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Targeted project winners announced

Electrostatic filter capturing particulate matter from car tyres

We are excited to announce the 12 winning projects from the Targeted Call addressing 4 new topics:

  • The uptake of hydrogen refuelling stations for sustainable urban transport.
  • Mitigating non-exhaust pollution stemming from urban transport.
  • Achieving Vision Zero and safety for vulnerable urban road user.
  • Promoting a competitive and sustainable European cycling industry.

The 2025 Targeted Call projects are:

ACTIVA H2

Traditional hydrogen refuelling stations are costly, complicated, and require heavy infrastructure. This often discourages operators and fleet owners from investing in hydrogen technology. The ACTIVA H2 project aims to make hydrogen mobility more accessible by creating a compact, modular hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) that is easier and more affordable to install. Inspired by Europe’s ambitious decarbonisation targets, ACTIVA H2 also introduces an innovative “HRS-as-a-Service” model, allowing businesses to rent the station and avoid high upfront costs. 

Partners: Hidrogeno Verde Renovable (HVR) (lead partner), Wolftank Iberia, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW GROUP)

Countries: France and Spain

AFW

The Air Filter Wheel project is developing a brake dust capture solution for commercial vehicles, which are significant contributors in urban areas. With Euro 7 regulations coming in 2027, the issue of restricting non-exhaust emissions, specifically brake dust which has largely been overlooked in automotive emissions regulations, is becoming urgent. Yet there are currently no commercially available solutions for capturing brake dust. The project offers a hardware solution to the invisible issue of brake dust that will be tested on heavy and light commercial vehicles through partnerships with OEMs and fleet operators.

Countries: UK

LIFE CYCLE

The Life Cycle project addresses sustainability challenges in urban cycling by introducing a digital product passport system that promotes circularity and transparency in the bicycle lifecycle. Inspired by the EU’s push for circular economy solutions, the project integrates ownership transfer, service history tracking, and AI-powered bike specifications into a user-friendly platform. The project, led by MIOO Cycling AB, in partnership with the Swedish Research Institute RISE, bike manufacturer Livelo, and BikeWise an AI platform for bike identification, will be piloted in Stockholm. By facilitating resale and increasing the lifecycle utility of bicycles, the project aims to significantly reduce waste and encourage sustainable urban practices.

Partners: MIOO Cycling AB (lead partner), Bikewise, Livelo Bikes, RISE

Countries: Sweden and France

Learn more about MIOO Cycling solution here

MDS INTERNATIONAL

MDS International is a cycle industry business intelligence product that provides near real-time market data, derived from point-of-sale transactions, in-store and online. The data is collected via the major POS systems, cleaned, organised, and made useful via a dashboard that is configurable and responsive to each subscriber’s needs. The central challenge and user need that the project addresses relates to information asymmetries between different actors in the cycle industry supply chain. This impacts what is ordered, and in what quantities, and at what costs. The MDS International project’s analytics and forecasting tool will improve stock and supply chain optimisation, as a means to boost the European cycle industry.

Partners: Bicycle Association (lead partner), Civikas, ENU, ZIV

Countries: UK and Germany

MOBIRE

Micromobility providers face increasing challenges with battery repairability, sustainability, and lifecycle management, leading to higher operational costs and environmental impact. Current solutions lack scalability and integration for EU-wide compliance. The MOBIRE project aims to transform the micromobility sector by addressing key challenges in battery repairability, sustainability, and lifecycle management. The project will generate a battery repair protocol for different battery and issue types as well as a battery passport system which will be mandated as part of the upcoming European Battery Regulations.

Partners: Nowos BV (lead partner) and TIER-Dott

Countries: Poland and the Netherlands

MOBIRE project
SPINOVATE project

ROADSCOR

As cities grow and transportation evolves, ensuring safety has become a critical challenge. Safe infrastructure is fundamental to achieving Vision Zero goals: no fatalities by 2050 and a 50% reduction by 2030. Where current tools are based on crash data and video-analytics of near-misses, the ROADSCOR methodology enhances safety by being able to look forward and identify critical scenarios. The methodology complements existing tooling by providing insights into high-risk traffic conflicts in a structured and reproducible manner, quantifying safety and allowing evaluation of measures and modifications before implementation. The project results will form the basis of the development towards a SaaS (Software as a Service) product to enable worldwide accessibility and ease-of-use to traffic engineers to create safer roads that align with city planning goals. 

Partners: Roadscor (lead partner), Siemens Digital Industries Software, Royal HaskoningDHV, Aimsun, FIA

Countries: Italy and Belgium

Learn more about the Roadscor solution here

SAQM Trial

Whilst there is extensive knowledge and understanding of surface level Particulate Matter (PM), less is known about the type of PM found in subway environments. This project seeks to improve understanding in this area by trialling new, innovative air quality monitoring on the London Underground and Paris Metro networks. We will develop lightweight, low-power, low-cost sensors that can be used to monitor air quality in subway systems. The sensors we seek to develop will facilitate air quality measurement networks designed for subway environments to improve knowledge of air quality and inform mitigation measures. 

Partners: Transport for London (lead partner), RATP Group, Imperial College London, EMSOL, Persium, Vortex

Countries: UK and France

Learn more about the solutions from Emsol and Persium

SAFELY

Each year, over 1.3 million fatalities and 50 million injuries occur on roads globally, with vulnerable road users (VRUs)—pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists—accounting for over half of these deaths. Current solutions often fail to provide localized, actionable insights to mitigate risks. Inspired by the EU’s Vision Zero goal, the SAFELY project aims to enhance urban road safety by leveraging data-driven tools to identify hazardous areas, understand accident patterns, and implement targeted safety interventions. 

Partners: Technical University of Berlin (lead partner), Parabol, Ministry of Traffic of Sarajevo Canton, Konya Metropolitan Municipality 

Countries: Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Learn more about the solution here

SAFELIGHT

European cities have a big challenge to achieve Vision Zero and safety for vulnerable urban road users. Some road accidents could be avoided improving the infrastructure including the illumination of roads and crossings during the night as well as dawn and dusk. To date, the evaluation of the night illumination conditions in the cities has been performed both visually and using manual luxmeters. This is not an effective way to analyse the visibility in all type of conditions and it is impossible to apply in the whole cities in an easy way. The project SAFELIGHT will cover the development and validation of computer vision-based solution that will evaluate the lighting of the cities automatically in order to pinpoint the most hazardous points and analyse and apply the most efficient improvements in the lighting when necessary. 

Partners: ASIMOB (lead partner), Flash Lighting, Las Rozas Innova

Countries: Spain and Romania

Learn more about the solution here

SPINOVATE

The Spinovate project unlocks the potential of connected e-bikes to promote a sustainable European cycling industry. While e-bikes are growing rapidly, they lack the “connected experience” seen in the automotive sector. See.Sense’s patented technology transforms bikes into fully connected devices, capturing sensor data on rider safety and road conditions beyond basic GPS. The project will pilot with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and MOBY BIKES LTD across public bike share, private fleets, and courier bikes. Workshops with the University of Exeter will apply design thinking to AI-powered dashboards co-created with customers – city planners, employers, and fleet operators. These insights on safety, CO2 savings, and rider scores will unlock new services and revenue streams.

Partners: See.Sense (Limeforge Ltd) (lead partner), University of Exeter, Moby Bikes Ltd, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (Ireland)

Countries: UK and Ireland

Learn more about the solution here

TC05

Tyre wear and non-exhaust emissions (NEEs) are a significant contributor to urban air and ocean microplastic pollution. Despite targeted policy measures in cities (Euro 7), there has been a consistent rise in NEEs caused by tyre, brake, and road wear, especially in electric vehicles. The project will pilot the patented electrostatic filter (TC05), a retrofit solution for light commercial vehicles, that captures PM from tyre and road wear on the vehicle before it enters the environment.

Partners: The Tyre Collective (lead partner), City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg, Ringway

Countries: UK and France

Learn more about the solution here

VELOSAFE

The rapid growth in e-bike adoption across Europe has created new challenges in bicycle security, with their higher value making them particularly attractive targets for theft. Traditional insurance and recovery methods have proven inadequate, with low recovery rates for stolen bikes and financial losses discouraging people from choosing bicycles as a sustainable transport option. VELOSAFE addresses this challenge by creating an innovative end-to-end security solution that protects e-bikes from point-of-sale through manufacturer partnerships. The project integrates three key components: IoT tracking technology, digital insurance, and automated recovery processes. 

Partners:  IoT Venture (lead partner), Laka NL B.V., Tout Terrain GmbH

Countries: Germany and Netherlands

Learn more about the solution here

Learn more about all of EIT Urban Mobility innovation projects

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