DRIVES Project: #1 Newsletter
During the next 4-years, DRIVES Project be publishing regular updates on this thrilling project, involving 24 partners from 11 countries, whose aim is to analyse the European automotive sector’s wor...
10 July 2018 - Read more
27 new projects selected for H2020 transport funding
INEA has selected 27 new projects under the Mobility for Growth, the Automated Road Transport, and the Green Vehicles calls.
The successful projects will receive a total of €118 million. They...
07 July 2018 - Read more
CLEPA statement on the applicability of End of Live Vehicle (ELV) Directive
CLEPA has just published the statement on the applicability of "End of Live" (ELV) Directive vs the "Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment" Dire...
04 July 2018 - Read more
Industry4Europe coalition publishes a new Joint Paper calling for an ambitious industrial policy in Europe
The Industry4Europe coalition, of which CLEPA is a member, has today published a new Joint Paper to inform the EU debate on an new, ambitious industrial policy for Europe.
The Joint Paper makes rec...
03 July 2018 - Read more
Automotive Industry Guideline (AIG) on REACH has been published
Version 4 of the Automotive Industry Guideline on REACH (AIG) has been published by the Automotive Task Force on REACH (TF-REACH)
Task Force-REACH (Registration, evaluation, authorisation and r...
02 July 2018 - Read more
CLEPA Innovation Awards 2018: Innovation in the Automotive Supply Industry
The CLEPA Innovation Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the European automotive supply industry in the fields of Environment, Safety, Connectivity and Automation and Cooperation.
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29 June 2018 - Read more
Road Safety Awards 2018: Commission rewards initiatives in 5 Member States
The European Commission presented the Excellence in Road Safety Awards 2018 at a ceremony held in Brussels, in presence of Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc. Six organisations from five Memb...
27 June 2018 - Read more
CLEPA June 2018 Newsletter editorial: The business model of integration and coordination
The automotive industry is a textbook example of how cross-border cooperation fosters competitiveness, jobs and innovation. Illustrations of this rule of thumb are plentiful these days, as is the real...
27 June 2018 - Read more
New task force established on Automated Vehicles
CLEPA assumed the role of Secretariat in the newly established Task Force on Automated Vehicles “TF AutoVeh” of WP.29, specifically dedicated to the development of a global vision and set of princ...
26 June 2018 - Read more
European Automotive suppliers spent more than 26€ billion in R&D during 2017
The annual investment into R&D by the automobile and parts sector has risen by 7.4% to reach an all-time high of €53.8 billion, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association...
26 June 2018 - Read more
Imposition of steel safeguard measures not in Europe’s interest, say downstream users
Brussels, 26 June 2018 – A coalition of downstream users of steel – including the automotive, construction equipment, agriculture machinery, home appliance and technology industry sectors – has...
26 June 2018 - Read more
UNECE works on global methodology to measure on-road car emissions
Reducing the variations between vehicle emissions measured in laboratory and on-road conditions has become an important dimension of efforts to tackle the environmental and health impact of cars. This...
25 June 2018 - Read more
CLEPA President: Smart policy avoids dependency on one technology
CLEPA General Assembly confirms work programme and reaffirms leadership team
CLEPA President Roberto Vavassori, speaking at the Association’s General Assembly last week...
22 June 2018 - Read more
EU agency for the Development of Vocational Training publishes insights in tomorrow’s trends in skills demand and supply
2018 Skills Forecast: EU agency for the Development of Vocational Training publishes insights in tomorrow's trends in skills demand and supply
On 8th June, the European Centre for the Dev...
20 June 2018 - Read more
European consortium aims for next level of innovation in transport & logistics
ENSEMBLE starts tackling biggest challenges of large-scale deployment of multi-brand truck platooning
On 1 June, the ENSEMBLE consortium officially started its activities towards the implemen...
19 June 2018 - Read more
Automotive and telecom sectors welcome comprehensive approach to advance Connected and Automated Driving, agreed today by EU member states
Gothenburg, 19 June 2018 – The European Automotive and Telecom Alliance (EATA) supports the push by EU member states to address challenges to getting connected and automated vehicles on...
19 June 2018 - Read more
Spanish Automotive Suppliers created more than 12,000 jobs
Turnover grew by almost 7% in the Spanish automotive components industry to a record 36.24 billion euros in 2017.
Suppliers generated 12,700 new direct jobs, thereby reaching 224,700 d...
18 June 2018 - Read more
Broad road safety coalition commits to work for zero traffic fatalities
From left to right, Roberto Vavassori, CLEPA President; Erik Jonnaert, Secretary General of ACEA; Violeta Bulc European Commissioner for Transport; Jean Todt, FIA President and Møller Thomsen, FIA...
15 June 2018 - Read more
CLEPA Innovation Awards 2018: Bosch, Inteva, Plastic Omnium and TomTom category winners
Brigade, Navads and Voxdale first SMEs ever to receive dedicated “SME Award”
CLEPA, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers, organised on Wednesday 13th of June f...
14 June 2018 - Read more
Spanish Automotive Suppliers created more than 12,000 jobs
Turnover grew by almost 7% in the Spanish automotive components industry to a record 36.24 billion euros in 2017.
Suppliers generated 12,700 new direct jobs, thereby reaching 224,700 d...
12 June 2018 - Read more
Joint industry letter on the future of the ePrivacy Regulation Brussels
Brussels, 31 May 2018
Ahead of the 8 June TTE Council, we urge Member States to remain cautious in their examination of the draft
ePrivacy Regulation (ePR). Limited progress ha...
06 June 2018 - Read more
Technology neutrality is key in decarbonising transport, also when it comes to battery technology
The need for batteries will rise in the coming years, with progressive hybridisation and electrification of transport as well as connected and automated mobility, but also in energy storage servic...
24 May 2018 - Read more
Access to In-vehicle Data: Automotive Suppliers support the European Commission’s focus on fair market access
CLEPA, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers, shares the view of the European Commission that data generated in connected vehicles provides an enormous potential to create new services and...
22 May 2018 - Read more
Europe on the Move: Commission completes its agenda for safe, clean and connected mobility
In his State of the Union address of September 2017, President Juncker set out a goal for the EU and its industries to become a world leader in innovation, digitisation and decarbonis...
18 May 2018 - Read more
CO2 targets for trucks are seriously challenging – Smart strategy for emission reduction is necessary
The European Commission has proposed today for the first time binding EU emission standards for trucks. The proposal contains a reduction of CO2 emissions from trucks by 15% in 2025 against a 2019 bas...
17 May 2018 - Read more