The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) represents the 15 Europe-based car, van, truck and bus makers.ACEA works with a variety of institutional, non-governmental, research and civil society partners - as well as with a number of industry associations with related interests.ACEA has permanent cooperation with the European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR), which is the industry body for collaborative research and development.ACEA has close relations with the 29 national automobile manufacturers' associations in Europe, and maintains a dialogue on international issues with automobile associations around the world.