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Autonomous Drive Ambition Cities (IA) - Apply AI[E8]

UnknownEuropean Commission[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Call: Bridging actions 2027. Type of action: HORIZON Innovation Actions. Expected Outcome: Development and demonstration of AI-enabled electric autonomous mobility services (level 4) in urban traffic, improving safety, sustainability, data sharing and commercial scalability across cities, through a large-scale demonstrator integrating 5 - 7 co-ordinated city pilots in 5 or more Member States or associated countries…
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 16 Feb 2027, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1). UTC: 16 Feb 2027, 00:00 UTC.
Published 20 Oct 2026.
Value: EUR 15,000,000
Buyer: European CommissionSee what else this buyer buys and when.
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Deadline[E2]: 16 Feb 2027, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1)
Value[E9]: EUR 15,000,000
Published[E6]: 20 Oct 2026
Procedure: Not stated
Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal (grants and calls for proposals) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 10 hours ago

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From the notice

Call: Bridging actions 2027. Type of action: HORIZON Innovation Actions. Expected Outcome: Development and demonstration of AI-enabled electric autonomous mobility services (level 4) in urban traffic, improving safety, sustainability, data sharing and commercial scalability across cities, through a large-scale demonstrator integrating 5 - 7 co-ordinated city pilots in 5 or more Member States or associated countries including at least one cross-border pilot between adjacent cities - to bring near-to-market autonomous driving technologies into real operations: Delivery on the Apply AI Strategy flagship action “Autonomous Drive Ambition Cities” by bridging the gap between high technical maturity and sustainable commercial deployment in cities. Strengthened competitiveness of European base vehicle manufacturers, AD technology stack providers, mobility service brokers, and mobility service operators through real-world deployment opportunities as addressed by the European Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Alliance (ECAVA), in particular its working group on Autonomous Driving deployment. Safer, more sustainable and accessible urban mobility through the integration of electric autonomous vehicles. Demonstration of scalable autonomous mobility services and vehicles in real-traffic urban environments using mature autonomous driving technologies. Improved access to and secure sharing of data as well as AI models and tools to support the development, testing, validation and safe operation of autonomous driving systems. Demonstration of a scalable, future-proof supporting infrastructure…[E3]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionEU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.[E4]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

RiskThis is a grant, not a contract. Grants usually need a proposal against the funder's criteria, may need partners and often need co-funding.[E5]
UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC
The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.
Source document HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10:31094502:2026-10-27T09:42:28.799+0100

Evidence

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E1
The buyer is European Commission.
Document HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10:31094502:2026-10-27T09:42:28.799+0100, field /metadata/type/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
Proposals must be submitted by 16 Feb 2027, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1).
“2027-02-16T00:00:00.000+0000”
Document HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10:31094502:2026-10-27T09:42:28.799+0100, field /metadata/deadlineDate/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“Expected Outcome: Development and demonstration of AI-enabled electric autonomous mobility services (level 4) in urban traffic, improving safety, sustainability, data sharing and commercial scalability across cities, through a large-scale demonstrator integrating 5 - 7 co-ordina…”
Document HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10:31094502:2026-10-27T09:42:28.799+0100, field /metadata/descriptionByte/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
EU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.
“EU call topic”
Document HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10:31094502:2026-10-27T09:42:28.799+0100, field /metadata/type/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
This call is open for proposals.
“31094502”
Document HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10:31094502:2026-10-27T09:42:28.799+0100, field /metadata/status/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
The notice was published on 20 Oct 2026.
“2026-10-20T00:00:00.000+0000”
Document HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10:31094502:2026-10-27T09:42:28.799+0100, field /metadata/startDate/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
The Funding & Tenders Portal gives the status as open for submission.
Document HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10:31094502:2026-10-27T09:42:28.799+0100, field /metadata/status/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The notice is titled "Autonomous Drive Ambition Cities (IA) - Apply AI".
Document HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10:31094502:2026-10-27T09:42:28.799+0100, field /metadata/title/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The EU contribution per grant is up to EUR 15,000,000 (from EUR 10,000,000).
Document HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10:31094502:2026-10-27T09:42:28.799+0100, field /metadata/budgetOverview/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal, © European Union, CC BY 4.0. SLETOR shortened and reformatted the text. Data licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (European Commission) (opens in a new tab). Personal contact details in notices are not stored or shown.

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