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⚡️🚗 Electric cars are on the rise worldwide, with South Korea leading the charge in Asia, thanks to strong government support, cutting-edge technology, and a thriving automotive industry. 🇰🇷 Join us on November 14 in Stuttgart for our Delegation Meetup "Electric Vehicles in Korea", co-hosted with Mercedes-Benz Korea, to meet korean startups and explore the latest EV tech solutions. We’ll bring together the entire STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play community, including OEMs, suppliers, startups, investors, and EV experts, to focus on EV charging, battery technology, software-defined vehicles, and sustainable manufacturing for high-performance EVs. 🎙️ Get ready for an engaging agenda featuring keynote speeches and discussions with industry leaders like DeWayne Seungyong Lee from Mercedes-Benz Korea, Sascha Karimpour from Plug and Play Tech Center, and more. 🚀 Don't miss the chance to hear from nine innovative Korean startups—Scalar Data, Inc. (EV Modu), KOREA Simulator, POEN. Co., Ltd., TMEVnet, WiPowerOne, Perseus Co., Ltd, Innotion Tech, Faraday, Awesomenics—presenting their solutions in EV charging, battery testing, cybersecurity, clean tech, and more. 🗓️ Thursday, November 14, 2024, 01:00 PM – 06:00 PM 📍 Design Offices Stuttgart Tower, Stuttgart 🎟️ Spots are limited! Apply here for a chance to get a ticket: https://lnkd.in/ew6BEQph #startupautobahn #PNPTC #EV #emobility #korea #meetup Yoowi Jang Manuel Teufel Thomas Sommer-Dittrich René Ackel-Zakour Marc Halft Robin Mayer Julian Benjamin Huschitt Tamara Pyter Felix Lammers Theodora Preda Julia Schimpf Victoria Hinsche Bastian Kroggel Hannah Scheja Tim Solle Plug and Play Mobility Plug and Play Tech Center

🌟 This week, we wrapped up our Fall 2024 Plug and Play International Startup Acceleration Program with five amazing Italian startups: Fybra, Fast Charge Engineering s.r.l., Monitor the Planet, VoiceMed, and ARCA Dynamics. 🇮🇹 🚀 These startups came to Germany to explore new innovations across #mobility, #healthtech, #aerospace, #airquality, and #construction. Over six weeks, the teams explored the Plug and Play Tech Center ecosystem, focusing on Open Innovation, Venture Clienting, and Corporate-Startup Collaboration. Supported by our team and corporate partners, they tackled key topics like product-market fit, go-to-market strategies, fundraising, international expansion, and beyond. 📝 The program included workshops, industry visits, pitch sessions, and hours of one-on-one counseling. Participants took part in sessions on value creation, B2B sales, and corporate innovation, collaborating with leaders from Bosch, Schaeffler, Porsche Consulting, Baden-Württemberg International (BW_i), University of Stuttgart, ARENA2036. 🏙️ The startups also visited our Plug and Play Munich office and attended local events such as Gründerwasen by Startup Stuttgart e.V., Green Auto Summit, Heilbronn Slush'D, as well as our Meetups with Porsche AG, Bosch & ZF Group to enhance their understanding of the German innovation landscape and the local startup ecosystem. 🙏 A huge thank you to all our incredible speakers who took the time to share their industry expertise with us throughout the program. It would not have been possible without you. 👏 Grazie mille, Filippo Marani, Luana Arginelli, Fulvio Cordella, Nicolas Borrero, and Sebastian Comelli, for being a part of this journey! We wish you all the best in your future endeavours and hope to see you again at Plug and Play Europe! 🥳 A huge shout out to the entire STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play team, especially Madeline Schmeiser and Hannah Scheja, for their incredible leadership throughout the program! 🙌 #startupautobahn #PNPTC #accelerator Plug and Play Mobility Plug and Play Smart Cities Plug and Play Insurtech Motor Valley Accelerator

As mobility evolves, workshops must keep pace. 🚘 🤖 AI and robotics are shaping the "Service Station of the Future" with automation and better vehicle diagnostics. This week, we teamed up with our anchor partners Bosch and ZF Group to explore new tech in Inspection, Predictive Maintenance, and Automated Workshop Operations. For our Meetup at ARENA2036, we were excited to bring our two partners together and unite the entire STARTUP AUTOBAHN ecosystem, including OEMs, suppliers, startups, investors, and other industry experts. 🚀 🎤 A huge thank you to our fantastic speakers and industry leaders for sharing their insights: – Kicking off the event with valuable perspectives: Christian Arnold from Bosch, Maarten Korz from Commercial Vehicles @ ZF, Tamara Pyter and Theodora Preda from Plug and Play Tech Center. – Discussing transformation trends and growth opportunities in the global commercial vehicle sector: Sachin Oza from MarketsandMarkets™. – Providing expertise on predictive maintenance: José Ángel Gallego Esquinas from Cojali S. L. – Moderating the event: Madeline Schmeiser from Plug and Play. 👏 A big round of applause for our standout startups — Manfred Wiedemann and Hadi Diab at Sensigo, Sander Marques at Kinetic, Thomas John Sebastian and Abhijit Patil at Intangles, Daniel Sattel, Houssem Braham, Anais Marianovski at AWAKE Mobility, Till Schlief and Julia Guldner at ladeplan, Tsubasa Hotta at Tractable — for showcasing their innovative tech solutions in Maintenance AI, Sensor Calibration, Predictive Maintenance, and Charging Station Localization! 🥳 A huge shout-out to our partners Bosch and ZF Group, especially Sebastian Tietz, Felix Döpp, and Gustavo Kühnisch from Bosch, along with Marc Luebke and Oliver Bey from ZF Group. Excited for more? 👉Join our upcoming events by filling out this form: https://lnkd.in/eRgMQtdp #startupautobahn #PNPTC #meetup #LikeABosch #ZF

#Day1 #StartupHour One of the most highly anticipated segments of the Green Auto Summit is the Startup Hour, moderated by a brilliant professional – Monika Michalska, Ventures Analyst at STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play. This part of the event is dedicated to discovering future game-changing products, identifying the most promising ones, and fostering their growth. 🌿 This year, we're thrilled to have hosted 5 trailblazing startups that took the stage to showcase their cutting-edge innovations to our expert audience: 💡Dodona Analytics – an eMobility platform that uses data-driven insights to help companies plan their EV charging networks. It was represented by its CEO and founder, Dr. Stefan Furlan.  💡Cariqa – a platform providing a transparent EV charging marketplace that connects drivers directly with charge point operators, offers affordable pricing and improves market efficiency. Cariqa was represented by Tamara Ciullo, its Co-Founder and CCO. 💡PULSETRAIN – a tech startup revolutionizing electric mobility with innovative inverter and BMS technology that extends battery life, enhances safety and enables battery reuse. Niclas Lehnert, the COO of PULSETRAIN, represented the startup. 💡ChargePlanner by RetailSonar – a technology platform that empowers CPOs to optimize the profitability of their charging infrastructure by making the right location decision and the location-based charging price. Jascha Metin, the Commercial Director for Germany at RetailSonar, represented the startup. 💡Fast Charge Engineering s.r.l. – a startup specializing in electrification engineering, EV battery packs, powertrain design, and supercapacitor technology. It was represented by Filippo Marani, Co-Founder and COO of Fast Charge Engineering s.r.l. After an exciting round of pitches, the audience of Green Auto Summit containing the experts from the industry frontrunners are now casting their votes to crown the winner of the 'Best Startup Pitch' award. 🥳 Even though only one Startup will be crowned today, we are certain that you will definitely bump into them while searching for the best! #Startups #FutureoftheIndustry

Exciting news! 🎉 The latest issue of StartupValley Magazine features a big story about STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play, with our co-founder and Partner at Plug and Play Tech Center, Sascha Karimpour, gracing the cover! 🤩 The edition also highlights insights from our founding partner Mercedes-Benz AG and our Stuttgart-based program startups — SPARETECH, Certivity, and Ventus Technologies GmbH. 📖 Inside, you'll read about: - The original vision behind STARTUP AUTOBAHN, - Our key milestones and achievements, - How startups benefit from our network and program, - The evolution of our ecosystem, - The role our EXPOs play in driving startup and corporate innovation, - Future trends and plans, and more! 🔗 Check out the PDF excerpt below or grab the full German version here: https://lnkd.in/eY4JrM5y Happy reading! ©StartupValley 🙏 Huge thanks to Sabine Elsasser and Markus Elsaesser, and to the entire StartupValley Magazine team for making it happen! 🤝 Nico Wägerle, Tim Gruber, Dr. Lukas Biedermann, Martin Weber, Laura Restrepo Orozco, Rafael Abel, Andreas Waldmann, Lutz Pegel, Shanay Shah. Bastian Kroggel, Julia Schimpf Plug and Play Europe Plug and Play Mobility #startupautobahn #PNPTC #StartupValley

Join us for the Smart Mobility Accelerator Webcast on October 24th! 🚀🌿 Startups and industry experts share their experience in aligning business strategies with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Learn how startups are rethinking their pitches to attract investments and hear from investors on identifying genuine sustainability efforts. 📅 Date: October 24, 2024 🕒 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CEST 📍 Online Event - Register here: https://lnkd.in/e6nYKeye The Smart Mobility Accelerator is a joint initiative with EIT Urban Mobility, Drive TLV, mobilityXlab and STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play.

🍁 September was an exciting month for STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play! 🌎 ✈️ We were busy as both hosts and guests, traveling around Germany and beyond to share our innovation spirit. 👇 Here’s a quick recap of our adventures: 📍Tashkent The Plug and Play Tech Center delegation, led by Sascha Karimpour, had an amazing time at the Startup & Venture Summit during ICT Week 2024, Uzbekistan’s biggest tech event! Omeed M., Managing Partner at Plug and Play EMEA, spoke on global opportunities for Central Eurasian startups, while Alfredo Gomez Soria served on the pitch competition jury. 👏 Big thanks to our Plug and Play Central Asia team — Azizakhon Ortikkhujaeva, Rano Sidikova, Iskandar Kurbonov — and the founding partners, IT PARK Uzbekistan and The Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan, for an incredible event! 🚀 📍Hanover  On September 19, Monika Sieg and Felix Lammers hit the IAA TRANSPORTATION Conference to discuss how innovation is changing the trucking industry. 🙌 Hats off to Franck Leveque from Bridgestone Mobility Solutions, Steffen Heinrich from Peregrine.ai, and Jakob Sadoun from Colonia, who joined us on stage to present their projects. 🎉 A huge shoutout to Gita Klein, Klaus Vartzbed, and the whole German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) for making this happen! 📍Munich  Is e-mobility on the verge of extinction? How can the German automotive industry compete with China? These questions were addressed by leaders from Porsche AG, AUDI AG, JLR, and more at the auto motor und sport Kongress on September 25, set in the iconic Allianz Arena’s business lounge at FC Bayern Munich! Our colleagues— Felix Lammers, Tamara Pyter, and Julia Schimpf—had a fantastic time exchanging ideas with industry decision-makers and visionaries. 🙏 Huge thanks to Birgit Priemer, Patrick Lang, Carl Nowak, Nico Klein, Luca Leicht, Cornelia Barth, Ben Eisner, Diana Hespeler, Andrea Weller, and the entire Motor Presse Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG team for the great organization! 📍Stuttgart Back on home turf in Stuttgart on October 1, the entire STARTUP AUTOBAHN team had an amazing time at Gründerwasen—the Founders’ Fair at the iconic Cannstatter Volksfest! It was a fantastic gathering of the Stuttgart startup scene, and we all raised a glass to entrepreneurship. 🎉🍻 Huge thanks to our friends at Startup Stuttgart e.V., especially Johannes Ellenberg, Tobias Sick, Hannah Boomgaarden and the team for making this celebration happen. Can't wait for next year! ❤️ Photo: Julian Ahmed 👉 If you want to be part of our future events, stay in the loop by filling out the form: https://lnkd.in/eRgMQtdp. We've got exciting things in store for you! #startupautobahn #PNPTC #events

🚘 As mobility evolves with new drivetrain technologies, complex software, and enhanced safety features, workshop services must keep pace. With rapid advancements in AI and robotics, the “Service Station of the Future” is on the horizon. 🔎 To explore this evolution, we’re joining forces with our anchor partners Bosch and ZF Group and invite you to our Meetup, “Service Station of the Future: Elevating On-Site Vehicle Maintenance,” on October 21, 2024, in Stuttgart. Join the entire STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play ecosystem, featuring visionary startups and forward-thinking enterprises, as we showcase innovative technologies and use cases in Inspection, Predictive Maintenance, and Automated Workshop Operations. 🎤 Prepare for an insightful agenda with expert speakers, including Christian Arnold from Bosch, Maarten Korz from Commercial Vehicles @ ZF, José Ángel Gallego Esquinas from Cojali S. L. , Sascha Karimpour from Plug and Play Tech Center, and more. 🚀 Don’t miss startup pitches from leading innovators like Sensigo, Kinetic, Intangles, AWAKE Mobility, ladeplan, and Tractable presenting their cutting-edge solutions in Maintenance AI, Sensor Calibration, Predictive Maintenance, and Charging Station Localisation. 📅 Monday, October 21, 2024, 05:00 PM 📍 ARENA2036, Stuttgart 🎟️ Spots are limited! Apply here to be considered for a ticket: https://lnkd.in/eRgMQtdp This is your chance to connect with our corporate partners and engage with some of the brightest minds in our ecosystem. 🌠 See you there! #startupautobahn #PNPTC #meetup #likeabosch #zf #AI Plug and Play Mobility Plug and Play Europe

🚗 Throughout history, every golden age of prosperity, technology, and well-being has been tied to advances in energy creation and harvesting. In the automotive industry, innovations like e-fuels are emerging as a key solution for extending the life of internal combustion engines. At STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play, we support our partners' innovation journey with resources like our exclusive newsletter, "Re:search Insights", which blends academic research with practical innovation. It's expertly curated by our PhD Ventures 🎓 Raúl Martín Montero and Monika Michalska. In this issue, we explore the key technologies related to e-fuels poised to shape the industry and the crucial role of peer review in both science and innovation. 👉 Read the full issue here: https://lnkd.in/gPJMb77T With 25+ mobility partners in Stuttgart and 500+ partners globally, we help corporations:  🤝 Connect with 50,000+ global startups  💡 Boost operational efficiency, cut costs, and discover new product lines  👥 Stay ahead with deep dives, meetups, workshops, and networking events Want to join the Plug and Play Tech Center ecosystem? 🚀 Become a partner: https://lnkd.in/eFdq6FZu #startupautobahn #ResearchInsights #PNPTC #efuel Bastian Kroggel Plug and Play Mobility Plug and Play Europe Plug and Play Sustainability H2 StartUp Accelerator powered by Plug and Play

🤖 AI is shaking things up for big companies and transforming the future of work as we know it. 🚀🏎️ Last week, we teamed up with our anchor partner Porsche AG to dive into cutting-edge AI innovations at our Meetup “Enterprise AI: Reinventing Business Processes”. The event brought together the STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play community—OEMs, suppliers, startups, and investors—to explore how AI is revolutionising compliance, supplier risk assessment, and generating content for better customer engagement. 🎤 Huge thanks to our speakers for sharing their insights:  – Philip Kastel, Porsche AG; Sascha Karimpour and Dr. Philipp Gneiting, Plug and Play Tech Center, kicked off the event with insightful perspectives on open innovation and AI in mobility. – Henry Furman, Pull Systems; Christian Rieger, Porsche AG, and our moderator Tim Solle, STARTUP AUTOBAHN, shed light on corporate-startup collaboration. 🚀 Hats off to the impressive startups — Nico Wägerle and Jörg Ulmer at Certivity; MICHAEL JUNG at DeepBrain AI, Iurie Chischiliov and Ruslan Synytsky at RAVATAR, Daniel Krell and Maximilian Meschkov at Mercanis, Josef Koloncsak at Makersite, Lukas Magacz at Scoutbee — for pitching AI solutions that are shaping the future! 👏 Special thanks to our partner Porsche AG, with a shout-out to Philipp Rupprecht, Simon O., as well as to Florian Rothfuss, Steffen Renz, and Tanja Ernst from Porsche Digital. Kudos to our dedicated team—Tamara Pyter, Fabian Wulfrath, Tim Solle, Julian Benjamin Huschitt, Hannah Scheja, Victoria Hinsche, Julia Schimpf, and the entire STARTUP AUTOBAHN crew—for making it all happen. Want to join our next event? 👉 Apply for your spot here: https://lnkd.in/eRgMQtdp #startupautobahn #porsche #meetup #AI #PNPTC