Sustainable, smart and competitive mobility

Achieving zero-emission transport and deploying intelligent, connected mobility systems is becoming essential for meeting climate goals, improving safety, and keeping Europe at the forefront of technological innovation. Yet this transition demands new materials, smarter sensing solutions, and reliable automation technologies that work seamlessly together.

LIST responds to this challenge by creating lightweight, sustainable materials with advanced functional coatings, engineering autonomous and embedded sensors for next-generation mobility, and prototyping cutting-edge driver assistance systems. We also design, test, and validate Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) solutions, supporting Luxembourg and Europe in building a cleaner, smarter, and more competitive mobility future.

Our fields of action

We create sustainable, lightweight fibre-reinforced composites, self-healing bio-based materials, and fire-, smoke- and toxicity-retardant solutions enhanced with high-performance functional coatings. Using advanced manufacturing, vapor deposition, nanoparticle-enabled 3D printing, and smart bonding techniques, we design durable, recyclable materials tailored for next-generation mobility. By 2029, we will deliver industry-ready demonstrators—from finished components for vehicle manufacturers to material and subcomponent prototypes for industrial component suppliers—ensuring safer, lighter, and more environmentally responsible mobility technologies.

We examine how vehicles, infrastructure, communication networks, users, and their surroundings interact to enable seamless, safe, and efficient mobility. Over the next four years, we will advance interoperable mobility Digital Twins, privacy-preserving data solutions, and artificial-intelligence–based cybersecurity, paving the way for large-scale deployment of Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility by 2030. Our work also includes validating mission-critical communication systems, strengthening trust and user acceptance, and delivering robust cyber-protection for mobility infrastructures.

Building on our research in next-generation telecommunication materials, we will design transparent phased-array antenna systems for vehicle-to-everything communication

We develop low-cost, miniaturized, and energy-efficient sensors using metal-oxide arrays and AI to enhance the safety of electric and hydrogen vehicles. We focus on monitoring battery health, fuel-cell safety, and tire deformation, alongside smart energy harvesting solutions. Touchless human-machine interfaces with transparent or embedded electrodes improve vehicle safety, efficiency, and user experience.

Our solutions

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