Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The joint undertakings have three general objectives, in accordance with Article 4 of the SBA:
- strengthening and integrating the scientific, innovation and technological capacities and facilitating collaborative links,
- securing sustainability-driven global leadership and resilience of Union value chains in key technologies and industries and on developing and
- accelerating the uptake of innovative solutions throughout the Union addressing climate, environmental, health, digital and other global challenges.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
This topic is the first action supporting the emergence of an open European software-defined vehicle platform, which will be gradually rolled-out towards full operations by 2030. As part of a layer-based approach, the action will provide the basis for an software-defined vehicle (SDV) reference architecture, supported by development tools, facilitating prototyping and testing, with a focus on the hardware abstraction layer embedded in a holistic SDV architecture.
Detailed Call Description
The action will need to address the following tasks:
- Facilitate the development and regular update of a joint technical roadmap for a common open SDV platform with gradual roll out and aiming for the start of full operation as soon as possible, but at latest in 2030;
- Facilitate the development and agreement on an open reference architecture for the software-defined vehicle;
- Support the Commission and the JU in setting up a high-level governance structure for research and innovation actions under the KDT/Chips JU, and beyond, targeting the vehicle of the future.
- Support and cooperate with the KDT/Chips JU in structuring, steering and coordinating the Focus Area, starting from call 202313, notably by integrating the outcomes of the different actions in its roadmap and reference architecture, by ensuring the coherence of these actions with the overall governance of the initiative and by contributing to establishing a framework for the sustainability, maintenance and continuous development of the actions’ outcomes;
- Ensure regular exchange, alignment, and a common holistic roadmap with other activities under the Chips Act, focusing on EU-designed open-source hardware for the automotive sector;
- Follow and align with related Member States projects, other EU funding instruments and partnerships (e.g. CCAM, 2ZERO) and support the development of an EU-wide investment roadmap;
- Positioning vis-à-vis automotive initiatives such as AUTOSAR, COVESA, the ECLIPSE Foundation SDV Working Group, SOAFEE, Catena-X, etc. and SDV-related developments in other global regions;
- Steer consensus on jointly developed open source components of the SDV software stack, drawing from the outcomes of the projects in the Focus Area, and coordinating with related initiatives to support convergence;
- Facilitate the establishment of a sustainable framework for an open European SDV platform and ecosystem;
- Organise a European conference on automotive software, targeting software engineers and developers, building on the open-source projects stemming actions under the Focus Area and related initiatives, in partnership with leading European industrial players.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
One proposal will be funded under this topic.
- Large Enterprise (for profit non-SME) – 100%
- SME (for profit SME) – 100%
- University/Other (not for profit) – 100%
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The consortium should include at least a representative set of associations of the automotive and motor vehicle industry representing a significant numbers of OEMs and suppliers across the European Union and Associated Countries. It should include members with a capacity to act as neutral mediators, such as leading automotive consultancies or research and technology organisations.
The consortium should demonstrate a strong capacity to mobilise the whole ecosystem (OEMs, suppliers, tech companies, chip manufacturers, data and cloud companies, cities and mobility service providers, universities and research and technology organisations, SMEs and start-ups, standardisation bodies). It should include partners with the experience and capacity to set up and steer pre-competitive industrial collaboration initiatives in the motor vehicle sector, covering a broad technical expertise on automotive SW and HW.
In line with the Rules for Participation and the KDT JU Model Grant Agreement, participants are required to conclude a consortium agreement.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
Contact
Address:
White Atrium Building
Avenue de la Toison d’Or 56-60
1060 Βrussels
Belgium
Τelephone: 00 32 2 221 81 02
Email: enquiries@kdt-ju.europa.eu
(Publish Date: 14/03/2023-for internal use only)