Yesterday at the 2020 Web Summit in Lisbon, the European Investment Bank (EIB) together with the European Investment Fund (EIF) launched a new financing instrument, in the form of a co-investment facility of up to €150 million, to support artificial intelligence companies across Europe. The initiative, which is part of the EU’s overall...
Portugal has held the Presidency of the Council on three separate occasions: 1992, 2000, and 2007. Portugal will assume the six-month rotating EU Council presidency for the fourth time on 1 January 2021. The Portuguese presidency will thus be responsible for the first validations of...
[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 whole automotive supply industry has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 crisis. But not all the news has been disheartening. In response to the health emergency, and especially the cries for more protective equipment, many companies from...
[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] Aptiv, BorgWarner, Continental, and Valeo emerge as winners of the 2020 edition of the CLEPA Innovation Awards The SME Special Prize recognises Automotus, Chargetrip, e-troFit, Robby Moto Engineering, and Vayyar as winners European automotive suppliers invest more than €30 billion in R&D annually [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][button target="_blank" hover_type="default" text="Technology...
[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] A coalition of transport and energy stakeholders has written to the European Commission voicing concerns on the process the Commission is following in the DG GROW Advisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES) on Euro 7. CLEPA, the European...
On Tuesday 10 November, as part of the European Vocational Skills Week, Commissioners Schmit and Breton officially launched the Pact for Skills, a central element of the European Skills Agenda. Automotive, together with microelectronics, and aerospace and defence industries, has been granted participation as part of...
[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]On 10 November 2020, the European Parliament and EU Member States in the Council reached an agreement on the next long-term budget and NextGenerationEU, the temporary recovery instrument. Once adopted, the package of a total of €1.8 trillion will...
Reboot of climate and trade policies A new president in the White House is likely to bring a new dynamic to the EU-US relationship and multilateral environment, foremost in the areas of trade and climate change. The US is likely to re-join the Paris Agreement and...
[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]Which innovation trends can support the transition to low-carbon economies? How do we navigate the energy transition? Introduce intelligent transport systems? And introduce automated and connected vehicles? Due to discretionary power over policy strategies and funding often being clustered...
[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]As well as substantial donations during the health emergency of 2020, many companies from the mobility ecosystem proactively used their facilities to develop technologies and produce brand-new protective equipment and items which hospitals and society at large needed...