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After three intense weeks of testing at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, the next big step is here: on September 5th, we line up in Imola for A2RL's first international venue, coming off a strong third place in qualifying.

Together with MAN Truck & Bus and TRATON GROUP, we are launching the second edition of GlobalDrive – a thesis at the intersection of logistics, technology and innovation, including a funded research stay in Sweden. Apply by 28 August 2026.

5.4 kilometres through the heart of Berlin, from Invalidenstraße to Holzmarktstraße, fully autonomous and with zero human intervention: at #TÜVMobiCon hosted by TÜV-Verband, EDGAR helped test a new assessment methodology for Level 4 vehicles in real-world traffic.

With the handover of the funding approval at the EV Lab of the Institute of Automotive Technology, the research project ForBat@Bau officially gets under way under the consortium leadership of FTM.

New infrastructure, new traffic patterns, new challenges: our research vehicle EDGAR completed its first autonomous laps on a route near the TU Berlin campus – zero-shot, without adaptation to the new city.

At the EV Roadshow, the EV Lab presented its latest results and discussed them with industry representatives. The highlight was the official opening of the BMFTR-funded project TUBE – TUM Battery Center of Excellence.

A MAN eTruck feeding up to 325 kW back into the system: the consortium of the SPIRIT-E research project, led by FTM, demonstrated vehicle-to-grid with an electric truck publicly for the first time at Schmid Transport und Spedition in Obertraubling – live and via stream.

The TUM Autonomous Vehicle Systems Lab and the Institute of Automotive Technology are organizing the Workshop on Autonomous Driving at ICRA 2026 – featuring live demos, technical discussions and keynotes from academia and industry. Submissions are open until 15 April 2026.

KI-LOAD is a joint research project of FTM and Akkodis, funded by the Bavarian Collaborative Research Programme. The goal: reduce charging aborts, identify fault causes faster and improve the long-term availability of charging points.

In the BMFTR project ConnRAD, FTM and its partners advanced the resilience of remote driving: with an Ability Awareness Protocol, resilience KPIs and recovery strategies – validated in a real-world remote valet-parking scenario.