ontario vehicle innovation network (ovin): stream 2: research and development (r&d) partnership fund – electric vehicle
eligible applicants
- applicants are small and medium enterprises (sme) defined as having fewer than 500 global, full-time employees.
- applicants are required to have operations in ontario and carry out their project in ontario.
eligible partners
- small and medium enterprises (smes)
- national and multinational enterprises (nes and mnes)
- academic institutions (as clients only)
- municipalities
- indigenous communities
- not-for-profit organizations representing industry
- crown corporations
- transit authorities
the r&d partnership fund – electric vehicle (ev) – stream 2 program supports projects related to the development and demonstration of technologies in electric vehicles (ev) and battery manufacturing technologies in the following priority areas:
- mass light vehicles, such as cars, trucks and vans
- heavy duty vehicles, including commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, recreational vehicles (rvs), and others used for goods movement
- charging infrastructure
- intelligent transportation systems (its)
- transit-supportive systems and vehicles
examples of ev and battery-focused technologies, and other ev related technologies:
- light weighting
- electrified powertrains, electric motors, transmission systems, battery management systems
- ev batteries, battery materials and chemistry, component manufacturing processes
- charging systems and ev fleet management technologies
- hydrogen and alternative fuel cell evs
- electric micro-mobility
