Continental and Oxford University launch AI research partnership
On November 11 2016, Continental and the University of Oxford announced that they are now conducting joint research in the field of artificial intelligence. The partnership between Continental an...
15 November 2016 - Read more
New member: JOST Group
On 1 November, JOST Group joined us at CLEPA as a Corporate Member, bringing our membership to more than 120. JOST Group was established in 1952 and has since become a leading manufacturer of componen...
08 November 2016 - Read more
New CLEPA member Adient completes separation from Johnson Controls
On October 31, new CLEPA member Adient announced its debut as an independent, publicly traded corporation and the completion of its separation from Johnson Controls International. Adient is one o...
07 November 2016 - Read more
Magna innovations earn honors at Automotive Awards
On October 17, Magna received top honors from the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Central Europe at the Automotive Awards Ceremony in Dusseldorf, Germany, to recognise the industry's most in...
04 November 2016 - Read more
ICCT Study: Deployment of passenger car technology
On October 27 2016, the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) published a study which compares the uptake of a range of vehicle technologies such as variable valve timing...
03 November 2016 - Read more
REACH REFIT Evaluation 2017 announced
On October 28 2016, the European Commission's Directorate-General for the Environment (DG ENV) announced the latest REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Re...
03 November 2016 - Read more
ISO and SAE International announce technical standards agreement
On November 2 2016, ISO (The International Organisation for Standardisation) and SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers) announced a pilot agreement for the joint development of new t...
03 November 2016 - Read more
DG MOVE publishes Roadmap on the Extension of ITS Directive
On October 27, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) published its Roadmap on the Extension of Directive 2010/40/EU1 (the Intelligent Transport System...
03 November 2016 - Read more
EU Transport Scoreboard published
On October 27, the European Commission published the 2016 edition of the "EU Transport Scoreboard", a benchmark which compares how Member States perform in 30 categories covering all aspects of tr...
03 November 2016 - Read more
European Commission releases 2017 Work Programme
On October 25, the European Commission released its Work Programme for 2017 with a focus on the delivery of the 10 priorities outlined in the Political Guidelines, with priorities including comple...
03 November 2016 - Read more
JAMA-CLEPA Business Summit 2016 celebrates EU-Japan relations
On October 27 & 28, European automotive suppliers and Japanese vehicle manufacturers gathered in Venice, Italy, for the 10th edition of the JAMA-CLEPA Business Summit, celebrating au...
28 October 2016 - Read more
CLEPA REACH Task-Force Minutes: September 14
On September 14 2016, the REACH Task-force met at CLEPA offices in Brussels to discuss a number of priorities for automotive suppliers and to agree actions and tasks for the task-force and its m...
18 October 2016 - Read more
EU Technical Committee for Motor Vehicles – October 3rd
On October 3 2016, the Technical Committee - Motor Vehicles (TCMV) gathered in Brussels for their 61st meeting. The main points on the agenda were:
Updating of the TCMV members’ l...
18 October 2016 - Read more
DENSO and Toshiba agree to develop AI Technology
On October 17, DENSO Corporation and Toshiba Corporation reached a basic agreement to jointly develop an artificial intelligence technology called Deep Neural Network-Intellectual Property (DNN-I...
18 October 2016 - Read more
Schaeffler unveils electric concept car
On October 10, Schaeffler announced that, as part of the 25th Aachen Symposium, they will be unveilling their "Schaeffler High Performance 48 Volt" concept vehicle. With a permanent, pu...
14 October 2016 - Read more
McKinsey: Will car users share their personal data?
This month in McKinsey's latest study, the consultancy takes a look at whether the sharing of personal data between cars is supported by consumers and, if so, on what basis. According to the study...
14 October 2016 - Read more
EU launches Automated Driving Platform
On October 7 2016, the European Commission together with representatives of 12 EU Member States and industry launched the C-ROADS platform – a set of projects on connected, cooperative and autom...
10 October 2016 - Read more
CLEPA welcomes new Chief Technology Officer
On October 3 2016, Alessandro Coda joined us at CLEPA, taking up the new role of Chief Technology Officer. Bringing almost three decades of experience in automotive research and engineering expe...
10 October 2016 - Read more
EC: €133 million available for Green Vehicles research
On October 4 2016, the European Commission's Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) revealed new funding opportunities for automotive research. Altogether, the Commission announced three...
04 October 2016 - Read more
VALEO unveils latest innovations at Paris Motor Show
On September 29 2016, VALEO unveiled its latest innovations at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, with technological developments in cruise control, dash-fitted cameras, electric engines and smart light...
03 October 2016 - Read more
NVIDIA unveils AI Supercomputer for Autonomous Transport
On September 28 2016 at the inaugural GPU Technology Conference Europe, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveiled Xavier, an all-new AI supercomputer, designed for use in self-driving cars.
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03 October 2016 - Read more
37 leading companies join forces in European Automotive-Telecom Alliance to launch connected and automated driving project
Paris, Brussels, 30 September 2016 – At a Round Table on Connected and Automated Driving initiated and chaired by Günther H. Oettinger, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and S...
30 September 2016 - Read more
CLEPA Board approves three new members
On September 28, 2016, the CLEPA Board of Directors gathered at Paris and approved the membership of three new members: Adient, Guardian Industries and NVIDIA.
Adient
Johnson...
29 September 2016 - Read more
CLEPA Board of Directors reaffirms priorities
On Wednesday, September 28th, the CLEPA Board of Directors met in Paris ahead of the Mondial de l'Automobile 2016 and agreed the political agenda of the European automotive suppliers for the months to...
29 September 2016 - Read more
Innovate UK funding £83 million in Automotive R&D
Innovate UK, the UK's funding agency, is offering up to £83 million in automotive research and development funding through three initiatives, including - a low emission freight &...
28 September 2016 - Read more