This year’s survey conducted by Voi Technology indicates that, out of 10,000 respondents, 36% of e-scooter riders have greatly or completely reduced their use of private transportation due to micro-mobility. This figure is across all age groups with almost half of respondents aged 45 or over reporting a significant reduction in their use of cars. This survey is conducted annually and this year’s had an added focus on the impact of micro-mobility on user’s car use.
The Commission welcomes the decision by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), to call on the Russian Federation to immediately cease its infractions of international aviation rules, in order to preserve the safety and security of civil aviation. The ICAO decision refers to the violation of Ukraine’s sovereign airspace in the context of Russia’s war of aggression, and to the deliberate and continued violation of several safety requirements in an attempt by the Russian government to circumvent EU sanctions.
The aerospace industry is focused on enhancing performance and sustainability while reducing costs. As aerospace components become increasingly complex, innovative manufacturing technologies are needed to meet these goals. Laser wire deposition (LWD) is an emerging additive manufacturing (AM) approach that addresses these needs, but better process control is needed. The EU-funded ASSALA project delivered process monitoring and control tools that will lead to higher-quality parts produced from melted wire faster and at a lower cost than currently possible.
Transportation is one of the largest generators of greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced liquid biofuels could play a significant role in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal, particularly a 90 % reduction in transport emissions and climate neutrality by 2050. The EU-funded HyFlexFuel project brought together 11 European partners with expertise throughout the biofuel production chain. The team successfully turned a wide variety of low cost, abundant and sustainable feedstock into advanced biofuels.
ATIS’s Next G Alliance and the 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) announced on August 10th that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to exchange information regarding their work programs in areas of mutual interest in the field of 6G communication systems and networks. The MoU also covers collaboration on joint activities, including workshops, seminars, webinars and trials on 6G-related topics. The 6G-IA is the voice of European industry and research for next generation networks and services.
The “Vehicle authentication enhanced with misbehaviour detection” innovation aims to enhance authentication efficiency in highly dense vehicular scenarios with the use of probabilistic data signatures which keep the end-to-end latency and false positive rate at controllable levels; ii) identify (detect and localize) vehicular misbehaviour in real-time through the exploitation of spatiotemporal data (e.g., vehicle’s position, speed, acceleration, heading angle) cross-correlations and extraction of the underlying vehicle dynamics in a mobility model-agnostic manner.
The Commission has presented a list of headline indicators for monitoring progress towards the EU's environment and climate goals to 2030, as well as the 2050 long-term vision to ‘live well, within planetary boundaries'. Resulting from intense consultations with stakeholders and Member States, the new Monitoring Framework under the 8th Environment Action Programme aims to foster transparency and inform Europeans about the impact of EU climate and environmental policy.
Spain receives an additional €274.9 million from the 2022 tranche of REACT-EU. These resources will support the economic recovery of Spanish regions, help workers and jobseekers acquire skills necessary for the digital and green transition, and improve the access to and functioning of social systems. €137 million are added to the Spanish operational programme of the Fund for Aid to the Most Deprived, and The remaining resources, €137.9 million, are added to the European Social Fund.
BEPA and Batteries Europe are in the process of establishing integrated Working Groups. This means that BEPA members are automatically invited to join the work done by Batteries Europe on establishing the current state of play of the European battery innovation landscape and what research needs need to be tackled to meet Europe’s climate targets. Both initiatives will work together on a joint Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), creating one document to highlight the most urgent research needs in Europe.
The European Union faces the risk of further gas supply cuts from Russia, due to the Kremlin's weaponisation of gas exports, with almost half of our Member States already affected by reduced deliveries. The Commission is therefore proposing today a new legislative tool and a European Gas Demand Reduction Plan, to reduce gas use in Europe by 15% until next spring. All consumers, public administrations, households, owners of public buildings, power suppliers and industry can and should take measures to save gas.
The European automotive supply industry remains the leader in global exports, while feeling the heat from China. Since 2018, China’s sales of automotive components abroad surpassed those of the US and Japan, ranking second after the EU. As of the first quarter of 2022, EU and the US have overtaken China and Japan as preferred destinations for Foreign Direct Investment in the automotive components industry.
An EU initiative could lead to batteries that can store more energy per unit weight and volume, based on the long-lasting quest of using pure lithium metal in the battery anode. The design is part of the forward-looking concept for developing safe solid-state batteries, eliminating the need for a liquid electrolyte between the battery’s two electrodes.
