The European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR), representing the major European automotive manufacturers in their common research activities, has confirmed Toyota Motor Europe as a new member as from 1st April 2014.
Toyota Motor Europe joins EUCAR as its 15th member company.
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EUCAR is the European Council for Automotive R&D representing the major European passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturers. EUCAR facilitates and coordinates pre-competitive research and development projects and its members participate in a wide range of collaborative European R&D programmes. The European automobile manufacturers are the largest private investors in R&D in Europe with over EUR32bn investment per annum, or 4% of turnover.
EUCAR members are BMW, DAF, Daimler, Fiat, Ford Europe, GM/Opel, Hyundai Motor Europe, Jaguar Land Rover, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault, Scania, Toyota Motor Europe, Volkswagen Group, AB Volvo and Volvo Car Corporation.
EUCAR is closely connected to ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.
The 2014 Chairman of EUCAR, Nevio Di Giusto, CEO of Fiat Research Centre, expressed the views of the EUCAR Council, stating, “Toyota brings to EUCAR substantial European and global expertise in research and innovation, which will enhance our collaborative activities and support the competitiveness of our industry.” He added: “Toyota has made clear its commitment to participate actively in EUCAR’s strategic development and to cooperate on research and innovation projects in the European framework programmes. We look forward to working together to meet our common objectives.”
“Our EUCAR membership illustrates Toyota’s commitment to Europe and our clear intention to contribute to European R&D and innovation,” said Masahisa Nagata, Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Europe (TME). “Both Europe and Japan play a leading role in developing policies and technologies to bring sustainable mobility to reality, and partnerships such as EUCAR are key to making further advances as an industry.”
Gerald Killmann, Vice President, R&D at TME, added: “We see EUCAR membership as a further step for Toyota’s R&D in Europe in order to contribute more strongly to technological progress, beyond today’s existing cooperation of Toyota with European universities and industry. Our engineers are excited to work with and meet the expectations of EUCAR through open collaboration.”
