Developing the Intermediate Vehicle Industry (eXtrême Défi)

Projects eligible for this Call for Projects (AAP) concern the manufacturing and innovation of intermediate vehicles (VAE and L categories).
This Call for Projects (AAP) is open to companies of all sizes presenting a project that may fall under one or more of the following 4 components:

• Component 1: Intermediate vehicle development and assembly projects
  This component aims to support industrial capacity development projects as well as the installation of new factories or production lines to assemble intermediate vehicles and gain competitiveness in the assembly market for these vehicles. Applicants will seek to industrialize families of intermediate vehicles designed from a common chassis for passenger and freight transport applications. Projects may aim to implement engineering and assembly capacity for several manufacturers on demand and in small series.
• Component 2: Production projects for key "strategic" components and equipment for intermediate vehicles
  This component aims to support industrial investments allowing for the development and increase of production capacities for spare parts (components) or equipment for intermediate vehicles for which there is a potential for relocation and competitiveness in the European market (non-exhaustive examples...