To advance innovation in mobility and logistics, Mobility Data Space (MDS) and IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr (IAV) are pooling their expertise to enable industry and the public sector to implement data- and AI-based solutions in a targeted manner. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV), MDS and IAV will support companies and public institutions in the development, piloting, and scaling of modern mobility, transport, and logistics solutions.
“Data-driven innovation requires vibrant data ecosystems – and trustworthy data spaces form the central basis for this,” emphasizes Manfred Rauhmeier, Chairman of the acatech Foundation. “With the partnership between Mobility Data Space, funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) and Minister Schnieder, and IAV, we are enabling companies, start-ups, and public actors to responsibly develop innovative mobility and logistics solutions from idea to product.”
In order to successfully implement these solutions, cooperation is designed for the long term:
Sebastian Sinning
“As a specialist and engineering partner for mobility and technology, IAV brings decades of innovative strength and system expertise to the table. This ranges from the development and networking of mobility-related data to its intelligent analysis and integration into market-ready applications,” says Sebastian Sinning, CTO of IAV.
Focus on connectivity and automated mobility
The partnership between MDS and IAV centers on the joint implementation of data- and AI-based solutions in key areas of mobility: from connectivity, automated driving, and predictive maintenance to urban data management, digital twins for fleet applications, and digital platforms and services.
MDS Managing Director Marc Augusto explains what this support means in concrete terms, using automated driving as an example: “With IAV as its anchor partner, Mobility Data Space will be able to support key steps in automated driving in the future – from preparing regulatory processes to data harmonization and interoperability to the implementation of scaled operating models. High-performance data rooms are crucial for the safe and reliable operation of complex overall systems.”
Operational data room meets development partner
The strategic partnership allows the expertise of both organizations to work together in a targeted manner. “The MDS provides a neutral and interoperable infrastructure for sovereign, decentralized data exchange, especially in the context of the EU Data Act. As a long-standing development partner of the mobility industry, IAV contributes its expertise in data-driven platform solutions,” explains Dr. Michael Gröschel, Head of Digital Solutions for Mobility at IAV.
With over 160 participating organizations, the MDS is a non-profit organization that encompasses a strong ecosystem through which various types of data can be exchanged in a directly consumable form. With its broad portfolio of solutions for connected mobility, digital platforms, and data-based services, IAV now supports this sovereign data exchange in the spirit of an open and interoperable ecosystem. In the development of intelligent mobility solutions, IAV operates at the interface between automotive and IT, integrates diverse partner ecosystems, and takes on the overarching coordination of complex overall systems.
Together, Mobility Data Space and IAV are creating the conditions for faster innovation growth in the mobility and transportation industry—through data- and AI-based solutions that can be implemented in both the public and private sectors.
About the Mobility Data Space
The Mobility Data Space (MDS) is a data ecosystem through which partners in the mobility sector exchange data on a self-determined basis in order to enable and further develop innovative, environmentally friendly, and user-friendly mobility concepts. The technical design of the MDS is being developed in close coordination with European and national initiatives to ensure interoperability with European data spaces. The supporting organization is the non-profit DRM Datenraum Mobilität GmbH. The MDS is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV).
In addition to the acatech Foundation, the shareholders are BMW INTEC Beteiligungs GmbH, Caruso GmbH, Deutsche Bahn Aktiengesellschaft, the DHL Group, HERE Europe B.V., HUK-COBURG Haftpflicht-Unterstützungs-Kasse kraftfahrender Beamter Deutschlands a.G. in Coburg, Mercedes-Benz AG, VDV eTicket Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, and Volkswagen Group Info Services AG, as well as the federal states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Foto v.l.n.r.: Marc Augusto (MDS), Manfred Rauhmeier (acatech Stiftung), Sebastian Sinning (IAV), Dr. Michael Gröschel (IAV)