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EV/AV Report: July 6, 2020

SAVING LIVES Electric vehicles are widely known for their eco-friendly attributes, however, according to a new study they may also have significant health benefits. The study, led by  Marianne Hatzopoulou, an associate professor in the department of civil and mineral engineering looked at electric vehicle’s impact on public health in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton […]

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EV/AV Report: June 29, 2020

CHARGED CITY The City of Guelph is getting $100,000 from the Government of Canada’s Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program to instal 20 electric vehicle charging stations. The goal is to have all the stations installed across the city by the end of 2021.  Guelph will also provide $220,000 to go towards the vehicle charging stations.  […]

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EV/AV Report: June 22, 2020

New Competition Ford Motor Company launches new advanced driver assist system, Active Drive Assist, to compete with Tesla’s Autopilot and General Motors Super cruise.  Ford’s assist system is a new addition to the automaker’s Co-Pilot360 safety and convenience technologies. The hardware for the hands-free driving system will be available to order first on the Mach-E […]

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EV/AV Report: June 15, 2020

MEVS Postponed  The Montreal Electric Vehicle Show (MEVS), the largest gathering of electric mobility industry professionals in Canada was postponed for the second time—it is now scheduled to take place on April 23 to 25, 2021 at the Olympic Stadium, located in Montreal. The event that was originally scheduled to take place on April 24-26, […]

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EV/AV Report: June 8, 2020

Plan for an Electric Van?  General Motors Co is said to be developing an electric van targeted at business users, reported Reuters.  According to the report,  sources familiar with the plans said the EV is expected to start production in late 2021.  GM has yet to announce whether or not they are developing an electric […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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