Over €1.2 billion requested in Horizon 2020 transport funding
INEA has received 238 project proposals by the deadline of 16 January for eight topics in the areas of waterborne transport, logistics, aviation, transport infrastructure and safety under the Mobility...
17 January 2019 - Read more
MEPs call for safety and liability rules for driveless cars
MEPs call for safety and liability rules for driverless cars
EU needs to act faster to the developments in the sector
More funding for research, safety and liability rules needed
Focus also...
16 January 2019 - Read more
EU Commission is collecting feedback on C-ITS
To achieve the goal of safer, cleaner and more efficient transport, the European Commission is collecting feedback on C-ITS (cooperative intelligent transport systems) provisions until February 8....
11 January 2019 - Read more
ICCT – From laboratory to road: A 2018 update
The International Council on Clean Transportation has published a 2018 update of the From Laboratory to Road series. This report covers approximately 1.3 million passenger cars from 15 data sources an...
10 January 2019 - Read more
2019 CEF Transport call now open for applications
The 2019 CEF Transport call, which makes €100 million available to support new and ongoing transport projects and was launched on 5 December 2018, is now officially open for applications.
I...
08 January 2019 - Read more
CO2 emission standards for trucks: Council agrees its position
The EU is setting CO2 emission reduction targets for heavy-duty vehicles for the first time. The Council agreed its position (general approach) on a proposal to reduce CO2 emissions of new heavy-duty...
20 December 2018 - Read more
Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills In a Nutshell
Technological progress and globalisation offer tremendous opportunities for innovation, growth and jobs. These developments require skilled and adaptable people who are able to drive and support ch...
20 December 2018 - Read more
Launch of three 5G Corridor trial projects
Three projects (5GCroco, 5G-Carmen, 5G-Mobix) that aim at setting up trial 5G networks along four cross-border corridors were presented on 5 December at the ICT 2018 in Vienna. Metz-Merzig-Luxembourg...
19 December 2018 - Read more
Europe accelerates the transition to clean mobility: Co-legislators agree on strong rules for the modernisation of the mobility sector
The European Parliament and the Council yesterday reached a political agreement on strong rules to decarbonise and modernise the mobility sector. They provisionally agreed on new CO2 emiss...
18 December 2018 - Read more
Using ITS-G5 for efficient truck platooning
The Horizon 2020 ENSEMBLE project is paving the way to enable the first generation multi-brand truck platooning with the involvement of all European truck brands by 2022. The aim of platooning is to i...
18 December 2018 - Read more
2018 Industrial R&D Scoreboard: EU companies increase research investment amidst a global technological race
Companies in the European Union have increased their investment in research and development (R&D) for the eighth consecutive year. In 2017, they invested 5.5% more in R&D activities than...
17 December 2018 - Read more
CLEPA Counterfeit Day – Presentations now available
CLEPA held the Counterfeit Day event on the 22nd of November 2018. Specialists from law enforcement, politics and technology providers exchanged their views on latest developments and st...
17 December 2018 - Read more
ICT4CART: Future of Automated Driving
The ICT4CART consortium met at the first ICT4CART plenary session, held on 28 and 29 November 2018 in Vienna, to discuss several of the challenges of automated road transport.
The first day was ded...
17 December 2018 - Read more
DRIVES Project: #2 Newsletter released
The #2 Newsletter od DRIVES´Project has been published. MEP Carlos Zorrinho (S&D, Portugal), member of the ITRE Committee (Industry, Reasearch and Energy) is the honorable guest and shares his vi...
17 December 2018 - Read more
EIT announces two winning innovation communities in manufacturing and urban mobility
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has announced the winning teams that will set up Innovation Communities: EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility. These two pan-European p...
17 December 2018 - Read more
CLEPA signs a Joint Statement on the EU Steel Safeguard Investigation
Steel Using Industries - Joint Statement on the EU Steel Safeguard Investigation
This coalition of downstream users of steel – including the automotive, technology industries, electrici...
07 December 2018 - Read more
Innovation is key to preserve Europe´s leadership in the mobility sector
CLEPA, together with the European Forum for Manufacturing, hosted a dinner debate at the European Parliament yesterday, focusing on the importance of innovation for preserving and boosting European le...
06 December 2018 - Read more
Council essentially confirms Commission’s proposal on regulation making safety technology mandatory
Today, representatives of the EU member states in the Council adopted their position on the General Safety Regulation published by the European Commission in May 2018. The draft regulation proposes to...
29 November 2018 - Read more
Net-zero emissions in 2050 requires integrated vision for safe, sustainable and smart mobility
The European Commission adopted today the Communication on the strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction, containing scenarios for future policy making going from business-as-usual...
28 November 2018 - Read more
Automotive supplier industry, cities and campaigners call on EU industry ministers to back new vehicle safety standards without delay
Brussels – A coalition of automotive supplier companies, cities and groups campaigning for greater road safety are calling on EU Ministers of Industry to give their full support to a proposed packa...
26 November 2018 - Read more
Four new companies have joined CLEPA
CLEPA membership now counts of more than 145 organisations, including corporate members, national association and associated members. During the last weeks, four new companies have been approved to jo...
22 November 2018 - Read more
CLEPA organised the first Counterfeit day
On 22nd November, CLEPA has held a special event called “Counterfeit Day”, providing high-level expertise on the enforcement of intellectual property infringement in the EU and beyond.
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22 November 2018 - Read more
ENSEMBLE project presented during the EPTC network workshop
On 20 and 21 November, a "European Truck Platooning Challenge" (ETPC) network workshop was held in Brussels, where the project ENSEMBLE was presented. The project, of which CLEPA is a partner, will...
22 November 2018 - Read more
CLEPA carried out the first “Supply Industry Pulse Check” analysis
CLEPA, in collaboration with McKinsey, carried out the first “Supply Industry Pulse Check”, in order to get interesting insights into the current situation and the outlook for the industry. The...
22 November 2018 - Read more
CLEPA Newsletter Editorial November 2018: Five minutes to twelve? Bridging electric versus combustion
The negotiations between the European co-legislators on curbing CO2 emissions from cars, vans and trucks are in their final stages. Worryingly, they remain dominated by the artificial divide between ...
22 November 2018 - Read more