French partners
Partnerships with competitiveness clusters
Automotive & Mobility cluster group
Vehicle of the Future cluster is a member of the Automotive & Mobility cluster group, a grouping created in 2007 that represents the 4 French ecosystems in our field:
- Vehicle of the Future cluster (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté – Grand Est)
- CARA (Auvergne Rhône Alpes)
- ID4Mobility (Brittany – Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle Aquitaine)
- NextMove (Ile-de-France –Normandy).
Synergies with other competitiveness clusters
Clusters that are focused on a given segment can bring real complementarity on the "technologies" front:
- Build&Connect: sustainable materials and buildings
- IAR Bioéconomie: biological resources for food, industrial and energy purposes
- Materalia: materials and processes
- Aquanova with Hydreos in Grand Est: the water sector
- PMT: microtechnologies
- Polyméris: rubber, plastics and composites
Partnerships with skills clusters
The cluster also works with other skills or excellence clusters:
- Vallée de l'Energie: energy technologies
- Pôle Textile Alsace: Alsatian textile industry
Partnerships with local and national players
At national level
Vehicle of the Future cluster collaborates with the reference actor in each of the ecosystems it manages:
- PFA the national "Automobile & Mobilités" platform
- AIF the Industry of the Future Alliance through the AFPC, the French Association of Competitiveness Clusters
- AVERE France: the French association for the development of electric mobility
- France Hydrogène: the French association of all the actors in the hydrogen sector
- SIA: the Society of Automotive Engineers
At regional level
All the different economic development organisations are partners of our cluster. They work closely with us on themes such as international actions, support for the automotive industry, the attractiveness of regions and so on.
- The Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- The Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est development and innovation agencies
- The regional innovation networks
- The CRITTs and other technology transfer centres
- The regional incubators
- The innovation funders' network