U.S. report on the effects of import of cars and auto parts
The U.S. Commerce Department has submitted its report on an investigation on the effects of imports of cars and auto parts on U.S. national security to the White House on Sunday.
Sigrid d...
20 February 2019 - Read more
EP Trade Committee: Trade negotiations with US can start under certain conditions
Trade negotiations with US can start under certain conditions:
Talks could help ease current tensions caused by US tariffs
MEPs want car tariffs in, and agriculture out, of negotiations
Any...
19 February 2019 - Read more
UNECE: Autonomous transport must be developed with a global eye
Automation in transport, including “self-driving” autonomous vehicles, has the potential to improve the lives of billions of people and transform mobility as we know it. It could enable a safer, m...
19 February 2019 - Read more
Parliament and Council agree on challenging CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles
The EU requires manufacturers of heavy-duty vehicles to reduce average carbon emissions by 15% by 2025 and 30% by 2030. The challenging level of the reduction targets was one of the most controversial...
19 February 2019 - Read more
Report: Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index
KPMG International has published the 2018 Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI). The report provides an in-depth view of what it takes for countries to meet the challenges of self-driving vehicl...
18 February 2019 - Read more
Brexit preparedness: Commission intensifies “no-deal” customs preparedness outreach to EU businesses
The European Commission has today stepped up its “no-deal” outreach to EU businesses in the area of customs and indirect taxation such as VAT, given the risk that the United Kingdom may leave the...
18 February 2019 - Read more
Commission imposes strict conditions over the use of hazardous chemicals used in automotive, aerospace and medical sectors
The Commission continues to work with EU countries and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to continuously limit the risks posed by chemicals to human health and the environment in the context of...
15 February 2019 - Read more
Call for Submissions for TRA2020 is now open
TRA, The Transport Research Arena is the biggest European Research and Technology Conference on transport and mobility. In 2020 TRA is themed "Rethinking transport - towards clean and incl...
13 February 2019 - Read more
Promoting clean vehicles: provisional deal with Parliament
The EU is stimulating the market for zero- and low-emission vehicles by encouraging their use in public procurement. On 11 February, the Romanian presidency reached a provisional agreement wit...
12 February 2019 - Read more
EU and ASEAN exchange knowledge and best practices in road safety
The European Commission hosted the first road safety workshop between the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Brussels from 30 January to 1 February 2019. The event provided a...
09 February 2019 - Read more
EUCAD2019: Registrations are now open
The European Commission, with the support of the EC-funded project ARCADE , is pleased to announce its Second European Conference on connected and automated driving: 'Connected Automated Driving: Eu...
07 February 2019 - Read more
EC: launch of the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Batteries
The new European Technology and Innovation Platform on Batteries has been launched today at an event in Brussels. Bringing together private and public actors and industrial and research stakeholders t...
05 February 2019 - Read more
Publication of the R&D and Design Centres Catalogue of Turkish Automotive Suppliers
TAYSAD, the Automotive Supplier Association of Turkey, has recently published its “R&D and Design Centres Catalogue”. The publication includes a comprehensive overview of the R&D and Desig...
02 February 2019 - Read more
CLEPA Newsletter Editorial January 2019: Outlook on 2019 – Watch this space
The year 2019 promises to be a challenging year for many European automotive suppliers. The global economy is slowing down, most pertinently in China and Europe. Global trade tensions are aggravating...
31 January 2019 - Read more
CLEPA will participate at the EC Stakeholder workshop for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM)
Europe has set ambitious 5G deployment objectives in the 5G Action Plan from 2016 as well as for pan-European 5G Corridors for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) in the 3rd Mobility Package fr...
31 January 2019 - Read more
ARCADE joint stakeholder workshop
In preparation of the ERTRAC Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) roadmap, the Joint Stakeholder Workshop of the ARCADE CAD Network and ERTRAC Working Group on “Connecti...
31 January 2019 - Read more
EU-U.S. trade talks: European Commission publishes progress report
The European Commission has today published a report on the implementation of the 25 July 2018 Joint Statement agreed by Presidents Juncker and Trump.
In line with the Commission's commit...
30 January 2019 - Read more
CLEPA Innovation Awards 2019: Call for applications now open
CLEPA Innovation Awards recognises the excellence of the automotive supplier’s industry in the fields of Environment, Safety, Cooperation and Connectivity & Automation.
Innovative a...
30 January 2019 - Read more
CAD Report: Europe should be the leading actor
During an event organised at the University Foundation Club on 28th January MEP, Wim van de Camp, who is the EPP Group’s Spokesman for Transport, presented his opinion as a Rapporteur to the Report...
29 January 2019 - Read more
Anticipating autonomous: The UK’s driverless future
The project Smart Mobility Living Lab: London (SMLL), funded by Innovate UK has recently published a new report on connected and automated vehicles in the United Kingdom.
The publication gather...
28 January 2019 - Read more
High-level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence’s Ethics Guidelines available
Appointed by the European Commission in June 2018 as part of the European approach on artificial intelligence, the High-level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence’s (AI HLEG) general objective is...
25 January 2019 - Read more
DRIVES Project: One year anniversary
The DRIVES project, an ERASMUS+ Blueprint Sector Skills Alliance for the automotive sector, is celebrating its one-year anniversary. The 24 consortium members of the project DRIVES had a two-day work...
25 January 2019 - Read more
€114 million available under Horizon 2020 for next-generation batteries projects
The Building a Low-Carbon, Climate Resilient Future: Next-Generation Batteries call for proposals is open for applications as of today and until 25 April 2019.
It makes available €114 million in...
24 January 2019 - Read more
World Economic Forum recognises European Commission as champion in the circular economy
Yesterday evening in Davos, the European Commission was awarded the 2019 Circular Economy prize by the World Economic Forum and the Forum of Young Global Leaders as recogni...
22 January 2019 - Read more
European steel users protest the need for EU safeguards
A coalition of downstream steel users has called into question the rationale for the European Commission’s imposition of definitive steel safeguard measures. The European Commission initiated the sa...
18 January 2019 - Read more