ACEA LIVE FEED - research_and_development

EUCAR press release: EU Research Commissioner visits European automotive manufacturers to see resear

2011-07-18T08:26:38Z

Lommel (Belgium), 18/07/2011-European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn made a field trip today to EUCAR, the European Council for Automotive R&D, for a demonstration of advanced vehicle technology.

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Electric Vehicles: Turning buzz into reality

2011-06-06T13:04:38Z

Electric mobility will make an important contribution towards ensuring sustainable mobility and meeting the environmental demands of the future.

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EUCAR calls for dedicated automotive R&D programmes in the EU to focus on the challenge of sustainab

2010-11-09T16:03:00Z

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Jaguar Land Rover is new EUCAR Member from July 2010

2010-07-05T08:21:00Z

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EUCAR: EU Research Programme should declare sustainable mobility a priority and promote pre-competi

2010-04-23T12:55:00Z

Brussels, 23/04/2010 - The EU 8th Research Framework Programme (FP8) covering the period 2014 to 2020 should declare sustainable mobility a key priority for research funding and further encourage collaborative research in the road transport and automotive sector. This will ensure reaping maximum benefit from the work started within the 7th Programme and sustain progress towards sustainable mobility.

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Automotive sector tops R&D investment scoreboard

2010-02-09T13:55:00Z

ACEA members spend over € 26 billion on research and development in Europe every year.

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European automotive manufacturers highlight the importance of R&D investments to secure competitiven

2009-11-10T14:54:00Z

Brussels, 10/11/2009 – The European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR), assembled in Brussels for its annual conference, emphasised the need for accelerating R&D investments to secure the industry’s competitiveness and, in addition, discussed the potential for the electrification of the vehicle.

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Innovation, Research & Development

2009-06-05T14:49:01Z

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European automotive industry outlines R&D priorities for EU Green Car Initiative

2009-05-07T08:19:00Z

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EU support is essential to bridge difficult economic times and ensure investment in clean technology

2008-12-10T12:47:00Z

Brussels, 10/12/2008- The European commercial vehicle manufacturers call on the EU to approve a multi-billion stimulus package for the European economy and to reassess economic measures in 2009 and 2010.

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Manufacturers strengthen R&D collaboration regarding sustainable mobility and competitiveness

2008-11-27T12:28:00Z

Brussels, 27 November 2008 - The increasing demand for transportation of people and goods in combination with the need to achieve a sustainable energy supply and reduce the environmental impact of mobility pose a major challenge to all actors involved in the transport sector.

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European Parliament calls for strengthening automotive industry competitiveness

2008-01-16T12:33:00Z

Brussels, 16/01/2008 - The European Parliament has given an important statement on the need to improve the regulatory framework for the European automotive industry, by voting in its plenary session, yesterday in Strasbourg, in favour of the report on CARS21 by the Industry Committee rapporteur Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (ALDE, Germany).

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Automobile industry concentrates joint research on mobility, road transport and competitiven

2007-11-08T11:34:00Z

Brussels, 08/11/2007 - The European automobile industry actively concentrates its research and development activities on sustainable mobility and competitiveness. This message emerged from the EUCAR Conference held today in Brussels. EUCAR, the European Council for Automotive R&D, is the research body of the European automobile manufacturers.

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Leading edge in European R&D investments

2006-12-08T04:32:00Z

The European automotive industry is a leading sector in innovation, which invests 20 billion euro per year on research. While individual automotive manufacturers carry out research and development to give their own brands and models competitive advantage, much R&D is also carried out collaboratively.
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INNOVATION: European car industry strongly focuses research efforts on environment, safety and produ

2006-11-23T02:38:00Z

Key challenges of the Automotive industry today and in the future are a limited supply of fossil fuels, environmental concerns, the need for safer road transport and shorter product life cycles. The European Automotive industry actively responds by focusing its research and development efforts on fuels and engines, integrated safety and mobility applications and materials, processes and manufacturing.
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