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FISITA’s Technology of Mobility Conference & Exhibition

September 21, 2023

The 39th FISITA World Congress, incorporating the World Congress 2023, the FISITA World Mobility Summit, the FISITA Intelligent Safety Conference Europe and EuroBrake took place from 12 to 15 September 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. Over 130 exhibitors and more than 2,000 delegates participated in a series of technical presentations, panel discussions and keynote addresses. EUCAR supported the event through the active participation of EUCAR members in various sessions. On 12 September, Markus Seidel, BMW Group and EUCAR expert group leader circular economy spoke in the panel discussion Climate Change – Focus on Circularity in the Automotive Industry. On 13 September, Stefan Deix,...
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Hi-Drive webinar: Automated Driving in adverse weather conditions and GNSS denied areas

September 8, 2023

On 22 September 2023, from 10.00 to 12.00 CEST, the Hi-Drive consortium will host a webinar on Automated Driving in adverse weather conditions, and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) denied areas. The Hi-Drive project advances the European state-of-the-art of automated driving from SAE L3' Conditional Automation' further towards 'High Automation' by demonstrating in large-scale trials the robustness and reliability of connected and automated driving (CAD) functions. The focus is on testing and evaluating a variety of functionalities, from motorway chauffeur to urban chauffeur, analysed in various scenarios covering different driving cultures across Europe. In the upcoming...
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Only one week to FISITA’s Technology of Mobility Conference & Exhibition

September 6, 2023

From 12 to 15 September, FISITA, the international membership organisation for the automotive and mobility engineering profession organises the Technology of Mobility Conference & Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain. The event incorporates the FISITA World Congress 2023, the FISITA World Mobility Summit, the FISITA Intelligent Safety Conference Europe and EuroBrake. The conference brings the international mobility systems engineering community together to engage and discuss technology, methodology and strategy in technical sessions, roundtable discussions and panel discussions. EUCAR, the research association of the automotive manufacturers in Europe, a strategic partner of FISITA,...
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“Emerging technologies will help us address our present and future mobility challenges. We will fully leverage this knowledge so that the automotive manufacturers continue to provide safer, cleaner and more sustainable road transport solutions with benefits to their users and society.”

- Dr Peter Lehnert, VP Technology and Innovation Digital Car, BMW Group

“We are in the era of transformation, with new ways of working, new players entering the market, and an acceleration of innovation and novel business models to reach a truly sustainable society. In EUCAR, the European vehicle manufacturers come together in pre-competitive collaboration towards a common vision. We identify key areas and perspectives for research and innovation as well as ways to interact with the eco-system around us, facilitating successful projects with tangible results! Together we can shape the world we want to live in.”

- Ms Helene Niklasson, Vice President Innovation Ecosystems and Partnerships, Volvo Group

“As members of EUCAR, we are focussed on the results of our projects in order to develop technologies that further improve road safety, reduce the environmental footprint of mobility, and increase the cost-effectiveness of vehicles and mobility solutions.”

- Carla Gohin, CTO, Research & Innovation Senior Vice President, PSA Peugeot-Citroën

“Pre-competitive research co-operation at EUCAR is essential to drive European innovation forward. EUCAR projects provide new ideas and solutions to tackle the challenges Europe is facing in establishing safe, secure, sustainable and connected mobility. Joint co-operation within EUCAR projects helps us develop new measures to handle cross-border challenges. One prime example for such a EUCAR project is the L3Pilot where we test the viability of automated driving as a safe and efficient means of transportation on public roads with 1,000 drivers and 100 cars across ten European countries, including cross-border routes.”

- Nikolai Ardey, Executive Director, Group Innovation at Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

“EUCAR, the European Council for automotive R&D, plays an active part in finding holistic solutions for all Europeans to the mobility challenges of tomorrow. Considering that the automotive sector also generates more than 13 million direct and indirect EU jobs, we are an integral part of European society.”

- Gerd Schuster, Senior Vice President Research, New Technology and Innovation, BMW Group

“With EUCAR‘s collaborative research projects we strive to serve the citizens of Europe. We help to develop new services, new products and improved ways to support customers and the society in a way that also creates the jobs of tomorrow.”

- Urban Wass, Former Senior Vice President, Research & Innovation Policy, Volvo Group

“The European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR) has been the voice of automobile manufacturers in the field of R&D for 25 years. During this period, EUCAR has successfully contributed to establishing a multitude of research projects, all of them promoting clean, safe and efficient mobility.”

- Stefan Deix, Director of EUCAR

“Within EUCAR, we strive for long-term collaboration by joining forces in a targeted way and benefitting from synergies. We seek to provide a common insight into current research and innovation projects tackling challenges in the fields of safe and integrated mobility, sustainable propulsion, virtual engineering and manufacturing and commercial vehicles.”

- Axel Heinrich, Former Executive Director, Group Innovation at Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

“EUCAR projects help to develop even safer vehicles; we are securing connected vehicles against manipulations and cyber threats; and we provide a solid knowledgebase for the safe introduction of automated driving.”

- Urban Wass, Former Senior Vice President, Research & Innovation Policy, Volvo Group

FISITA’s Technology of Mobility Conference & Exhibition

Hi-Drive webinar: Automated Driving in adverse weather conditions and GNSS denied areas

Only one week to FISITA’s Technology of Mobility Conference & Exhibition

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FISITA’s Technology of Mobility Conference & Exhibition

Hi-Drive webinar: Automated Driving in adverse weather conditions and GNSS denied areas

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