Funding for climate-relevant research has been substantially increased in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) covering 2007-2013. This research will support international processes in the framework of the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol. Research under FP7 is focused on four main thematic areas. of which energy and transport are two. Both aim at higher efficiencies and increased use of sustainable energy.The European Green Cars Initiative is one of the three PPPs included in the Commission's recovery package. It supports the development of new. sustainable forms of road transport and includes. among other topics. research on electric and hybrid vehicles. notably research on: (1) high density batteries; (2) electric engines; and (3) smart electricity grids and their interfaces with vehicles. Transnational cooperation within FP7 and Green Cars Initiative is well established due to the formation of large international consortia. However. these consortia are from either the energy sector or the automotive sector. but not cross sectors. Additionally. where prototypes enter field pilots. the cooperation is lost as new stakeholders such as local authorities and end-users get involved. Enevate complements the climate-research by acting across sectors. building bridges and it works down the value chain where the products of research are tested in the field. Enevate enables cooperation and the transfer of knowledge to accelerate the introduction of e-mobility. Enevate will strengthen NWE’s innovation potential by combining/developing regional competences. technologies. knowledge. skills and supply chains. It will support the development of regulation. standards. policy and public awareness. Accelerating the switch to clean transport will help generate new investments and jobs within NWE and get economies 'fit for the future' in the growth area of low-carbon transport and sustainable/renewable energy supply.