The European landscape of mobility innovation has taken a decisive step forward with the launch of the V2X Cluster, a joint initiative uniting several Horizon Europe projects to advance vehicle-to-everything technologies. SCALE, alongside Drive2X, EV4EU, ePowerMove, FLOW, Neverflat, AHEAD and XL-Connect. This collaboration aims at ensuring that Europe leads in the deployment of interoperable, sustainable and user-centred solutions for electric and connected mobility.
The cluster reflects a shared recognition that the decarbonisation of transport requires more than advances in vehicle design alone. At the heart of the V2X vision is the capacity for vehicles to communicate directly with infrastructure, energy networks, and each other. By doing so, they can unlock a range of services that increase efficiency, safety, and resilience. The participating projects each bring a specific focus, from bidirectional charging and integration with renewable energy, to intelligent traffic flow and infrastructure-ready fast charging.
SCALE contributes expertise in smart charging and interoperability, ensuring that end-users are able to seamlessly connect across different systems and regions. Drive2X is developing large-scale demonstrations of vehicle-grid interaction, while EV4EU explores decentralised control strategies for electric vehicle fleets. ePowerMove is focusing on high-power charging solutions designed for widespread deployment, and FLOW investigates new approaches to traffic management enabled by connectivity. Neverflat brings battery innovation and advanced resilience technologies, AHEAD uses artificial intelligence to balance EV charging needs with grid capacity, and XL-Connect focuses on the integration of multiple communication standards into a coherent European framework.
Together, these projects embody the European Commission’s objective to build a holistic approach to electromobility and digitalisation. The cluster provides a framework for exchange, alignment, and joint dissemination of results and policy recommendations, ensuring that advances in one domain feed directly into progress in another. Beyond technical outcomes, the initiative seeks to engage with policymakers, industry stakeholders and civil society to accelerate adoption and remove barriers to large-scale roll-out.
The V2X Cluster addresses systemic challenges such as business models and consumer buy-in, interoperability, cybersecurity, data governance and standardisation. The cluster also recognises the importance of ensuring that innovation remains anchored in societal needs, from reducing emissions and congestion to improving quality of life in our cities and regions.
As the projects progress, the V2X Cluster will serve as a platform to share knowledge and showcase results across Europe and beyond. Joint events, publications and peer exchanges will highlight how coordinated research and innovation can deliver tangible impact. In doing so, the initiative seeks to demonstrate that Europe’s path towards climate neutrality is inseparable from its capacity to build integrated, intelligent, and sustainable mobility systems.
With SCALE’s active contribution, the V2X Cluster sets out a blueprint for collaboration that extends beyond individual projects. Our determination: to make connected and electric mobility not just a technological possibility but a convenient, user-friendly and reliable reality for all.