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EV/AV Report: June 1, 2020

Delayed deliveries After the Porsche Taycan’s release late last year, sales of the German automaker’s first electric vehicle were a little shocking, with pre-orders exceeding 15,000 units. Now, with the coronavirus outbreak impacting every industry around the world, Porsche claims the pandemic has complicated deliveries of the Taycan for Canadian and US customers. From December […]

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EV/AV Report: May 25, 2020

Bring on autonomy The pandemic may have provided autonomous technology with the perfect opportunity to prove itself. Martin Abadi and Erin VanderVeer, counsel and senior associate at Borden Ladner Gervais, respectively, predict that seeing autonomous vehicles providing automated forms of service delivery amid the pandemic will accelerate the global adoption of connected and autonomous vehicles […]

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EV/AV Report: May 18, 2020

Tesla’s Canadian connection A Canadian company is helping Tesla achieve its goal of developing a “million-mile” EV battery. The battery will last “much longer,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during a “Battery Day” in May.The technology was developed in partnership with China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), and a group of a Halifax, N.S.-based academic […]

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EV/AV Report: May 11, 2020

Toronto, Ontario — May 11, 2020 — In this week’s AV/EV report, excitement over driverless cars goes viral at the Mayo Centre,  gas prices diminish electric demand, and Lyft pilots a new service in Canada. Robots: patient drivers One of the best-known American medical centres is using an autonomous vehicle to safely transport patients infected […]

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EV/AV Report: May 4, 2020

Commitment controversy Newly-appointed Honda Canada CEO Jean-Marc Leclerc has said that Canada will not meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets in pursuing a zero-emissions vehicle policy alone. During an interview with the Windsor Star, Leclerc said there is not enough demand for EVs yet for Canada to achieve its GHG commitments to the Paris Accord. […]

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EV/AV Report: April 27, 2020

On consumer confidence Consumer confidence in future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers’ plans to bring self-driving and battery-electric vehicles to the marketplace, according to the J.D. Power 2020 Q1 Mobility Confidence Index Study fueled by SurveyMonkey Audience. According to the report, the Mobility Confidence Index for self-driving vehicles has decreased for the first time—to […]

EV/AV Report: April 20, 2020

A step for Simolo Simolo Customs, a small golf kart manufacturer based in British Columbia, has received approval to build a low-speed, street-legal electric vehicle. This week, Simolo, of Vernon, B.C.,  said Transport Canada gave it the green light following five years of planning and development. The company builds low-speed vehicles⁠—essentially hi-tech golf karts featuring […]

EV/AV Report: April 13, 2020

Self-Healing Tire In late March, Goodyear demonstrated its self-repairing tire, the reCharge. Made from a fibre-reinforced liquid compound, the is self-healing, with the liquid pooling and solidifying into a rubber-like layer. The liquid can be added throughout the vehicle’s life. Goodyear plans to have an AI component create special treads for the tire, which can […]

EV/AV Report: April 6, 2020

Electric dreams unplugged The current global pandemic is likely to have shattered Tesla’s goal of delivering 500,000 vehicles this year. In 2020’s first quarter, the EV automaker has reported just 88,400 cars worldwide. For comparison, the company delivered more than 110,000 cars in 2019’s fourth quarter. Further, coronavirus fallouts are expected to hit Tesla much […]

EV/AV Report: March 30, 2020

3D Relief Last Friday, Volkswagen said it would be contributing to the fight against coronavirus by pursuing endeavours in 3D printing ventilators for those on the front lines of the crisis.  The Wolfsburg, Germany-based firm currently has more than 125 industrial 3D printers and is in close cooperation with governments and other authorities to assess […]

EV/AV Report: March 23, 2020

Funding for French Canadian fleets Earth Day Canada and Quebec’s minister of Transport Chantal Rouleau recently revealed a program that makes it easier for fleet companies to transition to electric vehicles. Through the Transition Wow program, Earth Day Canada and the Quebec government said it will offer support for fleet managers that take part in […]

EV/AV Report: March 16, 2020

Mustang Mach-E misses Pricing for Ford’s newest EV, the Mustang Mach-E was announced this week⁠—though the highly anticipated vehicle does not qualify for Canada’s federal EV rebate. The base price for the Mach-E is set at $50,495, prior to delivery and additional fees.  In Canada, federal rebate-eligible vehicles must have six seats or fewer and […]

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