Sparking Career Searching: Website devoted to EV careers in southwestern Ontario goes live
Windsor, Ontario — A new website and worker registry tool is now online for the electric vehicle manufacturing sector in southwestern Ontario. The website, EVCareers.ca, is funded by the federal government as part of a $7.7 million accelerator program to support long term growth in the EV industry and especially around the Windsor and Essex […]
Snoozin’ While Cruisin’: UWindsor study finds drivers distracted while driving semi-autonomous vehicles
Windsor, Ontario — A study by a kinesiology professor at the University of Windsor has found that drivers are frequently distracted when behind the wheel of semi-autonomous vehicles. “We suspected this would be the case, but it was much worse than we anticipated,” said associate professor Francesco Biondi. Biondi hooked up special headgear to 30 […]
EV/AV Report: Advancing autonomy while solidifying cybersecurity
Toronto, Ontario — The University of Windsor partners with a national telecomms provider to spearhead development in autonomous vehicle (AV) connectivity, the director of the FBI warns about the potential use of AVs by terrorists and a Japanese town begins large-scale testing for Level 4 autonomous vehicles. This is the latest in electric and autonomous […]
Delivery Swarm: Ontario launches joint cross-border drone delivery study with Michigan
Windsor, Ontario — A joint Ontario-Michigan study is looking for a way to skip the line at the border and use drones for the delivery of in-demand auto parts across the Canada-U.S. border crossing in Windsor, Ont. First announced in a press release from Michigan’s Department of Transportation, the study will test the ability of […]
Cyber SHIELD: AUTOCRYPT partners with University of Windsor’s SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence
Toronto, Ontario — As automotive technology evolves to become more autonomous and electrified, cyber threats have become a cause for concern. So, to help mitigate those risks and prioritize research and development in securing autonomous vehicles, electric vehicle and autonomous vehicle cybersecurity provider AUTOCRYPT and the University of Windsor’s SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence, […]
Rusty repairs
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — December 14, 2018 — A recent study conducted by the University of Windsor and Krown Rust Control provided a consumer-oriented metric for measuring vehicle corrosion. The results show repairers and auto recyclers how vital rust prevention on vehicles can be. Rust can appear almost anywhere and cause serious repairs […]
