together referred to as light duty vehicles (LDVs), due to close...
Earlier this year the European Commission launched this consultation to collect the views of stakeholders and citizens with regard to the preparation of legislation on monitoring and reporting of Heavy-Duty Vehicle fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, due to close on October 28, 2016. The consultation follows...
CLEPA has continuously supported the development and introduction of the Real Driving Emissions – Light-Duty Vehicles (RDE-LDV) test in order to complement the current test-cycle type approval. This commitment of the European Automotive Supplier Industry is confirmed for the future development of the test and...