Three years after asserting the ambition to construct a brand-new electrical automobile, Canada’s Automotive Components Producers’ Affiliation (APMA) has unveiled a totally useful idea automobile of its Undertaking Arrow EV.
Developed to showcase of the abilities and applied sciences obtainable from Canadian suppliers, the Undertaking Arrow has been unveiled in idea kind at CES 2023 – on time, below finances, and with 97 % homegrown content material, in response to APMA head Flavio Volpe.
The automobile you see within the pictures was designed by 4 college students from Carleton College’s Faculty of Industrial Design and constructed at Ontario Tech College’s automobile engineering facility utilizing elements from practically 60 suppliers, together with from the essential minerals sector.
Financing for the venture got here from Canada’s federal authorities and a number of other state governments, which contributed a mixed $8.2 million, Driving stories.
Whereas there aren’t that many obtainable particulars on the electrical crossover, the powertrain consists of an 82.5-kWh lithium-ion battery providing a spread of round 310 miles (500 kilometers), thanks partly to help from the solar-cell roof panel.
The battery powers two electrical motors – one on every axle for all-wheel-drive functionality – with a mixed output of 550 horsepower. This setup permits the Undertaking Arrow EV to dash from zero to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.5 seconds. APMA additionally talked about the EV options Degree 3 autonomy in addition to a sensible cockpit and cybersecurity tech.
The affiliation has no plans in the intervening time to construct one other prototype, and will not put the prevailing one by way of crash testing both. Thoughts you, the crossover was engineered to satisfy Canada’s security rules for highway legality with commercially prepared components that may be inbuilt amount on an meeting line.
At this stage, APMA doesn’t have plans to place the Undertaking Arrow into manufacturing. The automobile is at first a showcase for Canadian components suppliers who need to promote actual components to automakers.
“Anybody who is considering Canada for electric vehicle assembly, number one we have all the components here, and Project Arrow shows it to you without giving you theoretical BS. Number two, it says we have all the technical know-how and people required to do this successfully.”
Flavio Volpe, APMA president
Most notably, the Undertaking Arrow incorporates a 3D-printed composite chassis made by Xaba, a Toronto-based software program, engineering, and robotics startup. Utilizing specifically constructed composites from Dartmouth-based Meta Supplies, Xaba’s Clever Machine 3D-printed your complete chassis (see particulars within the video beneath).
Following the world debut at CES 2023, the Undertaking Arrow EV idea will make appearances on the Detroit, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Montreal auto exhibits this yr, along with visits to numerous OEMs to show its know-how.
