Dream of autonomous vehicles crashes into reality of driving challenges
Dave Waddell, Windsor Star August 31, 2021 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, discusses AV tech, the prospects for rollout and what we should all be looking for. “It’s the role of the regulators to dictate safety and boundaries. An innovator obsessed with boundaries never reaches them.” Read article here.
Avoiding Canada’s EV resource curse
Danielle Myles, FDI Intelligence August 27, 2021 Flavio Volpe, president of the APMA, discusses the auto and battery supply chain now that Ontario has drawn record investment in electric vehicles and wants in on the battery race. He also discusses Project Arrow, the 100%-Canadian concept EV. “We have all the elements in place to lead […]
We’re talking electric vehicles. When will you be ready… to give up on gasoline?
Maritime Connection with Preston Mulligan, CBC Listen August 22, 2021 Flavio Volpe. President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, discusses Project Arrow, Canada’s promising manufacturing sector, and all things electric vehicles. Listen here (@36:45-43:45).
Feds pump money into Canadian EV solution
Adam Malik, Auto Service World August 19, 2021 The federal government announced $5 million for a project slotted to be a Canadian-made zero emission concept vehicle. Dubbed Project Arrow, it’s being overseen by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. Read article here.
Canadian Government Invests $3.9M In an Autonomous Concept EV Called Project Arrow
Sebastien Bell, CarScoops August 13, 2021 Canada’s Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) is investing $5 million CAD ($3.9 million USD) in Project Arrow, the first electric vehicle concept designed and built in Canada. Read article here.
King-Vaughan MP Deb Schulte announces $5M for ‘first Canadian-made, zero-emission’ vehicle
Dina Al-Shibeeb, Toronto Star August 13, 2021 King-Vaughan MP Deb Schulte has announced Wednesday, Aug. 11 morning that FedDev Ontario is providing $5 million to help build the “first Canadian-made, zero-emission” vehicle. Read article here.
Project Arrow gets $5M of gov funding for zero-emission vehicles
Cate Lawrence, The Next Web News August 12, 2021 Canada grants $5M to create zero-emission autonomous vehicles. Project Arrow is the collective effort of industry partners and University students working together to design, engineer, and build a connected and autonomous zero-emissions vehicle concept car. Read article here.
The Big Story: Project Arrow gets a government boost
Greg Layson, Automotive News Canada August 12, 2021 Both the APMA and the federal government think Project Arrow will lead the transformation of Canada’s automotive sector from traditional gasoline powered vehicle development to the creation of EV vehicles. Watch here (@3:10).
The Government puts money in to support the all-Canadian zero emissions car
Patty Handysides, The Afternoon News, AM800 August 12, 2021 The government puts money where its mouth is by supporting the all-Canadian zero emissions car that’s being built right now by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. Listen here.
Project Arrow gets injection of $5-million in federal funding
Dave Waddell, Windsor Star August 12, 2021 “In a nutshell, without (the $5-million in funding) the project doesn’t get completed,” said APMA’s Chief Technical Officer Colin Singh Dhillon. “This really covers from helping designing the vehicle to helping us showcase it.” Read article here.
