From April 25-29, the city of Hannover, Germany, welcomed the industrial and political leaders from across the globe to the world's largest annual industry fair - the Hannover Messe. With its keynote theme of “Integrated Industry – Discover Solutions” and the USA as its official Partner...
Brussels, 19 April 2016 Delivering on its Strategy to create a Digital Single Market, the Commission today unveiled its plans to help European industry, SMEs, researchers and public authorities make the most of new technologies. The European Commission today presented a set of measures to support and...
Earlier this month, the European Commission published the roadmap for the forthcoming communication on “A new Skills Agenda for Europe”. (For the full Roadmap, please click here). The Agenda forms part of the European Commission’s 2016 Work Programme. The Roadmap aims to promote skills development, including...
The European Parliament recently published a research study produced by the directorate-general for internal policies policy department B. The study provides an analysis of the development of automated vehicles inside and outside the EU, including both the technologies which are already on the market and those...
On 5 April, CLEPA CEO Paul Schockmel participated in DIGITALEUROPE's inaugural ‘Masters of Digital’ Conference in Brussels. Held almost one year after the European Commission launched its Digital Single Market strategy, the Conference allowed DIGITALEUROPE to examine and evaluate the most important elements of the...
On April 13th, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Alexander Dobrindt submitted a bill proposal for implementation of the revised Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, which contains provisions allowing for automated driving. It has now been passed by the German Federal Government. According to the proposal, automated...
Earlier this month, the Automotive Intelligence Center (AIC), with the collaboration of the European Commission, ACEA and CLEPA, organised the AIC FORUM 2016 in Brussels. This year's theme was "Innovation in the automotive industry". The forum analysed the latest innovation trends in the automotive sector with the participation...
“Lubrication Oil Pump” wins PACE Award and PACE Innovation Partnership Award 2016 Detroit, April 11, 2016: FTE automotive was a recipient of the 2016 PACE Award (Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contribution to Excellence) in the category “Products“ for its low pressure transmission dry-sump lubrication oil pump assembly....
The Transport Research & Innovation Portal (TRIP), recently published a Research Theme Analysis Report on urban mobility. This is the first in a new series of research theme analysis reports produced under the new TRIP continuation project for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport...
Dutch politicians have voted through a motion calling on the country to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars starting in 2025. The motion has only passed through the lower house of the Netherlands’ parliament, and would need to pass through the Dutch senate to...