CLEPA welcomes Firestone Industrial Products as a new corporate member. The company has its European HQ in Arnhem (Netherlands) and is the inventor of the world’s 1st pneumatic suspension device back in 1938. Today, the automotive portfolio comprises air springs, air helper springs and air control...
On the 10th of November, the European Commission adopted its implementing decision amending Decision 2005/50/EC on the harmonisation of the 24 GHz range radio spectrum band for the time-limited use by automotive short-range radar equipment in the Community. Source: European Commission...
On the 14th of November 2017, the Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution asking new cars to be equipped with driver-assistance systems capable of detecting pedestrians, braking automatically or adapting the speed. Many of the 25.000 yearly road fatalities could be avoided by using new technological...
On the 13th of November 2017, the Insitute for Sustainability Leadership of the University of Cambridge published a report "Electric avenue: the future of road transport in Europe". The report recommends to policy makers to: Foster efficient new markets, for instance by making sure that technologies...
A range of public and private partners from all transport sectors met in Tallinn to discuss the digitalisation of transport from 8-10/11/2017 and concluded: That we must dare to dream and turn those dreams into reality. European leadership in digitalisation - at all levels, from...
EUROFOUND, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, has published a study linking the production of new generation cars and the increase of manufacturing employment. Rising levels of employment in manufacturing in the EU since 2013 have seen the part reversal of...
Most new cars sold today offer connectivity as a feature, whether standard or optional. Customers expect their navigation systems to be connected, to download real time traffic information and map updates. Vehicle manufacturers increasingly provide remote diagnostics and vehicle software updates. And yet a fundamental problem...
On the 23rd of October 2017, 119 EU industrial trade associations published a joint paper for an ambitious EU industrial strategy, in response to the Communication of the European Commission "Investing in a smart, innovative and sustainable industry: a renewed EU industrial policy strategy". The Signatories of...
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On the 19th of October 2017, Europol and ENISA organised a joint conference on the security challenges of the internet of things (IoT). With at least 20 billion devices expected to be connected to the internet by 2020, the Internet of Things (IoT) is here to stay....