Accelerating Innovation and Training on Vehicle Electrification for Canada's Electric Vehicle Future

加速车辆电气化创新和培训，打造加拿大电动汽车的未来

• 批准号: CCB21-2021-00619
• 负责人: Potter, Simon
• 金额: $ 16.03万
• 依托单位: Red River College Polytechnic
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Technology Partnership Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=729353
• 关键词: Accelerating; Innovation; Training; Vehicle; Electrification

A transition from conventional fossil-fuel vehicles to zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) is essential if Canada plans to achieve emissions reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement. Problematically, data for 2019 shows Canada making no real progress, with transportation emissions continuing to rise across the country (ECCC 2021). Given the magnitude of the task at hand, significant additional efforts are required (White 2021; Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development 2021). At the same time, Canada faces intense emerging competition that is largely beyond our control, including the potential to constrain domestic businesses and job development, e.g., tax incentives luring mainstream manufacturing of electric passenger vehicles to the U.S. and away from Canada (Markusoff 2021). These combined pressures emphasize a need to develop novel opportunities based significantly on specialized applications, for which Canadian businesses can build leadership opportunities over at least the medium term, enhance relevant training and upskill our workforce. This proposal is built around three main themes described later in more detail, with all three relating to the existing novel strengths of RRC Polytech. The first theme involves research on niche-oriented vehicle electric conversions as future domestic business markets and ways to repurpose already used electric vehicle batteries. The second theme involves researching novel charging approaches to cost-efficient vehicles and not overstressing the existing electrical infrastructure. The third theme involves researching the initial implementation of standardized conversion packages as a cost-efficient means to implement broader training and direct experience opportunities for students to understand and work on electric vehicles. None of these involve mainstream priorities and are not subject to intense competitive pressures yet represent niche-oriented opportunities initially applicable on a local/regional basis but potentially with important national implications.

如果加拿大计划实现《巴黎协定》下的减排承诺，从传统化石燃料汽车向零排放汽车（ZEV）的过渡至关重要。问题在于，2019 年的数据显示加拿大没有取得真正的进展，全国范围内的交通排放量持续上升（ECCC 2021）。鉴于当前任务的艰巨性，需要付出大量额外努力（White 2021；环境与可持续发展常设委员会 2021）。 与此同时，加拿大面临着激烈的新兴竞争，这在很大程度上超出了我们的控制范围，包括可能限制国内企业和就业发展，例如，税收优惠措施吸引电动乘用车的主流制造转移到美国而不是加拿大（Markusoff 2021） 。 这些综合压力强调需要开发主要基于专业应用的新机会，为此加拿大企业至少可以在中期内建立领导机会，加强相关培训并提高我们的劳动力技能。该提案围绕三个主题构建，稍后将对此进行更详细的描述，所有三个主题都与 RRC Polytech 现有的新颖优势相关。 第一个主题涉及针对未来国内商业市场的利基型汽车电动转换以及重新利用已使用的电动汽车电池的方法进行研究。 第二个主题涉及研究具有成本效益的车辆的新颖充电方法，并且不要过度强调现有的电力基础设施。第三个主题涉及研究标准化转换包的初步实施，作为一种经济高效的手段，为学生提供更广泛的培训和直接体验机会，以了解和使用电动汽车。 这些都不涉及主流优先事项，也不会受到激烈的竞争压力，但却代表了最初适用于地方/区域的利基机会，但可能具有重要的国家影响。