VALEO VISION SAS

Their core work

Valeo Vision is the sensing and visibility division of Valeo, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers. They develop advanced driving assistance systems including cameras, LiDAR, lighting, and perception software that enable vehicles to see, understand, and navigate their environment. In H2020 projects, they contribute industrial-grade automotive sensor technology and automated driving capabilities to large European research consortia focused on connected, cooperative, and automated mobility.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early H2020 engagement (2017–2019) focused on foundational automated driving challenges: vehicle trustworthiness in adverse weather, testing methodologies, cybersecurity, and cyber-physical system architectures. From 2020 onward, their focus shifted decisively toward deployment and real-world integration — 5G-enabled corridors, shared mobility services, MaaS, and large-scale cross-border driving demonstrations. This trajectory mirrors the industry shift from proving automated driving works in labs to making it function on real roads with real infrastructure.

Valeo Vision is moving from component-level R&D toward system-level integration of automated driving with 5G infrastructure and shared mobility services — expect future interest in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and urban mobility projects.

How they like to work

Valeo Vision consistently joins as a participant, never leading as coordinator — typical for a large industrial partner that brings technology and testing capacity rather than project management. Their 214 unique partners across 21 countries indicate they operate in very large consortia (averaging 30+ partners per project), which is common for flagship Innovation Actions in transport. They function as an anchor industrial partner that lends credibility and real-world validation capability to ambitious EU mobility projects.

With 214 unique consortium partners spanning 21 countries, Valeo Vision has one of the broader networks you'd expect from a Tier-1 automotive supplier in EU research. Their collaborations are pan-European with no narrow geographic cluster, reflecting the cross-border nature of transport and mobility projects.

What sets them apart

As a division of a global Tier-1 automotive supplier, Valeo Vision brings something most research partners cannot: mass-production sensor and camera technology already deployed in millions of vehicles. This means their contributions to R&D projects are grounded in manufacturing reality, not just prototypes. For consortium builders, partnering with Valeo Vision signals strong industrial exploitation potential — a factor that scores well in EU proposal evaluations.

Highlights from their portfolio

• 5GMED
  Their largest H2020 investment (EUR 1.4M) — a strategic bet on 5G infrastructure for connected automated transport along Mediterranean cross-border corridors.
• Hi-Drive
  One of Europe's flagship automated driving piloting projects, running large-scale cross-border demonstrations toward higher automation deployment.
• SHOW
  Marks Valeo Vision's expansion beyond vehicle technology into shared mobility ecosystems, MaaS, and social inclusiveness in transport.