Automotive

New Forum Dedicated to Enhancing Digital Entrepreneurship in Europe

The European Commission welcomed on 25 February 2014 the European Parliament's endorsement of the new target for CO₂ emissions from cars.

From now on, this British ANSP can publish EGNOS-based procedures that will improve safety, accessibility and efficiency to pilots and operators flying to London Southend Airport.

According to a European Commission report published today on the current status of EU industry, most sectors have still not regained their pre-crisis level of output and significant differences exist between sectors and Member States.

A public hearing on the implementation of the CARS 2020 Action Plan took place on 14 February 2014 in Brussels (10.00 – 13.00).

Connected cars, able to communicate with each other and with road infrastructures, are expected to appear on European roads in 2015

In September 2012, one manufacturer (Daimler) raised concerns about the safety of the use of HFO 1234yf as refrigerant in mobile air condition systems and declared that it would continue to use R134a.

The EC-appointed contractor ESSP is committed to provide full visibility and transparency on the EGNOS services status and performance and is publishing the “EGNOS Performance Report” on a monthly basis.

On Friday, January 31st, Michael Truong-Le, an intern working under supervision of IABG's Drs Stadler and Baumann, achieved the tracking of all four Galileo IOV's long enough to decode full almanac and ephemerides data and to get a position fix.

Innovative developers from Europe with experience in app development are invited to apply for admission to the Space App Camp by 3 March 2014.

Since 1 January 2011, air conditioning systems of new types of vehicles must be filled with a refrigerant with a low impact on the climate (in line with the EU's "MAC" Directive 2006/40/EC on mobile air conditioning).

ESSP (European Satellite Service Provider) has signed an EGNOS working agreement with LFV from Sweden and AVINOR from Norway (© ESSP)

The European Commission is urging Member States to recognise the central importance of industry for creating jobs and growth and to mainstream industry-related competitiveness concerns across all policy areas.

The European Commission will hold a conference on topics from the GNSS Applications Action Plan related to the smart tachograph, long-range coaches, transport of dangerous goods, multimodal logistics and solutions for road building upon GNSS-based positioning and transmission of the vehicle ID.

The new GNSS Regulation covering the financial period 2014-2020 has been published in the Official Journal

The GENIUS professional training program is supported by the European Commission (EC) and the European GNSS Agency (GSA) through the FP7 project GENIUS (www.gnss-education.eu).

The EC-appointed contractor ESSP is committed to provide full visibility and transparency on the EGNOS services status and performance and is publishing the “EGNOS Performance Report” on a monthly basis.

Thierry Racaud said “Being passionate about aviation and space, I am very proud to be joining ESSP as Chief Executive, to lead the expansion of its business coverage while continuously excelling in the provision of EGNOS services”.