R&D directions
The European automotive industry strives to be the most innovative in the world and sets global standards in production and vehicle technology. Therefore collaborative automotive R&D aims to contribute to a society that encompasses clean, secure and sustainable energy supply, safe and secure mobility and transport systems, sustainable mobility and transport at affordable costs, together with research, development and production in Europe.
To bring this vision to life the industry is highly active, participating in a wide range of collaborative European research and development projects.
EUCAR, the European Council for Automotive R&D plays an important role in this context and provides the automotive manufacturers with a platform for identifying common pre-competitive European R&D. Using this platform, the industry has defined areas of research and development it considers to be of priority in order to deliver competitive products and services for potential market launch in 2020 and beyond.
The main R&D areas are
- Mobility and Transport
- Energy and Environment
- Safety and Security
- Affordability and Competitiveness.
To address the current and future needs within the main R&D areas, EUCAR is ideally placed to provide European automotive manufacturers the platform to identify challenges and R&D needs, communicate and interact with European key stakeholders and initiate, monitor and support R&D projects.
The implementation of the recommended R&D activities in conjunction with sustained efforts to apply the output of R&D work in a timely manner is intended to satisfy society’s demand for mobility and transport of tomorrow and to enhance the competitiveness of the European automotive industry.
