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THE AUTOMOTIVE industry globally is facing ever-higher demands to improve performance and quality at lower cost and high tech coatings may enable the industry to deliver. The need for energy efficiency and energy reduction were two key messages that emerged from the United Nations (UN) climate change agreement in Paris, December (2015), and the auto industry may well face legal obligations under rules emerging from the agreement struck by the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).…

VIETNAM’S free trade deal with the European Union (EU) includes a commitment that cars sold in its country should follow international vehicle regulations. These technical rules are set by the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations and are generally written into EU type approval legislation.…

The European Union (EU) is considering adopting methods used by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through staging secret tests to check in service cars for type approval compliance. A hearing today (February 23) at the European Parliament’s (EP) key environment, public health and food safety committee learned that with test contents kept secret, automakers cannot design and fit cheat devices to subvert controls.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission is incorporating the latest guidance from the European auto industry into its plan for rolling-out connected cars across the European Union (EU), drawing on advice from manufacturers favouring swift, coordinated deployment. A key, stressed a report published in January by the Commission, the EU’s executive, is for the installation of ‘cooperative intelligent transport systems’ (C-ITS) allowing vehicles to communicate with other vehicles, other road users, traffic signals and roadside infrastructure.…

Experts have called at the European Parliament for updated regulations and a harmonisation of policies in each of the 28 European Union (EU) member states to address road safety concerns – notably new rules on cutting vehicle speed. They were speaking at a hearing entitled ‘Towards a European Road Safety Area’, held on Tuesday (Feb 16) by the parliament’s committee on transport and tourism.…

THE REFINED fuel sector and its automotive industry customers have dodged having to sharply reduce pollution emissions after the European Parliament accepted new real driving emissions (RDE) tests. These will allow auto-makers to sell cars that temporarily breach European Union (EU) exhaust limits, giving the fuel and auto sectors time to make necessary technical changes to ensure compliance.…

Thanks to the introduction of a tax incentive scheme launched by the government of Trinidad & Tobago, auto converters and dealers in the country are increasingly talking up Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as a clean auto fuel for vehicles on the twin island Caribbean state.…

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) executive, the European Commission could fine automakers up to EUR30,000 per vehicle if found cheating on emissions or other tests under reformed type approval rules proposed on Wednesday (January 27). The proposals to revamp the EU’s type approval system aim to prevent a repeat of the Volkswagen ‘dieselgate’ scandal that have revealed major holes in EU regulatory oversight on vehicle performance, which is largely based on national government agencies among the EU’s 28 member states.…

European Union (EU) lawmakers could veto a new real driving emissions (RDE) test, using on-vehicle portable emission measurement systems (PEMS) devices rather than laboratories to measure tailpipe output, in a February 2 vote. To be taken by the European Parliament – the EU’s democratic assembly – the vote likely will be knife-edge close since three political groups – including the largest centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) – oppose the proposed veto but not the five others.…

THE OIL and gas industry is preparing itself for regulatory challenges following the agreement on limiting climate change struck in Paris on December 12. In comments following the deal, industry organisations stressed the key role the oil and gas industry will continue to play as a key energy and product ingredient source, even as the world moves towards a lower carbon economy.…