Automotive industry action plan - Related links

European Commission & Joint Research Centre

Most recent actions

• Industrial Action Plan for the European Automotive sector - European Commission Communication (5 March 2025)
• Decarbonise Corporate Fleets - European Commission Communication (5 March 2025)
• Decarbonise Corporate Fleets– European Commission Fact sheet (5 March 2025)
• Action Plan on the Future of the automotive sector – European Commission Fact Sheet (5 March 2025)

Communication

• The Clean Industrial Deal: a joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation – European Commission Communication (26 February 2025) [factsheet here]
• A Competitiveness Compass for the EU – European Commission Communication (29 January 2025) [factsheet here]
• Towards an ambitious Industrial Carbon Management – European Commission Communication (6 April 2024)

• REPowerEU Plan – European Union Communication (2022)

• Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future – European Commission Communication (9 December 2020)

• On the road to automated mobility: An EU strategy for mobility of the future – European Commission Communication (17 May 2018)

• Artificial intelligence for Europe – Communication from the European Commission (25 April 2018)

Reports and factsheets

• Status of progress on Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility in Europe – Commission Staff Working Document (12 April 2024)
• Union bioenergy sustainability report – European Commission Report (2024)
• First Biennial Summary Report on the Market Surveillance Activities of the EU Member states (2020-2022) – DG Grow (05 November 2024)
• The future of European competitiveness: Report - Mario Draghi (2024)
• Report on the Future of the Single Market – Enrico Letta (10 April 2024)
• Chips Act – European Commission Factpage (2023)
• Concept Paper on an open European software-defined vehicle platform – Report of DG CONNECT of the European Commission (21 February 2023)
• European Chips Act – European Commission Staff Working document (12 May 2022)
• Putting European transport on track for the future – European Commission Document (2021)

Webpages and press releases

•  Boosting the European car sector – European Commission Webpage (2025)
• Questions and answers on the Commission unveiling the Action Plan to drive innovation, sustainability, and competitiveness in the automotive sector – European Commission Webpage (5 March 2025)
• President von der Leyen launches Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the Automotive Industry and announces Action Plan – European commission press release (30 January 2025)
• Concept note: Strategic dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry – European Commission press release (20 January 2025)
• Connected and automated mobility – European Commission Webpage (29 October 2024)

JRC

• EU's strengths and weaknesses in the global semiconductor sector – JRC Report (2025)
• Interpretation of EU Regulation 2022/1426 on the Type Approval of Automated Driving Systems – JRC Report (2025)
• Circularity measures on critical raw materials and e-drive motors in vehicles – JRC Report (2025)
• Innovation dynamics in the automotive industry – JRC Policy Report (2024)
• Corporate Venture Capital in the Automotive Sector – JRC Working Paper (2024)
• Innovation capacity in the European transport sector – JRC Policy Report (2024)
• Automation in the automotive sector: Romania, Spain and Germany – JRC Study (2024)
• Attribute Annotation and Bias Evaluation in Visual Datasets for Autonomous Driving – JRC Research Article (September 2024)
• In search of the twin transition: the limited performativity of the « green and digital » transitions in the European automotive industry – JRC Working Paper (2024)
• The 2024 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard - JRC Study (2024) [press release and summary here]
• The 2023 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard – JRC Study (2023)
• Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Requirements in the Autonomous Driving Domain – JRC Research article (2023)
• Water Electrolysis and Hydrogen: growing deployment prospects in Europe and beyond - JRC status Report (2023)
• Biofuels: how much do they reduce emissions? – JRC information tool (2023)
• Analysing the real-world fuel and energy consumption of conventional and electric cars in Europe – JRC Research Article (2022)
• Cybersecurity challenges in the uptake of Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Driving – JRC Policy Brief (2021)
• Best Environmental Management Practice for the Car Manufacturing Sector Learning from frontrunners – JRC Policy Report (2017)
• Is Europe in the Driver's seat ? Competitiveness of the European Automotive Embedded Systems Industry – JRC Report (2010)

European Parliament and Council of the European Union

• Summary of EU legislation related to motor vehicles – European Commission (last updated in 2021)

Legislation and resolutions

• UN Regulation No 127 – Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to their pedestrian safety performance – Regulation EU 2025/460 [entry into force: 17 May 2025]
• UN Regulation No. 155 - Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regards to cyber security and cyber security management system – Regulation EU 2025/5
• UN Regulation No 79 – Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to steering equipment – Regulation EU 2025/3
• UN Regulation No 171 – Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to Driver Control Assistance Systems (DCAS) – Regulation EU 2024/2689
• Artificial Intelligence Act – Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024
• The Internal Markets for Renewable Gas, Natural Gas and Hydrogen – Regulation (EU) 2024/1789 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024
• Framework of measures to strengthen Europe's semiconductor ecosystem (Chips Act) - Regulation (EU) 2023/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023
• Batteries and waste batteries – Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023
• Autonomous driving in European transport – European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2019
• Batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators – Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006

European Parliament Research Service

• Revision of the EU legislation on design protection – EPRS Briefing (22 January 2025)
• The future of European electric vehicles – EPRS In-depth Analysis (11 November 2024)
• The crisis facing the EU's automotive industry – EPRS At a Glance (02 October 2024)
• Circularity of vehicles: Design, production, end of-life and waste management – EPRS Briefing (26 April 2024)
• What if the problem with cars was not their method of propulsion? – EPRS At a Glance (04 March 2024)
• Automotive regions in transition – EPRS Briefing (27 November 2023)
• Strengthening EU chip capabilities: How will the chips act reinforce Europe's semiconductor sector by 2030? – EPRS briefing (07 July 2022)
• The future of the EU Automotive Sector – EPRS Study (30 September 2021)
• Self-driving cars in the EU: from science fiction to reality – European Parliament Topics (14 January 2019)

Additional Articles, Studies and Reports

General

• Economic and Market report: Global and EU auto industry 2024 – The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) (March 2025)
• EU’s Automotive Action Plan charts positive first steps, but misses addressing crucial needs of the supplier industry  - European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) Press release (5 March 2025)
• ACEA recommendations to the European Commission consultation – ACEA (13 February 2025)
  • Technological and Digital innovation
  • Skills and Social Considerations
  • Decarbonisation
  • Demand and Infrastructures
  • Industrial Value Chain
• The European automotive supply industry at a glance – CLEPA
• The Automotive Industry Guide 2024/2025 – ACEA (5 September 2024)
• Roadmap for the deployment of Automated Driving in the European Union – ACEA (3 December 2019) [actualised roadmap – 2024]

Competitiveness

• European automotive industry: What it takes to regain competitiveness – McKinsey Study (10 March 2025)
• Europe's auto makers & suppliers to the EU: enable us to be world R&D Champions – ACEA press release
• Securing the Competitiveness of the European Automotive Industry – EPP Group Position Paper (11 December 2024)
• Strengthen Europe’s automotive electronics and semiconductor ecosystem – CLEPA Position Paper (28 October 2024)
• Vision for a strong automotive electronics and semiconductor ecosystem – CLEPA (2024)

Employment

• Job losses escalate as demand stays below expectation – CLEPA (15 January 2025)
• Employment in the EU's automotive sector – Eurofound Briefing note (27 January 2025)

Energy

• Implementation of transport biofuels policies – IEA Bioenergy (2024)
• Net Zero Roadmap: hydrogen, biofuels, low-emissions fuel supply – International Energy Agency (2023)

European Committee of the Regions

• CDR-0424-2024: A Just Transition for all EU regions; Rapporteur: Marco Marsilio (2024)
• CDR-1449-2023: A just and sustainable transition for Automotive Regions; Rapporteur: Sven Schulze (2023)
• CDR-4913-2021: Towards zero emission road transport: Deploying alternative fuels infrastructures and strenghthening Co2 emission performance standards; Rapporteur: Adrian Ovidiu Teban (2022)
• CDR-0497-2021 : Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy; Rapporteur: Robert Van Asten (2021)