Mobility and Built Environment
Since 15 November 2022, a number of units have been merged, resulting in the Mobility and Built Environment unit.
The Building, Infrastructure and Maritime unit and Traffic and Transport unit will be merged into one unit called Mobility and Built Environment. This merged unit will focus primarily on the theme of a sustainable living environment, including buildings, infrastructure and mobility.
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TNO pleads for getting innovations to the road quicker
With the current state of innovation, we can move around much smarter, safer, and cleaner. Implementation is often the limiting factor. This threatens to jeopardize both economic and social goals. TNO advocates more focus on implementing innovations, including testing in a realistic, practical environment.


Siemens and TNO reinforce collaborative innovation agenda on safe automated driving
Siemens Digital Industries Software and TNO will intensify their collaboration on the safe deployment of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles (AV). Both organisations remain strong in their belief in vehicle automation. The goal of this partnership is to realize the envisioned benefits of automation even more rapidly.


TNO signs MoU with leading Korean knowledge institutes to accelerate the development of smart cities
Dutch national research institute TNO has joined forces with the three leading Korean knowledge institutes KAIST, KRIHS and The Seoul Institute, to come to a closer cooperation in the field of smart city development between the Netherlands and Korea.


TNO a partner of the ‘A smart city, that’s how you do it’ City Deal
The Netherlands has to address major challenges if we are to keep our cities, villages, and regions liveable and sustainable. Some 60 partners, including TNO, are getting on board with the next step of the ‘A smart city, that’s how you do it’ City Deal.


TNO and TECNALIA collaborate on Digital Twins for Smart & Sustainable Cities
TNO and TECNALIA Research & Innovation from Spain have announced a new cooperation agreement to establish a strategic partnership in applied research for smart and sustainable cities, mobility and enabling technologies, in particular Local Digital Twins. Representatives of both organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding to this effect in Bilbao on 11th January 2023.

