Brussels, 10 March 2016 On the 9th and 10th of March 2016, more than 250 representatives from the automotive industry and other relevant stakeholders attended the seventh edition of the CLEPA Aftermarket Conference, in Brussels. This event is the annual gathering between the executives and policymakers in...
The CLEPA Working Group on Technical Regulations (WG TR) held its first 2016 session on 18 and 19 February 2016 at CLEPA offices. The WGTR reviewed and commented the new CLEPA WG organization as adopted by CLEPA Board of Directors. WG TR offered its support in...
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Energy Working Group recently published the study: “Review and Evaluation of Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Labelling and Consumer Information Programs”. The study is a comprehensive evaluation of the effectiveness of vehicle fuel efficiency labelling across a wide range of economies, and was commissioned...
Earlier this February, a legal opinion by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set the Internet abuzz. Why? Because it informed Google that the artificial intelligence used to pilot its autonomous vehicle could be viewed as the “driver” for some (not all) regulatory purposes....
On February 5th, the European Parliament Directorate-General for Internal Policies Policy Department B published its latest study: "The World is Changing. Transport Too." Read below for the abstract: "The European population is growing and ageing. Mobile information and communication technologies are developing rapidly. Global competition and the...
[caption id="attachment_10010" align="alignright" width="456"] Source: Robert Bosch[/caption] Eight new projects across the UK have been awarded £20 million in funding to research and develop enhanced communication between vehicles and roadside infrastructure or urban information systems, including new ‘talking car technologies’, British Business Secretary Sajid Javid will...
Stuttgart, Germany and Yokohama, Japan – Bosch is taking the development of automated driving one step further. As well as in Germany and the U.S., the supplier of technology and services is now testing the technology of the future in Japan. Bosch’s initial goal is...
[caption id="attachment_9838" align="alignnone" width="546"] Brussels, January 21, 2016, assignment for ACEA at their annual meeting. © Fred Guerdin ©[/caption] On 21 January 2016, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) hosted a reception in Brussels on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. After Secretary General Erik Jonnaert had...
The relation between Telematics and the automotive industry comes very close to what some might call a revolution. Although it is clear that data gathering is not something new in the automotive industry, collecting it at the volumes and speed we are currently witnessing and integrating...