Two weeks ago, EARPA had an exhibition stand at the Transport Research Arena (TRA) conference in Dublin (15 - 18 April 2024).

The 2-day event attracted nearly 200 attendees, which included EARPA Members and other professionals from the European road mobility and automotive sector.

EARPA members played pivotal roles, either moderating sessions or presenting their latest innovative results in road transport from Horizon 2020 at the RTR Conference in Brussels last week.

EARPA's President Christof Schernus, Vice-President Gaetano DE PAOLA, and Policy Officer Elise Ekström had the opportunity to meet with DG RTD at the European Commission.

EARPA is proud to share the co-signed open letter urging for continued investment in battery research and innovation under the Horizon Europe programme.

From 05 - 06 March 2024, the EARPA Spring Meetings 2024 will take in Brussels at the Sofitel Brussels Europe. Attending the EARPA Spring Meeting 2024 is the perfect opportunity to reconnect with EARPA Members who are significant independent R&D providers and all stakeholders in the automotive sector.

With a packed audience of nearly 230 attendees, the 4th edition of the FORM Forum 2023 brought some of the greatest minds in the automotive research together again.

The EARPA High-level Position Paper 2023 is now available! This high-level position paper seeks to highlight the aspects that will be considered by the EARPA Foresight Groups, to make suggestions for forthcoming European Research Programmes and to be at the heart of our members’ future R&I activities.

EARPA member Eurecat is leading different European projects contributing to create and develop innovative solutions to move towards a more sustainable, lighter, safer and circular future automotive and mobility sector.

The European SELFY project is to develop a self-assessment and self-protection toolbox to enhance the security and resilience of Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) systems against potential cyber-attacks and malicious actions. This is at a time when around 50 million connected and automated cars are expected to be on the road in Europe by 2026.

The Cluster of European projects was created in 2019 with the Horizon 2020 projects ACHILES, EVC1000, FITGEN, SYS2WHEEL, TELL and CEVOLVER. The Cluster is now continued with projects from Horizon EUROPE.

VERSAPRINT is set to redefine the battery landscape, focusing on enhancing safety, sustainability, and performance. This ongoing battery project has strong participation from EARPA members as coordinator and partners.

Launched this summer, the Next generation models for advanced battery electronics (NEMO) project includes two EARPA Partners.

The European Commission and the United Kingdom have reached a political agreement on the UK's participation in Horizon Europe, the EU's research, and innovation programme, and Copernicus, the EU's world-leading Earth observation programme.

The European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) celebrated its 20th anniversary with an evening reception and conference from 05 – 06 July 2023 at the Palais des Académies in Brussels last week.