Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented today three publications setting out the Commission’s priorities on digital issues: “Europe for the digital age,” “A European Strategy for data,” and a White Paper on Artificial Intelligence. The Commission also sets out to adopt in 2020-2021 a number of...
Brussels, 14 February 2020 – The European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR), representing the major European automobile manufacturers in their common research activities, welcomes the progress made towards an agreement on the next EU framework programme for research called Horizon Europe. To address the key...
The 3rd Stakeholder workshop of ARCADE Joint Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) Network and ERTRAC Working Group on “Connectivity and Automated Driving” will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 13 February 2020. In its consolidated roadmap, ARCADE project has defined a number of actions and specific...
At the beginning of January 2020, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) – the European Commission’s science and knowledge service have published a policy report on “Research and innovation in connected and automated transport (CAT) in Europe”. The report aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to...
Celebrating its 5th anniversary, the cluster Autoregion organised the 2020 kick-off conference in Saarbrücken, Germany on the 22nd of January. [caption id="attachment_18445" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Foto: BeckerBredel[/caption] The sessions were focused on mobility and innovation and looked into the challenges that the automotive industry is currently facing in...
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[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 members of EATA have elected Sigrid de Vries, secretary general of CLEPA, to chair the European Automotive and Telecoms Alliance (EATA) in 2020. De Vries takes over from Erik Jonnaert, former head of ACEA, who has led...
The European Commission has today adopted the regulation creating the Just Transition Fund and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan and presented the proposals to the European Parliament. “We welcome the launch of the Just Transition Fund and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan. Both have to be seen in...
Brussels, 17 December 2019 The European Commission, through the Horizon 2020-funded Action ARCADE (Aligning Research & Innovation for Connected and Automated Driving in Europe), has released the Knowledge Base on Connected and Automated Driving (CAD), one-stop shop for information on CAD in Europe and beyond. This unique...
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF2) Digital programme aims to support and catalyse investments in digital connectivity infrastructures of common interest during the period 2021-2027. To stimulate further the ongoing discussions and exchanges of ideas on the future implementation of the programme, the European Commission is...