The MUBIL Mobility Awards 2026 focus on the idea that sustainable mobility requires not only new vehicles but also solutions capable of addressing real, everyday challenges.
We are talking about charging more efficiently, optimizing trips or commutes, and also reclaiming materials—among the challenges facing this field, which is undergoing a clear transformation. And it is in this scenario that these MUBIL Mobility Awards 2026 are able to bring together all kinds of innovative initiatives born with the aim of responding to different needs that may arise in mobility in the decades to come.
More specifically, six finalist projects from Spain, France, Italy, and Poland with which their leaders want to approach some of the technologies and models that are shaping the sector’s evolution.
In short, ideas that tackle very different challenges within the mobility ecosystem, whose interest lies in their ability to translate technological innovation into concrete applications.
In this article we will discuss the proposals of these six finalist candidates, the challenges each one faces, and preview the final that will take place on 22 October in Donostia.
MUBIL Mobility Awards 2026: Finalist proposals
The MUBIL Mobility Awards 2026 already know their six finalist projects. In its sixth edition, the technical committee has selected projects from Spain, France, Italy and Poland, with solutions related to electric charging, rail and bus autonomy, connected mobility, propulsion systems for electric bicycles, and the recovery of critical raw materials.
The six finalist projects of the MUBIL Mobility Awards 2026 have been chosen from the 65 candidatures received in this sixth edition, the highest figure since the awards’ creation. Nearly half of the submitted proposals come from abroad.
The finalists will defend their projects on 22 October in Donostia before the MUBIL Mobility Awards jury. The two winning projects will share €16,500 in prizes and will have an additional €18,500 in funding to develop their solutions in collaboration with players in the Basque smart and sustainable mobility ecosystem. They will also receive a twelve-month workspace at MUBIL Center, in addition to coverage in specialized media and visibility at the MUBIL Mobility Expo.
The projects selected for the MUBIL Mobility Awards 2026 are: BATTERYFLY, from Paterna (Spain); FUTURAIL, from Strasbourg (France); LetMePark, from Madrid (Spain); NICHE MOBILITY, from Girona (Spain); RAREARTH, from Ancona (Italy); and SmartDEPOT™, from Gliwice (Poland).
The six proposals of the MUBIL Mobility Awards 2026 reflect the diversity of technologies that are currently transforming smart and sustainable mobility, with solutions ranging from new charging and energy management systems to autonomous driving, the digitization of mobility services, the electrification of bicycles, and the circular economy applied to strategic materials.
BATTERYFLY
Based in Paterna, it has developed a portable, bidirectional, intelligent energy solution that integrates generation, storage, and energy supply. The system uses repurposed batteries and is designed to facilitate the deployment of energy and charging infrastructure with partial or full independence from the electrical grid.
Among its potential applications are the electrification of industrial fleets, last-mile logistics, charging in off-grid areas, or energy support in critical situations.
FUTURAIL
A French company developing an integrated technological platform to advance toward the autonomy of rail vehicles. The company works on three solutions —Detect, Localize, and Signal— that allow identifying obstacles and environmental elements, determining the vehicle’s exact position on the rail network, and interpreting railway signals.
Its roadmap envisions a progressive implementation of autonomy, starting with driver-assistance systems and yard operations to progressively move toward more complex railway environments.
LetMePark
Based in Madrid, it is developing an intelligent copilot for the connected vehicle that consolidates into a single experience a range of services associated with a trip, such as charging, parking, tolls, or refueling.
Its technology combines artificial intelligence, data from the vehicle, and real-time information to anticipate the driver’s needs and reduce the need to use different apps and payment processes along the same journey.
NICHE MOBILITY
This proposal comes from Girona and presents ADTS 2.0 Biométrico, an intelligent and adaptive propulsion system for electric bicycles.
The company develops systems that integrate motor, automatic digital transmission, and smart technologies, and with this solution it incorporates biometrics and artificial intelligence to automatically tailor the electric assist to the user and optimize the riding experience.
RAREARTH
This Italian idea proposes applying circular economy principles to one of the strategic components for many technologies related to electric mobility: rare earth permanent magnets. The company recovers materials from electronic waste to produce NdFeB permanent magnets—neodymium-based—manufactured entirely from recycled material.
According to the data provided by the candidacy itself, its process reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than 90% and water consumption by more than 99% compared to processes based on primary mining and traditional refining.
SmartDEPOT™
Completing the finalist group is the Polish company that develops autonomous driving technology for bus movements inside depots. The solution allows an urban bus to move without a driver on board, at low speed and in a private, fenced, and mapped environment, to perform tasks such as parking, moving to charging points, wash facilities, or workshops.
The system combines autonomous driving, drive-by-wire technology, and a supervisory and coordination platform for the operator, while the autonomous mode remains deactivated when the vehicle travels on public roads.
Una edición récord y cada vez más internacional
Specifically, these are six finalist projects from Spain, France, Italy and Poland whose leaders aim to approach some of the technologies and models shaping the sector’s evolution.
The technical committee has selected these six proposals from 65 candidatures received in the sixth edition of the MUBIL Mobility Awards, 6.5% more than the previous year and the highest figure recorded since the awards’ creation.
The international dimension has again carried significant weight. Of the submitted projects, 29 — 44.6% — come from abroad, also the highest figure reached to date.
International submissions arrived from 14 countries, mainly Italy, France and Portugal, but also Germany, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Denmark, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, the United States, and India. They are joined by ten projects from the Basque Country and Navarra and another 26 from the rest of the State.
With the submissions of this edition, the MUBIL Mobility Awards have now reached 277 technology projects received since its creation, consolidating an initiative designed to identify innovative solutions in smart and sustainable mobility and to facilitate their connection with the Basque industrial and technological ecosystem.
The representatives of the six selected projects will defend their proposals on 22 October before the jury of the MUBIL Mobility Awards 2026, at the final awards event to be held at 18:30 at Tabakalera (Donostia), and which will again be hosted by Antonella Broglia, an international expert in social innovation.
During the day, the finalists will present their solutions and their application in the field of smart and sustainable mobility. The awards ceremony will be open to the public with prior reservation.
The jury announced for this edition is composed of Anna Burgués, Investment Portfolio Manager at EIT Urban Mobility; Asier Rufino, CEO and cofounder of Tecnalia Ventures; César Gutiérrez, CEO of MUBIL; Daniel Pérez, CEO and cofounder of Zunder; Marisa Arriola, Managing Director of BIC Gipuzkoa; Patrick McGirr, Deputy Director of AICC; Sylvie Notary, Head of Innovation Aquitaine at EDF Commerce Sud-Ouest; and Xabier Pérez Sarasola, Head of the Technology Innovation Strategy Area at CAF.
The MUBIL Mobility Awards are an initiative of MUBIL aimed at technology projects linked to electric, connected, autonomous, and shared mobility and their associated infrastructures. Their objective is to identify and give visibility to innovative solutions and facilitate their connection with companies and players in the Basque ecosystem to foster technological development and address the main mobility challenges.
MUBIL, driven by the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council within the Etorkizuna Eraikiz strategy and with the support of the Basque Government and the Basque Energy Authority (EVE), works to connect companies, startups, technological centers, and institutions and accelerate the development of intelligent and sustainable mobility.
