FEV POLSKA SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA

Their core work

FEV Polska is the Polish subsidiary of FEV Group, a major international automotive engineering services firm headquartered in Aachen, Germany. They provide specialized engineering services in vehicle systems development, covering both digital connectivity for mobility platforms and thermal management solutions for battery electric vehicles. Their H2020 participation shows contributions to large-scale industrial consortia in two converging areas: securing connected vehicle and IoT architectures (SCOTT) and developing self-sustaining thermal management systems that extend BEV driving range while reducing costs (SELFIE). In practice, they function as an engineering partner offering simulation, systems integration, testing, and calibration capabilities to automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers across Europe.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their H2020 track opens in 2017 with SCOTT, a broad secure-connectivity project in the ICT pillar with no specific automotive keywords, suggesting an entry point through digital infrastructure for mobility. By 2018 they had shifted into a focused transport application — battery electric vehicle thermal management — with all recorded keywords pointing squarely at EV engineering: battery systems, thermal management, energy efficiency, long driving range, costs reduction. With only two projects the sample is thin, but the direction is clear: from general connected-systems participation toward highly specific BEV technology development, which mirrors the automotive industry's own pivot toward electrification during that period.

FEV Polska is moving deeper into electric vehicle battery technology — specifically thermal management and efficiency — which positions them well for future consortia targeting EV performance, battery longevity, and cost reduction for mass-market adoption.

How they like to work

FEV Polska has participated exclusively as a consortium member, never as a coordinator — a pattern consistent with a specialist engineering services provider that joins projects to deliver defined technical workpackages rather than to lead them. Despite having only two projects, they accumulated 66 unique partners across 15 countries, which indicates participation in very large pan-European consortia (ECSEL Joint Undertaking projects routinely involve 30–60+ partners). This suggests they are comfortable operating within complex multi-stakeholder structures and are experienced at contributing focused engineering outputs within distributed project governance.

From just two projects, FEV Polska reached 66 unique consortium partners across 15 countries — a footprint that reflects participation in large ECSEL and Horizon IA projects with broad pan-European membership. Their network is wide but shallow: many connections built through large shared consortia rather than repeated bilateral collaboration.

What sets them apart

As a subsidiary of FEV Group — one of the world's largest independent automotive engineering services firms — FEV Polska brings the brand credibility and technical depth of a global player combined with the cost structure and location advantage of a Polish operation. This makes them an attractive partner for consortia that need credible automotive engineering capacity in Central-Eastern Europe. Their dual exposure to vehicle connectivity security and BEV battery thermal management is a rare combination for a single organization, covering two of the most pressing technical challenges in the automotive transition.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SELFIE
  Their largest and longest project (€163,835, running through 2023), directly targeting the commercial EV market through self-sustained battery thermal management — a topic with clear industrial and investment relevance.
• SCOTT
  An ECSEL Joint Undertaking project on secure connected things, demonstrating FEV Polska's capacity to contribute to large-scale public-private partnerships beyond pure automotive hardware.