Report
Exploitation Plan - Update
— 2026
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February 21, 2026
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This document, D10.6 Exploitation Plan – Update, presents an updated strategy for the exploitation of results achieved within the EV4EU project, further refining the premises established in D10.5. It presents the final considerations on the project’s exploitation activities, outlining a clear and structured vision to ensure the long-term use of EV4EU’s outcomes beyond the project’s lifetime. Aligned with Horizon Europe’s definition of exploitation, D10.6 addresses how partners intend to transform project knowledge into tangible impact, either through further Research & Development (R&D) activities, commercialisation, product and service development and deployment, or creation of standards and policies. To achieve this, business development activities were carried out within Task 10.3, leveraging on the support from the Horizon Results Booster initiative, which provided guidance on defining exploitation plans and standardising procedures across partners. All partners identified the Key Exploitable Results (KERs) they plan to exploit in a post-project horizon, as well as developed detailed future pathways covering market challenges and needs, target users, competition positioning, Intellectual Property (IP) ownership, protection and management, and post-project activities to achieve exploitation goals. EV4EU results address diverse market segments within the rapidly evolving electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem, and partners plan to use them mainly in future R&D and EU-funded initiatives, new products’ development, commercialisation, knowledge sharing and services provision. Although the solutions demonstrate intermediate to high maturity, the main challenges partners will face eventually are related to regulatory frameworks for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) and flexibility markets still being under development, and hence, some markets are yet to be established. Overall, D10.6 presents project partners’ exploitation strategies, which aim at ensuring the sustainability and continued impact of project outcomes. While most plans are within a medium to high level of maturity, it is recommended to make further efforts in refining specific business models, validating market assumptions, and strengthening IP protection strategies and business plan concretisation. The collective engagement of partners and the strategic support from Horizon Results Booster were essential for achieving the goals of this deliverable, ensuring that EV4EU solutions continue to generate value and are leveraged on to accelerate mass adoption of EVs across Europe.
Publication details
Authors in the community:
Hugo Gabriel Valente Morais
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Publication language (ISO code)
eng - English
Rights type:
Open access
Financing entity
European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
Title of the project, award or grant: Electric Vehicles Management for carbon neutrality in Europe
Funding Stream: HORIZON EUROPE
Number for the project, award or grant: 101056765