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

如果加拿大计划根据《巴黎协定》实现减排承诺，从传统化石燃料车辆过渡到零排放车辆（ZEV）至关重要。问题是，2019年的数据显示，加拿大没有取得真实的进展，全国的交通排放量继续上升（ECCC 2021）。鉴于当前任务的艰巨性，需要做出更多的重大努力（白色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，包括限制国内企业和就业发展的潜力，例如，税收优惠政策吸引电动乘用车的主流制造业到美国，远离加拿大（Markusoff 2021）。 这些综合压力强调需要开发基于专业应用的新机会，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劳动力的技能。该提案围绕三个主题建立，稍后将详细描述，所有三个主题都与RRC Polytech现有的新优势有关。 第一个主题涉及研究利基导向的汽车电动转换作为未来的国内商业市场，以及如何重新利用已经使用的电动汽车电池。 第二个主题涉及研究具有成本效益的车辆的新型充电方法，并且不对现有的电力基础设施造成过度压力。第三个主题涉及研究标准化转换包的初步实施，作为一种具有成本效益的手段，为学生理解和使用电动汽车提供更广泛的培训和直接体验机会。 这些都不涉及主流优先事项，也不受激烈的竞争压力的影响，但却代表着面向利基的机会，最初适用于地方/区域基础，但可能具有重要的国家影响。

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.