EC: Data show improvements on road safety in 2018 but further concrete and swift actions are needed
Fewer people died on European roads last year but more efforts are needed to make a big leap forward, according to new, preliminary figures on road fatalities for 2018 published today by the European...
04 April 2019 - Read more
The European Parliamentary Research Service published a briefing on Electric road vehicles in the EU
Technological advances and societal changes have triggered a drastic evolution in mobility. Alongside other trends, such as digitalisation, autonomous driving and shared mobility, electric mobility is...
04 April 2019 - Read more
EU should take global lead in connected and automated driving, automotive and telecoms sectors urge
As Europe prepares to elect a new European Parliament and appoint new Commissioners, the European Automotive and Telecoms Alliance (EATA) urges policy makers to step up efforts in order to ensure that...
03 April 2019 - Read more
FT Future of the Car Summit 2019
CLEPA's President Roberto Vavassori will participate at the FT Future of the Car Summit 2019. This event gathers over 400 senior executives from across the automotive industry for two days of incredi...
29 March 2019 - Read more
ENSEMBLE Project: European Truck Platooning Challenge Event
The European Truck Platooning Challenge Event, held in Brussels on the 26th of March, has been a successful occasion for the Truck Platooning Community to share the latest news and achievements and de...
29 March 2019 - Read more
CLEPA Newsletter Editorial March 2019: The automotive aftermarket, too, gets ready for the new mobility trends
The impact of vehicle technology trends like electrification, connectivity and autonomous driving has reached the traditionally very stable Automotive Aftermarket. Evidence of this, as well as the im...
28 March 2019 - Read more
CLEPA 10th Aftermarket Conference: Electrification and connectivity reshape the business into a service over the entire lifetime of the vehicle
More than 300 participants gathered at the 10th edition of the CLEPA Aftermarket Conference, today in Brussels, to discuss the latest trends and opportunities for the automotive aftermarket at a...
28 March 2019 - Read more
European Commission and European Investment Bank join forces to support investments for road safety and clean transport
Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Vazil Hudák are joining forces to support investment for road safety and sustainable transport. At the...
28 March 2019 - Read more
EC – Clean mobility: Commission welcomes European Parliament adoption of new CO2 emission standards for cars and vans to reduce pollution and improve air quality
The European Parliament today agreed on CO2 emission standards for new cars and vans in the EU for the period after 2020 – a significant step towards decarbonising and modernising the European mobil...
28 March 2019 - Read more
ARCADE Project: Results of study on Connected and Automated Driving
The Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) faces important challenges and gaps, requiring a harmonised approach to vehicle testing in order to speed-up CAM deployment. Furthermore, effective integrati...
28 March 2019 - Read more
CLEPA Innovation Awards: application period extended till the 5th of April
Do you believe in your company’s potential? Would you consider your projects as visionary? Have you been working on a forward-thinking concept in one of the following fields?
It is possible t...
26 March 2019 - Read more
Parliament and Council reach agreement on adoption of crucial vehicle safety standards
The European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the revision of the General Safety Regulation in negotiations last night. The GSR will make mandatory a set of safety measures for vehic...
26 March 2019 - Read more
EU-U.S.: Call for proposals for regulatory cooperation activities
Further to the joint U.S.-EU Statement following President Juncker's visit to the White House in July, there have been five meetings of the EU-US Executive Working Group to discuss impleme...
26 March 2019 - Read more
Battery 2030+: inventing the batteries of the future
With funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, the Battery 2030+ project will mobilise European researchers and industry over the next twelve months. Building on the 'Battery Manifesto' pu...
25 March 2019 - Read more
EU-Council: EU agreement on future research and innovation programme
Member states' ambassadors meeting in the Council's permanent representatives' committee on 28th March confirmed the common understanding reached between the Romanian presidency of the Council and the...
24 March 2019 - Read more
EC: Public consultation on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries
DG Trade is launching a public consultation to gather information on intellectual property (IP) protection and enforcement in non-EU countries.
The objective of this consultation is to identify non...
22 March 2019 - Read more
CLEPA participation at the 2nd Conference on connected and automated driving- EUCAD
The EUCAD 2019 Conference “Connected Automated Driving: Europe takes the lead” taking place in Brussels on 2 & 3 April 2019 will count with the participation of CLEPA.
During the...
22 March 2019 - Read more
Forum for Mobility: Road transport in the EU. Are we going in the right direction?
EU decision-makers and stakeholders gathered to discuss whether the EU is going in the right direction on road transport and what actions needs to be taken by t...
21 March 2019 - Read more
ARCADE Project: 2nd Stakeholder workshop of the Joint CAD Network
As part of the EUCAD 2019 Conference, the ARCADE project is organising a Stakeholder workshop in Brussels on 4 April 2019. ARCADE is the new EC-funded Suppo...
21 March 2019 - Read more
Participation of CLEPA at the Automotive Industry Forum 2019, Craiova
Under Romania’s Presidency, the Ministry of Economy organised the Forum of the European Automotive Industry 2019 which took place in Craiova on 18th March.
The event stressed the importance of th...
19 March 2019 - Read more
Letter: Calling on the EU institutions to agree a deal on new vehicle safety standards
Dear representatives of the Council, the Romanian Presidency, the European Parliament and the
Commission,
On 25 March, the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission...
19 March 2019 - Read more
EC: EU Transport Scoreboard shows progress on internal market low-emission mobility and road safety
The European Commission has published this year's edition of the 'EU Transport Scoreboard', a benchmark comparing how Member States perform in 30 categories covering all aspects of transport. The go...
19 March 2019 - Read more
DRIVES Project: Online Survey’s deadline extended till 15th April
Skills need for the automotive sector!
On 14th March 2019, DRIVES openly introduced the overall project strategy by organising its online webinar to explain the questionnaire that will s...
19 March 2019 - Read more
EC: €2 billion to fast forward the creation of the European Innovation Council
Ahead of the 21-22 March European Council discussion on innovation, industry and competitiveness, the Commission takes decisive steps to set up a European Innovation Council.
Global competition...
18 March 2019 - Read more
VDA’s 21st Technical Congress in Berlin
CLEPA attended the VDA’s 21st Technical Congress, that was held in Berlin on March 14 and 15, 2019 and focused on mobility of the future. A total of 700 participants from industry, politics and aca...
15 March 2019 - Read more