[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For the first time since 2004, an EU company – the German carmaker Volkswagen – is the world’s largest private sector R&D investor. Volkswagen tops the European Commission's 2013 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard with an investment of €9.5bn in 2012. Overall, EU-based firms (527...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A new regulation setting stricter noise standards for new vehicles will enter into force in 2014, but will not be fully effective for another 15 years. The agreed regulation will now reduce, in three phases, overall vehicle noise (compared to today) by around 2.6 dB...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]German magazine Automobilwoche (a sister production of Automotive News) spoke to CLEPA CEO Jean-Marc Gales last week about the recent developments of the CO2 dossier, Germany's political strategies and their impact on the competitiveness of the European automotive industry. Read the full interview with Automobilwoche (in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="8883" border_color="grey" img_link_large="" img_link_target="_self" qode_css_animation="" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space height="20px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] On 11 September Europe saw the future of mobility at the Valkenburg airstrip in the Netherlands. With the vision of "intelligent mobility for Smart Cities", the iMobility Challenge event aimed to demonstrate how European cities can be provided...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As part of its three-year Sustainable Urban Mobility campaign "Do The Right Mix", the European Commission has today released the names of another 18 campaigner-led actions to be awarded funding. Each action will receive up to EUR 7000, which can be used to strengthen activities...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]BMW AG, Volkswagen AG and Volvo Car Corp. have been recognized as the top-ranking automakers based on their openness to supplier innovation in the 2013 European Supplier Choice Survey. The Supplier Choice Survey is a respected industry benchmark that assesses automakers on their ability to adopt...