A look back at the 28 agile innovation pilot projects in Europe in 2023
In anticipation of the agile innovation calls for 2024, we look back at the success in 2023. 2024 agile innovation programmes In 2024, EIT Urban Mobility expects to fund 12 SME led projects stemming from the Small Call, expected to launch toward the end of November. Register now for the Small Call information session. It […]
Meet the 12 start-ups that won the 2023 RAPTOR competition!
Rapid environmental changes are impacting our cities and require rapid and innovative actions. The Rapid Applications for Transport (RAPTOR) Programme seeks to do so via its agile competition. The RAPTOR competition matches European cities facing urban mobility challenges with start-ups with innovative mobility solutions. While each of the city challenges and proposed solutions are different, […]
Shaping the Future of Innovation in Europe: EIT Urban Mobility joins the new Start For Future Cooperative
EIT Urban Mobility is delighted to join the Start For Future (SFF) Cooperative, recognising it as a significant milestone in fostering long-term collaboration and cooperation among European universities and innovation actors. Our organisation proudly stands among the 18 prominent founding partners from the existing alliance, which consists of universities, incubators, research organizations, business entities and […]
UPPER: EIT Urban Mobility working to unleash the potential of public transport in ten European cities
EIT Urban Mobility is proud to contribute to the implementation of UPPER, a new EU- funded project working to strengthen the role of public transport as the backbone of mobility in cities. UPPER (Unleashing the Potential of Public transport in EuRope) is a 48-month project funded under the Horizon Europe Programme of the European Commission. […]
URBANE: EIT Urban Mobility working to decarbonise last mile deliveries in cities
EIT Urban Mobility is excited to announce that the URBANE project has officially kicked-off and EIT Urban Mobility is involved in its implementation. URBANE (Upscaling Innovative Green Urban Logistics Solutions Through Multi-Actor Collaboration and Physical Internet (PI) – Inspired Last Mile Deliveries) is a 42-month project co-funded by the Horizon Europe Programme with a budget […]
S+LOADZ: Transforming Urban Logistics in France
Developed under the umbrella of the 2021 Innovation call of EIT Urban Mobility, S+LOADZ project pretends to accelerate the shift to sustainable and smart city logistics. A new digital solution is being developed to manage loading and delivery zones. The French cities of Paris and Argenteuil are two of the four cities that test this […]
15 new solutions for cities launched
EIT Urban Mobility is excited to announce that 15 start-ups and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) have been awarded tailored mentoring and support plus €30 000 in funding through the RAPTOR programme, which focuses on developing agile solutions for cities. The start-ups and SMEs are implementing their winning solutions between September and December. They will work with […]
S+LOADZ – accelerating intelligent and sustainable city logistics
S+LOADZ was tested, for the first time in a real urban environment, last month of June in the Catalan city of Vic. Other pilots will be done in Paris, France, Ankara, Istanbul, and mid-sized cities such as Argenteuil within the Greater Metropolitan Area of Paris, to test varying conditions and address different challenges specific to […]
Logismile, the delivery driver of the future: the autonomous robot Ona tested in Barcelona.
Co-Funded by EIT Urban Mobility and led by CARNET, the LogiSmile project aims to respond to the major challenge of last-mile urban distribution in increasingly congested cities. The metropolitan area of Barcelona and Esplugues de Llobregat hosted a test in a real urban environment of the autonomous goods distribution robot Ona last Friday, 10 June. […]
Raptor pilot 2 programme – now open for applications
Cities from Regional Innovation Scheme countries are searching for startups and SMEs to help them solve critical urban mobility issues over a six-month period in the second half of this year. Through the Raptor Pilot 2 programme , Riga, Tallinn, Bratislava, Cluj-Napoca, Prague City District 6 and City District 7 will work with the winners to […]
City RAPTOR Call Awardees Selected
After a rigorous two phase evaluation process, the EIT Urban Mobility is pleased to announce the three consortia selected through the City RAPTOR Call! The RAPTOR Programme will be implemented in the following three cities between 1 May 2022 and 31 December 2022: Tel Aviv, Israel RAPTOR Project Team: Cityzone and CARNET Cascais, Portugal RAPTOR […]
EIT Urban Mobility – Innovation Days 2022
In the run-up to the official launch of the first Call for Proposals for our Business Plan 2023-2025, we will hold a series on Innovation Days online, bringing urban mobility key players together to forge new collaborations. The event series takes place from 21 February to 4 March and will be hosted on the b2match […]
RAPTOR Pilot Winners Announced
The RAPTOR submission period closed on the 3 October, with more than 55 applications received from 19 countries! After a competitive two-part judging process, one final winner per city challenge was selected. We are pleased to present these winners and excited to share ongoing news in the coming months about their MVP development. Smart Data […]
SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OPENING & KICK OFF EVENT
On 30 July 2021 at 10:00 CEST the RAPTOR team opened the application and kicked off the RAPTOR competition with an online event! The event began with an overview of EIT Urban Mobility and RAPTOR by the project lead Martí Massot. He described the competition benefits, timeline, and rules. Next, the niche urban mobility challenges were […]
Action and Impact Group kicks off on 9 June
The Action Impact Group (AIG) is an 18-month pilot initiative by EIT Urban Mobility’s Innovation and Factory teams. The AIG pilot is designed to support partners and cutting-edge researchers and innovators in identifying, applying for, and securing regional, national, and European level funding for urban mobility projects. The AIGs will align with the scope […]
