Here you will find a collection of links related to AV, ADAS, Smart Transportation and Communicating Vehicles. The links have been organized into categories for your convenience and may be listed under multiple categories.
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Incubators
Startup Autobahn
Collaboration between Daimler and US accelerator Plug and Play, created to bring young startups and established industrial companies together to find synergies between their business models and test innovative new technologies.
For startups – Daniel Dilger or Andy Toth. For corporate – Sascha Karimpour.
http://www.startup-autobahn.com/
https://www.startup-autobahn.com/en/apply-now/
Startup Autobahn Singapore
Part of the Daimler initiative, but as a separate corporate co-innovation platform powered by Mercedes-Benz, and supported by the National University of Singapore. The focus of this initiative is on areas such as customers, automotive retail, aftersales, and corporation and infrastructure management. Lucep, as an AI-driven customer happiness company, comes in under the first category of ‘customers.
http://www.startup-autobahn.sg/#people
http://www.startup-autobahn.sg/
http://www.startup-autobahn.sg/home/about/apply-now-2/
Jaguar Land Rover Tech Incubator
Jaguar, also a Lucep customer, supports startups developing automotive technologies, with a particular focus autonomous driving, connectivity, computing, intelligent interfaces, and 3rd party services.
Danielle Alexander, General Manager, Jaguar Land Rover Tech Incubator
https://www.jlrtechincubator.com/
BMW Startup Garage
Supporting startups with an innovative technology, product or service that can make a significant contribution to BMW Group vehicles, services, factories and systems.
Ana Carolina Alex, Lead, Startup Programs
http://www.bmwstartupgarage.com/partner
Techstars Mobility
Located in Torino, Italy, Techstars Smart Mobility, in partnership with Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, is coming to an end, and we would like to invite you to our virtual Live Demo Day to meet 12 of the most promising startups in the smart mobility space.
Managing Director Martin Olczyk
https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/smart-mobility
AIDC
Another Ford incubator located in South Africa, the Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) has launched several initiatives in partnership with local governments and OEMs.
[email protected] and Faheem Hussain – +27 012-564 5191
GM Venture
General Motors is skipping the whole accelerator bit and directly investing in growth stage startups. GM Ventures says that it is enabling tomorrow’s technologies today, and “provides our partners with an ideal platform for commercializing innovation in the global transportation industry.”
Investment Managers – Josh Berg, Rohit Makharia, Jason Nolte, Sean Simpson
https://www.gmventures.com/index.html
https://www.gmventures.com/proposal_personal/index.jsp
DRIVE Automotive Technology Incubator
Tel Aviv, Israel-based startup mobility accelerator founded by Mayer Cars and Trucks Ltd is selecting startups working on areas including sensors and computer vision, the shared economy and smart city solutions, urbanization applications, machine learning and autonomous vehicles, predictive analytics and business intelligence, fleet management, mapping and parking, etc.
Omer Shachar, Founding Partner
https://www.drivetlv.com/contact
The Transparent Factory
Volkswagen’s famous glass factory in Dresden, Germany, which is now a tourist attraction and showcase for the company’s ‘future of mobility’ initiatives, also houses their innovative startup mobility programme under the company’s “Future Mobility Incubator” start-up scheme.
Executive Directors – Prof. Dr. Siegfried Fiebig (Managing Director), Dirk Coers, Kai Siedlatzek
https://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/en/incubator
https://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/en/incubator/application
HAX
| The Seed Program combines a $250,000 USD investment, 180 days of collaboration and global founder community for early stage founders building hard tech startups. Founders join us across our locations in San Francisco, Shenzhen and Tokyo to collaborate with our in-house team of engineers, designers and entrepreneurs. Startups get access to the unparalleled experts, investors, manufacturers and supply chains to thrive as an early stage hard tech startup. |
Connected Mobility Incubator
Partnership between Renault and Paris Incubateurs, created to expand cooperation between Renault and automotive technology startups working on technologies for R-Link and Renault’s connected vehicles.
Jean-François Galloüin, CEO of Paris Incubateurs; Nicolas Nollet, Sales & Marketing Strategy Director of Renault
https://www.parisandco.com/ and https://group.renault.com/en/innovation-2/openinnovation
Honda Xcelerator
Run by Honda Innovations, the open innovation arm of Honda, this program offers to fund for rapid prototyping, a collaborative workspace, and pairing with Honda mentors.
Dennis Clark, Managing Director, Strategic Venture Partnerships
http://xcelerator.hondainnovations.com/application/
Impact Connected Car
Participating startups will be invited to have a special place in the Connected Car Open Space, a new platform that brings together the Connected Car community. Finally, top startups will have the opportunity to receive private funding of up to €200,000 from participating venture capital funds.
Autonebula
Autonebula is a connected vehicle accelerator and investment fund that nurtures aspiring startups in this realm.
Bharat Ramani, Sanjay Puri Founders
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIQKfwjxPTU7z_4s1cMOZGu085Phx-v2NGLsGD9fAmuHhEZA/viewform
Austria
International Automotive Associations and Clusters
Automotive Cluster of Upper Austria https://www.automobil-cluster.at/en/
Belgium
Batteries European Partnership https://www.bepassociation.eu/
The Eclipse Foundation https://www.eclipse.org/
Bulgaria
Automotive Cluster of Bulgaria http://automotive.bg/
EMIC, Electric Vehicles Industrial Cluster http://www.emic-bg.org/
European Institutions
CCAM Association, Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility Association https://tinyurl.com/weh87fvr
EACN, European Automotive Cluster Network https://www.eacn-initiative.eu/
ERTAC, European Road Transport Advisory Council https://www.ertrac.org
HQ: Brussels, Belgium
CLEPA, European Association of Automotive Suppliers https://clepa.eu/
EATA, European Automotive and Telecoms Alliance https://eata.be/
ACEA, European Automotive Manufacturers Association https://www.acea.be/
ECCP, European Cluster Collaboration Platform https://clustercollaboration.eu/
EGVI, European Green Vehicles Initiative https://egvi.eu/
ERTICO-ITS https://ertico.com/
HQ: The Netherlands
EASN, European Automotive Strategy Network https://easn.jimdofree.com/ (Also in Birmingham, UK)
France
CARA, European Cluster for Mobility Solutions https://www.cara.eu/en/
OICA, International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers https://www.oica.net/
Pôle Véhicule du Futur https://www.vehiculedufutur.com/en/home.html
Germany
5GAA, 5G Automotive Association https://5gaa.org/
ASAM, Association of Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems https://www.asam.net/
Automobile Cluster of Baden-Württemberg https://www.automotive-bw.de/gb/
AUTOSAR, Automotive Open System Architecture https://www.autosar.org/
Bayern Innovation https://www.bayern-innovativ.de/en
Car 2 Car Communication Consortium https://www.car-2-car.org/
R-Tech Regensburg https://www.rtech.de/ (Only in German)
VDA Verband der Automobilindustrie https://www.vda.de/en
Hungary
Zone Cluster of Zala http://zonecluster.eu/
Japan
Autoware Foundation https://www.autoware.org/
Strategic Innovation Program of Automated Driving for Universal https://en.sip-adus.go.jp/sip/
Poland
Silesia Automotive & Advanced Manufacturing https://www.silesia-automotive.pl/silesia-automotive-1165?lang_id=5
Serbia
Serbian Automotive Cluster https://www.acserbia.org.rs/en/
Spain
The Automotive Industry Cluster of Catalonia https://www.ciac.cat/
Galician Automotive Cluster https://ceaga.eu/
Valencian Automotive Cluster https://avia.com.es/?lang=en
Turkey
E-Hike http://www.e-hike.net/en
E-Hike Link http://www.e-hikelink.org/en
ITS Turkey, Intelligent Transportation System Association of Turkey https://www.ausder.org.tr/
OSD, Automotive Manufacturers Association http://www.osd.org.tr/
OTEP, Automotive Technology Platform http://www.otep.org.tr/?dil=EN
TAYSAD, Automotive Suppliers Association of Turkey https://www.taysad.org.tr/en
United Kingdom
ICAV, International Connected Autonomous Vehicles https://www.icavcluster.com/
United States
Alliance for Automotive Innovation https://www.autosinnovate.org/
The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium https://avsc.sae-itc.org/
Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium https://www.avcconsortium.org/
Open Automotive Alliance https://www.openautoalliance.net/#about SAE International https://www.sae.org/
Relevant NGOs and Public Organizations in Turkey
Alternative Informatics https://alternatifbilisim.org/en/
Çukurova Information Technology Education and Research Association http://www.cubited.org/
East Marmara Development Agency, MARKA, http://en.marka.org.tr/anasayfa
Global Educational Supplies and Solutions of Turkey https://www.gess-turkey.com/en
Informatics Association https://bilisimdernegi.org/
Informatics Association of Turkey https://www.tbd.org.tr/
Informatics Foundation of Turkey http://tbv.org.tr/
Informatics Industry Association http://www.tubisad.org.tr/tr/
Informatics Innovation Association http://www.bilisiminovasyon.org.tr/
Informatics Media Association https://www.bmd.org.tr/
Informatics Technology Association https://bt.org.tr/
Information Technology Association https://bitekder.org.tr/
Information Technology and Cybersecurity Association http://www.bs.org.tr/
Information Technology and Internet Security Association https://www.btider.org.tr/index.php
Istanbul Technical University Informatics Institute http://www.be.itu.edu.tr/
Open Innovation Association https://acikinovasyon.org/
Public Informatics Association https://www.kbd.org.tr/
Sakarya Informatic Sector Association https://www.sabider.org/
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization of Turkey https://en.kosgeb.gov.tr/
Software Industrialists’ Association https://www.yasad.org.tr/en?sl=True
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey https://www.tubitak.gov.tr/en
Technology Professionals Association https://teped.org.tr/
Technology R&D Science Innovation Association http://tabid.org.tr/
Technology Development Areas Association https://www.tgbd.org.tr/
Technology Development Foundation of Turkey https://www.ttgv.org.tr/
Tübider Informatics Sector Association https://tubider.org.tr/
Turkish Electronic Industrialists Association https://tesid.org.tr/
Vehicle Data & Platforms
Vehicle Data Marketplaces
Automat https://automat-project.eu/
Otonom https://otonomo.io/
Platforms
1886 Ventures https://www.1886.ventures/ (Open Innovation Platform, Daimler)
Apollo https://apollo.auto/developer.html
Autonomous Driving https://autonomous-driving.org/ (Education Platform)
Autoware Foundation (Autoware.Auto) https://www.autoware.auto/
Open Motors EV Platform https://www.openmotors.co/evplatform/
Project Aslan https://www.project-aslan.org/
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