April 7, 2016, CLEPA celebrated the successful conclusion of the Dutch Presidency’s European Truck Platooning Challenge. The success of the European Truck Platooning Initiative is an important step forward in advancing the use of platooning technology which will not only lower truck operating costs, improve traffic...
On April 7, 2016, the European Commission's Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) published the roadmap entitled "A Master Plan for the deployment of Interoperable Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems in the EU". (For the full Roadmap, please click here) C-ITS - A summary Cooperative Intelligent Transport...
We are pleased to announce that the preparations for the JAMA-CLEPA Business Summit 2016 are well under way, with the event set to take place this year in Venice, Italy, on October 27-28. Top speakers from the European and Japanese automotive industries will participate in the summit,...
Amazon.com and Microsoft are in talks to supply cloud computing to digital mapping business HERE, owned by a group of German carmakers developing self-driving cars, sources familiar with the matter said. Amazon is also considering becoming a shareholder in HERE, two sources said. Last year, carmakers BMW,...
On April 1st, CLEPA welcomed its new Aftermarket Director Frank Schlehuber. Mr Schlehuber succeeds Wolfgang Meyer who is retiring after three successful years as head of the CLEPA Aftermarket Department. Prior to joining CLEPA, Mr Schlehuber was Senior Vice President, Sales Independent Aftermarket at Robert...
CLEPA Corporate Member, Schaeffler, have published a fourth issue of their technology magazine “tomorrow”, which is entirely devoted to innovation. The magazine gives a wide-ranging insight into humanity’s most important inventions and highlights the importance of an innovative culture and innovation management for companies. In addition,...
The next CLEPA Materials Regulations Event will be held in Bad Homburg (Germany) on 20th April 2016 GENERAL ISSUES The 168th session of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP29) was held in Geneva from 8 to 11 March 2016. A new UN Regulation under the...
Brussels, 18 March 2016 Last night, more than 160 guests from the European automotive industry along with EU policymakers gathered in Brussels to celebrate the CLEPA Innovation Awards 2016. Organised in cooperation with Deloitte, the Innovation Awards highlight the outstanding achievements made in the European automotive industry,...
On Friday, March 18th, CLEPA members, during their Annual General Assembly in Brussels, highlighted Sustainable Mobility as the defining challenge for the automotive industry for the year to come. To achieve this goal, CLEPA has identified the following priorities: the reduction of CO2 emissions post 2020,...
In today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of Schaeffler AG appointed Matthias Zink (46), Global Head of the business division 'Transmissions Systems', as a member of the Executive Board of Schaeffler AG as of January 1, 2017. Matthias Zink will succeed Norbert Indlekofer (58), whose contract was...