Category: News Releases

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  • Ontario Spotlights Momentum in the Shift to Electrification through OVIN at the 2024 Canadian International AutoShow

    Ontario Spotlights Momentum in the Shift to Electrification through OVIN at the 2024 Canadian International AutoShow

    Featuring the Ontario Ministry of Energy’s new EV Charging Connections Procedures and EV innovations driven by industry leaders, the OVIN Speakers Series highlights Ontario’s vision for an electrified future.

  • OVIN and e-mobil BW GmbH Announce Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Collaboration on Automotive and Mobility Innovation

    OVIN and e-mobil BW GmbH Announce Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Collaboration on Automotive and Mobility Innovation

    Province of Ontario and the State of Baden-Württemberg are strengthening their economic relationship through a new strategic partnership between the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) and the agency of the State of Baden-Württemberg e-mobil BW. This new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) marks the continuation of the long-standing MOU between the two regions which was renewed last October. It will enhance further cross-jurisdictional collaboration and bolster both regions’ leadership positions in the global automotive and mobility sector.

  • OVIN Supports More Auto Innovation in the Ottawa Region

    OVIN Supports More Auto Innovation in the Ottawa Region

    Invest Ottawa’s Area X.O will accelerate the commercialization of made-in-Ontario automotive technologies

  • OVIN Preparing Workers for Careers in Ontario’s Auto and Mobility Sector

    OVIN Preparing Workers for Careers in Ontario’s Auto and Mobility Sector

    The Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) is launching its new Content Partnerships (CP) Program to help workers upgrade their skills and find employment in Ontario’s growing auto sector. Under the new CP Program, postsecondary institutions can receive up to $100,000 to develop automotive and mobility-focused rapid training programs, also known as micro-credentials.

  • OVIN to launch demonstration sites for automotive and mobility technologies

    OVIN to launch demonstration sites for automotive and mobility technologies

    New demonstration zone will operate across York Region, one of Canada’s largest automotive manufacturing regions.

  • Ontario Building the Auto Manufacturing Workforce of the Future

    Ontario Building the Auto Manufacturing Workforce of the Future

    The RFW program aims to bridge the gap between students, of all ages, and the auto industry, while also focusing on reducing the stigma associated with careers in the skilled trades. Non-profit organizations, school boards and post-secondary institutions will receive up to $500,000 each to lead eight-month-long automotive-focused programs to at least 500 students. Each program is designed to address the unique needs of the region and the ages of the students. Programs can range from play-based learning for young children, to manufacturing, robotics, and mining workshops for older students.

  • Ontario Building the Auto Manufacturing Workforce of the Future

    Ontario Building the Auto Manufacturing Workforce of the Future

    The Ontario government is investing nearly $6 million to support 14 innovative projects to connect the next generation of workers to the province’s growing auto sector.

  • Ontario reinforces commitment to Communitech, University of Waterloo and Waterloo Regions’s transportation community through OVIN

    Ontario reinforces commitment to Communitech, University of Waterloo and Waterloo Regions’s transportation community through OVIN

    The RFW program aims to bridge the gap between students, of all ages, and the auto industry, while also focusing on reducing the stigma associated with careers in the skilled trades. Non-profit organizations, school boards and post-secondary institutions will receive up to $500,000 each to lead eight-month-long automotive-focused programs to at least 500 students. Each program is designed to address the unique needs of the region and the ages of the students. Programs can range from play-based learning for young children, to manufacturing, robotics, and mining workshops for older students.

  • Eastern Ontario Joins Province’s EV Revolution with Game-Changing Battery Materials Manufacturing Investment

    Eastern Ontario Joins Province’s EV Revolution with Game-Changing Battery Materials Manufacturing Investment

    KINGSTON — Umicore plans to make a $1.5 billion investment to build a first of its kind industrial scale cathode and precursor materials manufacturing plant, in eastern Ontario. This investment would support Ontario’s vision of building an end-to-end electric vehicle (EV) supply chain in the province and becoming a North American hub for building the cars of the future. Building the facility will provide employment for around 1,000 people in the construction phase and employment for several hundred in operations.

  • Acerta Analytics to Develop Machine Learning Models to Predict Nissan Vehicle Maintenance Needs, with Support from the Government of Ontario Through OVIN

    Acerta Analytics to Develop Machine Learning Models to Predict Nissan Vehicle Maintenance Needs, with Support from the Government of Ontario Through OVIN

    Acerta Analytics Solutions Inc. — the Ontario-based company whose machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) solutions turn complex product data into actionable insights for customers in the automotive and transportation industries — has partnered with Nissan thanks to support from the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN).

  • Connecting Ontario’s Manufacturing Might with Critical Minerals in the North

    Connecting Ontario’s Manufacturing Might with Critical Minerals in the North

    As the next step in the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), the Northern Ontario RTDS is a collaboration between public and private sector partners in North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Greater Sudbury, Temiskaming Shores, Timmins, and Thunder Bay.

  • World Creativity & Innovation Day (#WCID)

    World Creativity & Innovation Day (#WCID)

    21 years ago in Toronto, Canadian founder Marci Segal launched World Creativity & Innovation Day (#WCID) with an inspiring mandate: “to remind and encourage people to use their creativity to make the world a better place and to make their place in the world better too”.