Discover the upcoming mobility challenges
Do you have an innovation in sustainable mobility? Check out these most exciting mobility challenges for startups and researchers. Apply and make a change for a better mobility and better cities!
NORTH AMERICA
Apply before March 29th, 2025
The Mobility Challenge is a 1 day hybrid event happening in Montreal. Teams of 3-4 mobility professionals and students will design prototypes and pitch new mobility solutions to create a sustainable future for all to enjoy.
This unique event aims to encourage more people to live a car-free life. It will also provide inspiration for transit agencies and mobility services to attract and retain users 30 and under.
Past mobility challenges
EUROPE
Apply before April 15th, 2024
Are you passionate about creating a more accessible, affordable, safe and sustainable mobility for all?
Your passion for positive change in mobility is what we seek.
The Better Mobility Accelerator is a Europe-wide six-month startup acceleration program funded by EIT Urban Mobility.
EUROPE
Apply before March 8th, 2024
The Moove Lab, France’s leading mobility & autotech focused startup accelerator program, based at Station F Paris, just launched the call for startups to select its next batch sponsored by BMW Group France!
The Moove Lab supports startups active in the following areas:
- Artificial intelligence & digitalization of automotive services
- New mobility
- Electric & decarbonized mobility
- Connected vehicles and mobility data
- Circular economy & second-hand vehicles
FRANCE
Apply before January 16th, 2024
XMobility Challenge is an immersive and intensive course supported by Le Mans Tech and dedicated to entrepreneurs working in the sector of all new mobilities and Clean Tech, whatever their stage of development. The only thing you’ll be asked to do is complete the course (and your seatbelt, because it’ll give you a boost).
WORLDWIDE
Submit your contributions before December 15th, 2023
Be the catalyst of change and shape tomorrow’s mobility with your contribution! Present groundbreaking research, showcase visionary projects, and drive dynamic discussions in the Technical Programme of the ITS World Congress 2024 in Duba, 16-20 September.
The Technical Programme will include Specialist Sessions – Organised Sessions and Paper Sessions – that offer experts from the global ITS community an opportunity to address the status of smart mobility from a technical perspective, focusing on research and innovation, and the impact related to the deployment of new technologies.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before November 29th, 2023
The SET Award 2024 is officially open for entries. If you’re at the forefront of energy transition, driving meaningful social change, and accelerating our journey to a carbon-neutral future, we want to hear from you!
Gain recognition as a game-changer in one of SET’s high-impact categories:
– Clean energy & storage
– Mobility & transportation
– Industry
– Buildings & construction
– Quality energy access & SDG-7
WORLDWIDE
Apply before July 21st 2023
The E-Mobility Awards (incorporating the Electric Vehicle Awards) seek out ingenuity, innovation and achievement across the sector.
The Awards will embrace the OEMs in EV, but also look at marine, aviation, working vehicles and mass transit. There are categories covering design, engineering and charge point manufacturing, as well as the teams that support the whole mobility/EV sector.
EUROPE
Apply before June 20th, 2023
European startups, working on clean mobility, here’s YOUR CHANCE to become one of the 10 award-winning startups and get a dream booster from a major ecosystem of European Union institutions, multinational transport companies, and tech platforms.
The EUSP has one goal, accelerate the international expansion of the best European mobility startups!.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before June 16th 2023
The Moove Lab, France’s leading mobility & autotech focused startup accelerator program , based at Station F Paris, just launched the call for startups to select its next batch sponsored by BMW Group France!
The Moove Lab supports startups active in the following areas:
Innovative solutions for the automotive aftermarket (vehicle dealers and repairers, car rental..)
– New mobility
– Electric mobility
– Connected vehicles and mobility data
– Circular economy and second-hand vehicles
EUROPE
Apply before April 21st 2023
Join the Better Mobility Accelerator and shape the future of mobility!
Are you passionate about creating a more equitable, accessible, and sustainable transportation system for all individuals in urban areas? The Better Mobility Accelerator is a Europe-wide six-month startup acceleration program funded by EIT Urban Mobility.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before April 7th, 2023
CoMotion’s yearly Innovators program has one simple goal: to support the best and brightest startups and early-stage companies making mobility more sustainable, multimodal and equitable.
Innovators are at the center of CoMotion activities throughout the year. Selected companies have free access to all CoMotion events and are put forward in the selection process for our three annual challenges: M2 Challenge at CoMotion MIAMI, Motivate in Vancouver, and The LA New Mobility Challenge at CoMotion LA. Finalists will get to pitch in front of a curated team of investors, VCs, and key players from the public and private sectors.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before April 5th 2023
Air traffic in the Asia Pacific region is poised to grow as air travel returns gradually in the region. Singapore is being developed as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Air Traffic Management (ATM), with a vibrant ATM R&D landscape comprising key ATM stakeholders to grow the local ATM R&D expertise.
Leveraging this immense market opportunity and future business potential, AIR Lab is calling startups worldwide to join the AIR Lab ATM Startup Network and help advance the future of ATM. This is a unique opportunity to define the skies of tomorrow using exciting open and advanced technologies, as well as to be immersed in a vibrant ecosystem where the ideas and innovations of think tanks, academia and aviation stakeholders converge.
FRANCE
Postuler avant 10 mars, 2023
Le 1er prix qui récompense les produits/projets innovants de la mobilité 0 carbone sur Drive to Zero !
5 catégories représentées :
– Décarboner la mobilité des professionnels
– Décarboner la mobilité individuelle
– Infrastructures et modèles énergétiques
– Solutions connectées
– Mobilité décarbonée des collectivités
WORLDWIDE
Apply before March 1st, 2023
Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility is the urban mobility Living Lab powered by Barcelona City Council and the Barcelona Institute of Technology for the Habitat, supported by Fira de Barcelona.
The Lab will define a series of challenges in order to spark innovation and attract disruptive solutions related to the mobility sector.
Challenge 1. Reducing motorbike accidents in Barcelona
WORLDWIDE
Apply before March 1st, 2023
The Trade and Connectivity Challenge (TCC) is back for its fourth edition! Organised by Enterprise Singapore, TCC aims to drive partnerships between corporates and startups or SMEs, to co-create key innovative solutions that address on-the-ground industry needs and boost digital transformation in the trade and connectivity sectors.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before January 31st, 2023
Embrace a sustainable future and harness your innovative ideas to create a greener planet for all. Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge 2022 launched by Enterprise Singapore, aims to bring together industry partners and creative innovators to co-develop sustainable solutions in key areas such as sustainable materials, packaging, zero-waste and many more.
FRANCE
Postuler avant le 11 janvier, 2023
10 000 startups devient Tech for Future. Le plus grand concours de Startups de France repart à la recherche de Startups innovantes qui révolutionne l’industrie du futur.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before November 17, 2022
Fundación MAPFRE is launching the 6th edition of the Fundación MAPFRE Awards for Social Innovation boosted by IE University. This initiative arises from the intention to support
innovative solutions that have the potential to make a major social impact. Together they are
seeking to work with communities of social innovators in the specific geographical regions of
Brazil, Latin America, Europe, and the US to identify those projects that have the best chance of
effecting social transformation and giving them a game-changing boost.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before November 6, 2022
Following Hitachi’s mission of social innovation and green ease, Hitachi has launched the Innovation Challenge for Smart Mobility & Energy to ensure that the planet we pass on to the next generation will be a better place than the one we found!
If your company has a business solution to help tackle the problem below, we would like to hear from you. No matter where you are from, join this contest for the chance to develop a business partnership with Hitachi, a global Japanese group!
WORLDWIDE
Apply before October 26, 2022
The LA New Mobility Challenge is an annual global startup competition focused on innovative, zero-emission solutions for the challenges of urban mobility.
In the new edition of the LA New Mobility Challenge ‘22 startups from all over the world will have a chance to take the stage and present their innovative mobility solutions to investors, VCs, and public leaders during CoMotion LA, November 15-17, 2022.
If you are a startup making a real impact in our ecosystem, we encourage you to apply to be part of the LA New Mobility Challenge.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before September 26, 2022
The E-Mobility Awards (incorporating the Electric Vehicle Awards) seek out ingenuity, innovation and achievement across the sector.
The Awards will embrace the OEMs in EV, but also look at marine, aviation, working vehicles and mass transit. There are categories covering design, engineering and charge point manufacturing, as well as the teams that support the whole mobility/EV sector.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before August 16, 2022
Urban Tech Challengers is an annual pitch competition for the most game-changing startups striving to accelerate innovation for sustainable cities.
If your company creates disruptive solutions that improve city life — this is your chance to put your product or service in the spotlight. Join and compete for the attention of 100+ VCs & CVCs, global media exposure, and an equity-free money prize.
To enter, applicants must be innovators fostering the urban tech revolution in one of the seven areas: Construction Tech, Property & Real Estate Tech, Smart Buildings & IoT, Infrastructure & Industrial IoT, Waste & Water, Energy Efficiency or Urban Mobility.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before April 22, 2022
Do you have an idea, solution, or product facilitating personal mobility that operates or is used collectively or on a sharing basis? If so, we’re interested in you!
This international competition invites startups to put forward an idea, solution, or product facilitating personal mobility that operates or is used collectively or on a sharing basis.
The contest is open to emerging companies seeking their first market and not yet fully established in their line of business.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before March 25, 2022
Does your startup have what it takes to speed the clean energy transition? Then join Energy Tech Challengers to give your business the boost it needs!
It’s a unique opportunity to pitch your company to the most influential industry leaders, allowing your solutions to get global recognition, grab investors’ attention and build new partnerships.
To enter, applicants must be innovators in one of the eight areas — Carbon Removal, Emissions Management, Battery, E-Mobility, Hydrogen, Digitalization, Automation & AI, and Future Grid.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before March 11, 2022
As cities face many challenges (environmental, social, societal), RATP Group positions itself as the preferred partner of decarbonized cities, notably through its innovative, connected and shared mobility solutions.
With the help of innovative startups The Group is notably making use of innovative partnerships with selected startups to improve its service quality, change its way of working and shape the world of tomorrow.
The challenges this year spotlight the importance of shared mobility and eco-firendly solutions.
EUROPE
Apply before March 4, 2022
In its third edition, the Miami Mobility Challenge – ‘M2’ – is an opportunity for innovative start-ups from around Florida, the nation and around the world to engage in Florida’s fast-expanding and dynamic new mobility landscape.
The Miami Mobility Challenge is aimed at improving mobility on existing transportation infrastructure using emerging technologies.
FRANCE ET OUTRE-MER
Postuler avant le 12 janvier 2022
Pour ses 10 ans, le prix 10.000 startups pour changer le monde reprend la route pour son tour de France et des Outre-Mer à la recherche des pépites qui changent le monde et deviendront les futurs champions de la French Tech !
Les sélections auront lieu à Marseille, Lyon, Paris, Nantes, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille et Strasbourg pour la métropole en janvier et février 2022.
WORLDWIDE
Apply before Novembre 16 2021
The L.A. New Mobility Challenge is an annual global startup competition focused on innovative, zero-emission solutions for the challenges of urban mobility. The Challenge is focused on startups and early-stage companies making a real impact in the sustainable mobility space. Challenge finalists will pitch in front of a curated team of investors, VCs, and key players from the public and private sectors during CoMotion LA, November 16-18, 2021.
RÉGION ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
Postuler avant le 8 octobre 2021
Île-de-France Mobilités et la Région Île-de-France lancent la troisième édition du Challenge Information Voyageurs.
La thématique de cette année est de rassurer les voyageurs et d’accompagner leur retours dans les transports commun.
Le Challenge est ouvert à tous les acteurs désireux d’apporter des solutions innovantes au service des voyageurs en Île-de-France.
PARIS
Postulez avant le 29 mars 2021
Puisque l’innovation bouillonne partout en France, La Tribune s’engage depuis 9 ans dans tous les territoires, au plus près du tissu économique, à repérer et à mettre en avant toute la diversité de l’entrepreneuriat made in France. Notre jury d’experts et de journalistes réalise un tour de France dans 8 métropoles (Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes et Paris) à la recherche des entrepreneur(e)s qui changent le monde et que le monde a besoin de connaître.
PARIS
POSTULEZ AVANT LE 28 MARS 2021
X-Mobility est l’évènement mobilité qui se tient tous les ans au Mans depuis quelques années, organisé par Le Mans Tech sur les thématiques Disruption et Impact. C’est dans ce contexte qu’a été lancé l’an dernier X-Mobility Challenge, un programme d’accélération et d’accompagnement immersif
et sur mesure.
PARIS
APPLY BEFORE 29 JANUARY 2021
Moove Lab powered by via ID<br>Join the only mobility-focused startup accelerator at Station F, the world’s largest startup campus in Paris !
PARIS
PROPOSEZ VOTRE PROJET AVANT LE 6 NOVEMBRE 2020
Île-de-France Mobilités lance la seconde édition du Challenge Information Voyageur 2020 sur la thématique “Mobilité responsable”. L’objectif du challenge est de promouvoir des solutions innovantes adressant les enjeux sanitaires, sociaux et environnementaux, afin de les inscrire au plus près des attentes des voyageurs en termes d’information.
PARIS
Postuler avant le 30 Septembre 2020
Pourquoi un palmarès des R Awards* pour les services de l’automobile et de la mobilité ?
Le CNPA a souhaité lancer en 2019 le Palmarès des services de l’automobile et de la mobilité des R Awards pour valoriser les actions remarquables réalisées par ses adhérents dans les domaines du développement durable.
PARIS
Postuler avant le 30 Septembre 2020
Évènement incontournable du calendrier automobile, les AUTOMOBILE AWARDS célèbrent, cette année, leur 3e édition… l’occasion de mettre en avant ceux qui, par leur esprit d’initiative et d’innovation, simplifient la vie des usagers, qu’ils soient piétons en quête de nouvelles mobilités, cyclistes, motards ou automobilistes.
PARIS
Apply before 30 June 2020
Do you have a solution of micromobility that can help HR and employees returning to work safely? It is time to apply!
PARIS
Apply before 30 June 2020
Do you have a project related to the mobility of tomorrow? Get started!
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United Kingdom, France, Germany
Apply before June 1st 2020
Entrepreneurs challenge for a joint venture!
We are looking for energetic and creative entrepreneurs to cofound a joint-venture with QUp World – an all-in-one tech suite of mobility platforms (ride-hailing, carpooling, and delivery).
Worldwide
Apply before 31 May 2020
The Summit will gather thousands of attendees, 30+ speakers, 20+ startups, from over 40 countries.<br>
The main conference track will explore innovations in the field of mobility, energy and IT such as MaaS, EV, Autonomous Driving, Connected Car, New Energy, Blockchain, AI, Policy.
PARIS
Apply before 31 May 2020
Moove lab, the accelerator for startups focused on mobility!
Boost your project through experimentation with the largest network of mobility actors.
PARIS
Apply before 11 May 2020
Let’s imagine together the city of tomorrow!
Our mission is to improve your everyday life in cities and to make you benefit from the most respectful urban micro-mobility experience.
We have therefore decided to launch the first call to project from Angell Lab, on the theme of temporary cycling facilities.
PARIS
Apply before 30 April 2020
The EUSP is a unique acceleration programme, connected to the EU, that supports startups developing sustainable mobility innovations, with the aim of giving them the resources necessary to scale up in Europe.
BOSTON USA
Apply before 19 April 2020
This is your opportunity to shine amongst the best and brightest female-led startups from around the globe while sharing your innovation with the emerging mobility ecosystem.
PARIS
Apply before 7 April 2020
Greener, safer, smarter, for all… New forms of mobility are emerging and Wavestone is launching its call for projects to support tomorrow’s rising stars. If you are a new mobility startup, join our 2020 call for projects!
MONTREAL
Apply before March 1st 2020
Movin’On Startup Challenge 2020
Share your vision of Sustainable Mobility at Movin’On Summit 2020!
