Canada Creates First Rural Transit Fund
30 March 2021
The Canadian government committed C$250 million during the next five years to promote and support transit needs in rural and smaller communities.
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The Canadian government committed C$250 million during the next five years to promote and support transit needs in rural and smaller communities.
Created in collaboration with and delivered by leading industry organizations, the CAV Talent Catalyst program will explore the foundations of CAVs, highlight up to date sensor technology and provide an overview of cybersecurity protocols; the program also provides the opportunity to connect with industry professionals.
Toronto — The Ontario government is investing $10 million in auto parts companies through the Ontario Automotive Modernization Program (O-AMP) to boost competitiveness and position Ontario as a North American hub for building the car of the future. Funding awarded so far will leverage $25.8 million in industry investments.
The Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI), formerly known as Ontario Centres of Excellence, is working with Ernst & Young (EY) as part of its Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN) initiative to conduct a labour market study for key segments of the automotive and mobility sector. As a part of this work, we are looking to understand current and expected trends in the automotive and mobility sector’s labour market, as well as key challenges faced by employers in finding quality talent. Findings from the survey will inform OCI’s work related to developing skills and talent strategy to support Ontario’s automotive and mobility sector.
The AVIN project will extend the core capabilities of Transoft’s automated road safety solutions to allow collision courses between road users to be predicted in real-time so that potential crashes can be detected in advance and avoided. And to further enhance the prediction accuracy and computation efficiency, AI will be moved from the cloud to the edge to accelerate advanced collision warning time for users. Additionally, by monitoring and understanding the patterns of these near-misses, a system for forecasting long-term safety problems will also be included. This data informs planners when allocating road safety budgets and solutions.
China leads in battery production and overall ranking. Germany and France move up to second and third place. Electric vehicle sales rise in Germany, France, Italy and South Korea.
Invision AI, Thales and Metrolinx are building unique sensing and computing capabilities that provide enhanced situational awareness to existing rail systems and are capable of operating in severe winter conditions. The goal of this partnership is to build a platform that will ultimately enable deployments in urban, regional and mainline rail networks globally.
Under the plan, VW will aim to have an interest in six battery plants in Europe by 2030 at a cost of around $29 billion, according to estimates by BloombergNEF.
This analysis represents a snapshot of one specific operating environment. Should the promising results eventually extend beyond Chandler’s borders to more complex roads, broad safety goals may indeed be achieved.
As Europe’s transport sector pursues the sustainability objectives outlined in the European Commission’s Green Deal, the digital integration of transport modes enabled by the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) concept can support this.
Once selected, businesses will receive autonomous driving preferred startup status which provides numerous benefits.
Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) buses cost half compared to electric buses and have a similar fuel price as diesel. Diesel buses can be replaced 1-for-1 with RNG without compromising performance. Like diesel, RNG operates during freezing weather conditions and refuelling takes minutes, not hours. This demonstrates that municipalities can have carbon-neutral transit today without sacrificing performance, reliability or range.
While the track is now operational internally, an official grand opening event with external audiences is being planned for early spring, pending COVID-19 restrictions.
Gatik, a California and Toronto-based autotech startup, has received $997,000 from the Government of Ontario to accelerate the research and development of the company’s autonomous vehicle technology.
Equipped with Level 3 autonomous capabilities on an open-source platform, this research vehicle will interact with local residents in a living laboratory environment, differing from other test vehicles that test only within closed courses or are limited to a host company’s proprietary platform.
Hamilton has been named a Foreign Trading Zone, which will allow local businesses more information about importing and exporting, as well as tax, tariff and duty relief.
Government funding was made possible via the Ontario Centre for Innovation (OCI) and its Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN) R&D Partnership in support of the province’s push for cleaner, alternative forms of transportation.
The “complete streets” tool balances all modes of transportation, and is for transparency, not to redesign each street in Hamilton, says city director.
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