On September 29 2016, VALEO unveiled its latest innovations at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, with technological developments in cruise control, dash-fitted cameras, electric engines and smart lighting. Valeo Cruise4U, a technology prototype that can drive in automated mode in real traffic conditions. Valeo Cruise4U can safely handle all...
On September 28 2016 at the inaugural GPU Technology Conference Europe, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveiled Xavier, an all-new AI supercomputer, designed for use in self-driving cars. Xavier is a complete system-on-chip (SoC), integrating a new GPU architecture called Volta, a custom 8 core CPU architecture, and...
On Wednesday, September 28th, the CLEPA Board of Directors met in Paris ahead of the Mondial de l'Automobile 2016 and agreed the political agenda of the European automotive suppliers for the months to come. CLEPA members reaffirmed their commitment to the following priorities: CO2 Emissions Post...
On September 21, 2016, WABCO unveiled its Innovative Electro-Pneumatic Parking Brake for Trucks and Buses, with onhand technology which marks the commercial vehicle industry’s first stand-alone Parking Brake Control that paves way for autonomous driving. OnHand braking technology provides automatic engage and release functionality. Actuated via a...
On September 20 2016, the United States Department of Transportation (DOP) published its Federal Automated Vehicles Policy, making the US the first country to propose automated driving legislation. In the introductory message, US Secretary for Transportation Anthony Fox explains that three main drivers prompted this policy: the...
On September 19 2016, US President Barack Obama's editorial on self-driving cars for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette was published, in which he discussed upcoming guidelines from the US Department for Transport for self-driving cars. The guidelines, to be published on September 20, are a first...
Together with Nokia and Deutsche Telekom, Bosch is developing local cloud solutions for the automotive industry and working on the complete integration of vehicles via the cellular network all the way through to the Bosch IoT Cloud. The companies are employing Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), a...
On August 2, the European Commission published a book entitled “Digitising the Industry - Internet of Things Connecting the Physical, Digital and Virtual Worlds”. The book provides insights into the state of the art of research and innovation regarding the Internet of Things (IoT), and looks at...
[caption id="attachment_11003" align="alignright" width="190"] Mr Louis-Sylvain Ayral[/caption] Last month, CLEPA's Technical Director Louis-Sylvain Ayral retired from his position after leading CLEPA's Technical Regulations department for 20 years. We are very thankful to Mr Ayral for his faithful service to CLEPA and wish him well in retirement. Mr...
On July 5, 2016, the European Commission's Motor Vehicles Working Group met in Brussels and discussed the following topics: Approval of the Draft Summary Report of the 131st meeting of the Working Group "Motor Vehicles" held on 16 February 2016 Presentation by the Commission services on the...