PR – Clean Diesel Campaign
01 September 2015 - Read more
Europe sales advance 9% in July as economies rebound
FRANKFURT -- European new-car registrations rose 9.1 percent in July as recession-hit countries such as Portugal and Ireland, along with the major markets of Germany, the UK, France and Italy, perform...
25 August 2015 - Read more
Why automotive electronics is the billion dollar industry of the future
Automotive industry plays a major role for any growing economy and also plays an important role in country’s rapid economic and industrial development. Indian automotive industry contributes signifi...
24 August 2015 - Read more
EU and Vietnam reach agreement on free trade deal
The EU and Vietnam have reached an agreement in principle in the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), after two and a half years of intense talks. Following a telephone conversation bet...
06 August 2015 - Read more
European Commission report on 10th TTIP negotiation round published
The Commission made public the report on the 10th round of negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which took place from 13-17 July 2015 in Brussels.
The text is...
03 August 2015 - Read more
Nokia’s HERE Maps sold to BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen
After months of negotiation, Nokia sells the HERE Maps division to the German consortium, BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen for $2.71 billion.
The deal would see HERE Maps turn into an open platform, whi...
24 July 2015 - Read more
FKG hails “great” chance for European suppliers as sanctions yoke lifts
Scandinavian automotive supplier association, FKG is hailing this week's breakthrough talks concerning Iranian sanctions in Vienna as "great for Europe."
Iran has been on its knees economically for...
17 July 2015 - Read more
Air quality: Environment MEPs call for tougher new national caps on pollutants
As air pollution is responsible for around 400,000 premature deaths in the EU yearly, Environment MEPs on Wednesday tightened up Commission plans and called for more ambitious national caps on emi...
16 July 2015 - Read more
Plenary highlights: Greece, TTIP, emissions trading reform
July plenary session
The Greece debt crisis took centre stage during July's plenary session, as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came to Strasbourg to discuss the search for solutions. M...
14 July 2015 - Read more
GERMANY: ZF TRW rides long-term CO2 reduction trend
ZF TRW says it remains convinced CO2 emissions reduction is on an irreversible downward path as regulators flex ever stronger muscles when it comes to pollution.
The European Commission has set th...
10 July 2015 - Read more
‘Everything will be different’ with self-driving tech
PARIS -- Autonomous driving will become Valeo's main growth driver by 2020, says Guillaume Devauchelle, who is head of innovation at the French supplier. Valeo expects to combine its expertise in sens...
06 July 2015 - Read more
Car sales globally on the rise, says Germany’s VDA
New-car registrations in Germany jumped 13 percent in June, helped by two extra sales days and a growing economy.
The surge in June registrations mirrors strong gains in France, Italy and Spain, su...
03 July 2015 - Read more
Luxembourg takes over Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Key facts and figures about the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Luxembourg will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the twelfth time in the secon...
01 July 2015 - Read more
EU-China Summit: clean energy on the agenda
As the EU-China summit opens in Brussels today, new research points to a “delivery gap” on clean energy, which is making the EU level less relevant to Beijing than individual member states, or the...
29 June 2015 - Read more
TEN-T Days 2015 in Riga: innovative investment in transport infrastructure projects for jobs and growth in Europe
Today Transport Ministers from 12 European Member States, CEOs and over 1000 transport stakeholders joined the high-level transport conference 'TEN-T Days' in Riga, organised by the European Commi...
22 June 2015 - Read more
Roberto Vavassori elected new CLEPA President
15 June 2015 - Read more
Press release Open letter on diesel Final
08 June 2015 - Read more
Council of the European Union
In Germany, the meeting of the G7 heads of state and goverment continues. The agenda includes: discussion on climate change and energy issues, talks with the heads of state and goverment of African n...
08 June 2015 - Read more
How predictable is the future of the car industry?
AFTER 30 years of intense convergence in the car industry – a period that has seen most mass-market products and brands evolve toward near-interchangeability – shifting dynamics appear to be pushi...
05 June 2015 - Read more
Car makers gear up for next round of CO2 emission cuts
As the EU prepares for tough negotiations on reducing CO2 emissions from cars post-2020, industry lobbyists, green campaigners and the European Commission alike seem to agree on one thing: deeper emis...
29 May 2015 - Read more
Franco-German eurozone blueprint rattles Cameron
Franco-German attempts to secure changes within the Eurozone without treaty changes threaten to undermine UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s EU reform efforts.
French daily Le Monde reported y...
27 May 2015 - Read more
Better Regulation Agenda: Questions & Answers
Why a Better Regulation Agenda?
The 2014 European elections showed that many citizens are concerned with what they perceive as an undesirable level of EU involvement in their daily lives. While som...
19 May 2015 - Read more
Real Driving Emissions – timing considerations
18 May 2015 - Read more
The European Parliament will consider this week whether to follow the United States by bringing in tighter controls on minerals from war zones, but critics say the measures risk being watered down.
Armed groups in areas such as the Democratic Republic of Congo often fund their activities through the sale of precious metals and those used in electronic goods such as laptops and mobile phones....
18 May 2015 - Read more