member of ours, OPTA is a member of
ours … they’re industry associations. Th ey
represent their industry, but it’s a wide
plethora of industry members.
“Th ey don’t do technology innovation
projects, they don’t do R&D in-house.”
She said, “Th e way I best describe
CUTRIC is a not-for-profi t engineering
consulting project planning wing that also
happens to do the fi scal lobbying. As a
result of that, you get these projects.”
Th ey plan these projects out in a notfor
profi t way, so as to keep it as cheap as
possible for the taxpayer, but they also get
the investment and industry partners to
help carry the project forward. She said,
“It’s a king of big mix and it doesn’t always
work and it gets really contentious.”
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Data will be collected and analyzed from
independent data loggers, looking at how
the bus is performing, how the power pack is
performing, how the charger’s performing,
impacts on the grid, and any degradation.
Th ere will also be a social analysis, including
how the drivers and riders like the vehicles.
“I think there are about 50 variables
that we decided that our team will be
CUTRIC-led
Commercialization Projects
Pan-Canadian Electric Bus
Demonstration & Integration Trial
The project consists of multiple phases
of integrating standardized battery
electric and hybrid electric buses with
high-powered overhead charging systems
across Canadian transit agencies
by 2022.
Pan-Canadian Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle
Demonstration & Integration Trial
The project consists of multiple phases
of integrating hydrogen fuel cell electric
vehicles across multiple transit agencies
with the intention of demonstrating low
well-to-wheel lifecycle emissions from
hydrogen production, transmissions,
delivery and “combustion” in propulsion
applications for on-road mobility services.
National Smart Vehicle Demonstration
& Integration Trial
The project plans to integrate semi-autonomous
and eventually fully autonomous,
connected, and electric vehicle
shuttles, pods and buses across up to
12 Canadian municipal jurisdictions as
fi rst-last-mile applications. The primary
project objectives are the development
of standardized vehicle-to-vehicle and
vehicle-to-Internet communication
protocols; interoperability standards for
electric low-speed autonomous shuttle
manufacturer equipment; and standardized
cybersecurity protocols.
Natural Gas Mobility Innovation
Consultation Process
The project highlights a series of consutation
sessions with industry stakeholders
to outline a seet of strateig initiatives
and opportunities that could be
developed in the near and long term to
support the advancement of natural gas
applications for low-emissions vehicular
systems and fl eet deployments as part of
a low-carbon economy.
LEADING INNOVATION
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