Collaboration platform for the European connected and autonomous vehicle of the future

This topic is registered in the EU Funding & Tenders Portal under identifier DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-AUTOMOTIVE, as part of the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) programme, within call DIGITAL-2026-AI-09 — "AI Continent".

The snapshot records: published on 2025-10-09; planned opening date 2025-11-04; deadline 2026-03-03; status recorded in the snapshot as Closed (snapshot dated 2026-05-28).

Registered action/grant types from the portal data: topicActions: DIGITAL-SIMPLE (DIGITAL Simple Grants). topicMGAs: DIGITAL-AG (DIGITAL Action Grant Budget-Based).

The authoritative call document is the PDF published on the topic's portal page at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-AUTOMOTIVE. Funding amounts, eligibility, evaluation criteria, and other binding details are stated there; this stub records only the portal metadata fields. A pass-2 agent will transcribe the call document specifics verbatim.