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Automotive sector: a significant transformation
22-01-2019
The future of the Automotive sector is largely linked to major areas such as e-mobility or new technologies. In today’s global market, Luxembourg has an important role to play and faces several challenges. State of play and outlook from Anthony Auert, the manager of the Luxembourg AutoMobillity Cluster.
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Luxinnovation’s CEO among the most influential decision-makers in Luxembourg
20-12-2018
Since 2006, the economic and financial magazine Paperjam has been publishing, every two years, the ranking of the 100 most influential economic decision-makers in Luxembourg. For the 2018 edition, announced Wednesday at the Rockhal, Luxinnovation’s CEO, Sasha Baillie, appears in 16th position.
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Fedil Innovation Awards: focus on the automotive sector!
30-11-2018
The Fedil - The Voice of Luxembourg's Industry presents, every two years, its Innovation Awards. For the 2018 edition, three of the four awarded projects are applications from the automotive sector.
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Horizon 2020: Opportunities for business innovation
21-11-2018
With a budget of €74 billion for the period 2014-2020, Horizon 2020 is the EU’s biggest funding programme for research and innovation ever. Companies in Luxembourg are benefitting from this funding to implement their business strategies and develop new innovative offers.
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ITS World Congress report
30-10-2018
From 17 to 21 September, the 2018 edition of the ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) World Congress was held in Copenhagen. The final report has just been published, showing how transport and mobility solutions can improve the quality of life in our cities by placing users and their needs at the heart of the mobility framework.
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Open Public Consultation on Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM)
26-10-2018
The European Commission launches a public consultation on how Europe should build trust in connected and automated mobility services, but as well on the bottlenecks that impede for the moment the deployment of these services bringing many benefits for the citizens.
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EU Battery Alliance: Major progress in establishing battery manufacturing in Europe in only one year
23-10-2018
One year on from the launch of the European Battery Alliance (EBA), the Commission Action Plan is in place, the first pilot production facilities are being built and further projects are announced to establish the EU as the lead player in the strategic area of battery innovation and manufacturing.
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The Automobility Cluster meets students in Brussels
05-10-2018
In Brussels, the 34th edition of the European Meeting of Luxembourg Students (REEL) was held at the end of September, a meeting point for Luxembourg students studying in various EU countries. On this occasion, the Luxembourg Automobility Cluster presented its activities and promoted the sector in the Grand Duchy.
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New funding opportunities under Horizon 2020 for Next-Generation Batteries
03-09-2018
The European Commission published a separate cross-thematic work programme with new Horizon 2020 funding opportunities under the title “Building a Low-Carbon, Climate Resilient Future: Next-Generation Batteries”.
The work programme addresses the challenge of transitioning towards a de-carbonised society, building on the COP21, the EU 2020 targets, and the 2050 Energy Roadmap. The focus is on electric batteries for vehicles, with a budget of €114 Million for 2019 and €70 Million for 2020.
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OBJECTIVE SOFTWARE FEATURED IN AUTOMAG MAGAZINE
23-08-2018
The Luxembourgian TV station RTL.lu featured .objective Software in its show Automag. The magazine format focuses entirely on car trends. Reporter Pascal Becker talked to .objective-CEO Clemens Dannheim during the opening of the Vodafone 5G lab on May 9th. The piece itself aired at the end of May on RTL Luxembourg.
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CarPay-Diem mobile payment solution spotted by Volkswagen
06-07-2018
Created two years ago, Luxembourg start-up CarPay-Diem offers a mobile payment solution for the (many) motorists who refuel at petrol stations. The company was discovered by the German group Volkswagen during the last Cebit trade fair in Hanover, and has, as a result, been offered a six-month stay at Die Gläserne Manufaktur, the group’s innovation incubator based in Dresden.
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Luxembourg to host European HPC headquarters
25-06-2018
Luxembourg will host EuroHPC, the joint structure for the European project of strategic interest on high performance computing (HPC). This was definitely decided by the European Commission on 25 June 2018.
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Minister confident in Luxembourg automotive sector
12-06-2018
Luxembourg’s automotive components sector boasts an annual turnover of €1.5 billion and employs over 10,000 people, with around 50 companies active in this field. “Over the last decades, the Grand Duc...
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Testing the mobility of the future
11-06-2018
“The more academic part of Automotive Day that presents technological progress and flagship projects is essential, but nothing can replace making your own first-hand experiences,” says Anthony Auert, ...
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Automotive sector going digital
11-06-2018
“Mobility is at a historical turning point,” said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy Etienne Schneider in his opening address and referred to disruptive innovations such as autonomous d...
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AutoMobility Cluster at University of Saarbrücken Job Fair
07-06-2018
Job fairs are always rich opportunities for professionals to meet students, graduates and PhD students from various disciplines (systems engineering, material sciences, computer sciences and ec...
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“Making the automotive industry the country’s largest industrial sector”
05-06-2018
Mr Delé, how do you think the AutoMobility Cluster has performed since it was created in 2013? “We are still a relatively young cluster, and whilst we have set ourselves objectives for developing the ...
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[Picture gallery]: Luxinnovation at ICT Spring 2018
24-05-2018
Luxinnovation was the innovation partner of the 2018 edition of ICT Spring Europe that took place on 15-16 May. A main objective of the agency was to connect international start-ups and companies with...
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New vision for forthcoming European transport and mobility research priorities
17-05-2018
The European Technology Platform ERTRAC, specialised in the field of transport and mobility, has recently published its Strategic Research Agenda that provides input for the next European Framework Pr...
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Automotive Day 2018: The digitalisation of mobility
09-05-2018
The annual Automotive Day brings together industry leaders and experts from the automotive clusters in Grand-Est (France), Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (Germany) and Luxembourg that together make...
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Shaping digital mobility
02-05-2018
Renowned as a strategic European location for Tier 1 and 2 suppliers to the auto industry, Luxembourg is rapidly moving ahead in shaping the digital mobility of tomorrow.
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Launch of eCall in Luxembourg
04-04-2018
eCall is a system that provides an automated message to the emergency services following a road crash which includes the precise crash location. eCall was made mandatory in all new cars sold within th...
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Cross sectoral training – How to encourage innovation in your company
28-03-2018
Luxinnovation’s Luxembourg Automobility Cluster (LAC) and the Luxembourg Creative Industries Cluster organised a training session in March held by MLC Conseil on the topic “How to encourage inno...
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Public Consultations on CARTRE Thematic Areas
27-03-2018
With the aim to progress on the strategic development of connected automated driving, the CARTRE initiative has opened a series of public consultations on the different CARTRE thematic areas. The resu...
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Goodyear demonstrates its intelligent tire prototype on the road
21-03-2018
At the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, Goodyear showcased the latest advances on its intelligent tire prototype, a complete tire information system that includes a tire, sensors and cloud-based ...
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Goodyear Unveils Oxygene, a Concept Tire Designed to Support Cleaner and More Convenient Urban Mobility
12-03-2018
Goodyear’s latest concept tire, introduced at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, quite literally brings the future of mobility to life as a visionary solution for cleaner, more convenient, safe...
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MANUNET - Call for proposals open
16-02-2018
The MANUNET network is launching a call for project proposals in the field of collaborative, market-oriented R&D in manufacturing.
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Greater Region Automotive Clusters meeting in Belfort
13-02-2018
Following an initiative from the cluster Véhicule du Futur, members from the automotive clusters and training centres Fahrzeug-Initiative Rheinland-Pfalz e.V and autoregion.eu (Germany), Technifutur a...
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CLEPA Innovation Awards 2018: the call for applications is now open
05-02-2018
The CLEPA Innovation Awards 2018 are now open for application. The closing date to submit entries is 31 March 2018. The winners will be announced during the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner on 13 June 2018 in The Hague, the Netherlands.
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VOLVO AND NTU TO TRIAL AUTONOMOUS ELECTRIC BUSES IN SINGAPORE
12-01-2018
Volvo Buses and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have signed a cooperation agreement on a research and development program for autonomous electric buses. The program is part of the ...
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