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Project Eve sounds like an appropriate name for a video game, but it's not. It's actually the code name for Canada's multi-company consortium formed to advance electric mobility. The consortium signifies Canada's push to lead the world in developing advanced electric vehicle technologies and represents an effort by numerous companies engaged in the industry. Companies that specialize in everything from electric motors and drivetrains, to battery management systems, lithium-ion battery recycling capabilities and smart charging systems have joined together to improve the electric vehicle.
Steve Dallas, chief executive officer of Toronto Electric and Nathan Armstrong, president of Motive Industries, co-founded Project Eve after discovering that Canada lacked any sort of initiative aimed at uniting the nation's many skilled companies. Dallas and Armstrong assembled a consortium of companies that includes:
Steve Dallas, chief executive officer of Toronto Electric and Nathan Armstrong, president of Motive Industries, co-founded Project Eve after discovering that Canada lacked any sort of initiative aimed at uniting the nation's many skilled companies. Dallas and Armstrong assembled a consortium of companies that includes:
- Toronto Electric, Ontario (material handling)
- Vecture (battery management systems)
- New Media Architects, Ontario, (business information for green technologies)
- Westward Industries, Manitoba (manufacturer of three-wheeled fleet vehicles)
- Arcx, Ontario (software systems for touch screen devices)
- Toxco, B.C. (lithium battery recycling)
- Delta-Q Technologies, B.C. (on-board charging systems)
- Revolute Technologies, Alberta (auxiliary HVAC power systems)
- University of Toronto, Ontario
- Red Deer College, Alberta
- Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
- TM4, subsidiary of Hydro Quebec (electric drivetrains)
- ENMAX Power Corporation, Calgary (electrical distribution)
- Motive Industries, Alberta (vehicle development)
Project Eve will focus on addressing some of the specific issues that crop up when operating electric vehicles in cold climates. The consortium hopes to develop solutions to problems such as high draw from heating and cooling systems, range limitations, charging difficulties and battery management. After developing products to overcome the severe environment, Project Eve members will branch out and sell their specialized components to other areas effected by harsh winters. Project Eve specifically focuses on cold-weather abilities to help overcome the decreased electric range that's often reported in winter climates, and that's one gripe that we'd like to see extinguished for good.
[Source: Project Eve]
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