The centrepiece building of a special campus aimed at driving research and development in the automotive and intelligent mobility sectors in Luxembourg, with space for more than 4,000 engineers and scientists, was officially opened on Tuesday.
Work on the Automobility Incubator building on a site in Bissen stretching over 14 hectares began in late 2022. The formal inauguration by Economy Minister Lex Delles was held on Tuesday.
The first company moved into the site in 2019, with the plan to eventually lease more than half of the surface area out to private sector research and development facilities.
On the sidelines of the incubator’s inauguration, 24 companies and research institutes presented their ideas © Photo credit: Chris Karaba
Work on the building began two years ago © Photo credit: Chris Karaba
Companies in the mobility sector met with guests at the official opening © Photo credit: Chris Karaba
The site aims to be a hub driving research and development in the automotive industry © Photo credit: Chris Karaba
The building unveiled on Tuesday has over 2,000 square metres of office space, 400 square metres for workshops and laboratories for research and development activities, and a cafeteria. The first tenants are expected to move into the building in the first half of next year.
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In the long-term, the campus will also promote the training and education of students, doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers through collaboration with public research institutions such as the University of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (List) so that their skills meet the requirements of industry.
The project fits seamlessly into the government’s strategy to develop the vehicle technology and smart mobility sector and “complements the national innovation ecosystem,” said Delles at the launch.
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Although there is no single official definition, technology companies and urban planners describe “intelligent mobility” as the method of using the latest technology to optimise transportation, such as reducing pollution and congestion.
In its coalition agreement last year, Luxembourg’s government pledged to make the country the leading hub of driverless vehicle research in the EU. Ohmio, the New Zealand company behind self-driving buses seen in Belval and Contern, set up their European headquarters in Bissen in 2022.
(This article was first published by Luxemburger Wort. Translation and editing by John Monaghan)
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