GCXpo Drives Innovation, Insights, and Sector Investment for 2024  

GCXpo Drives Innovation, Insights, and Sector Investment for 2024  

A group of people gather around a robot dog outside on an overcast day .

Showcasing groundbreaking advancements in smart mobility, Ottawa’s epic demonstration day, GCXpo 2024 (formerly TCXpo), was bigger and better than ever.   In partnership with the Government of Canada and event sponsors, and hosted by Invest Ottawa at their Area X.O facility, this year’s event brought together more partners from the federal government and industry to make […]

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Fueling the next-gen talent pipeline: talent development, attraction and retention advice for the smart mobility industry

Image of the CAV Canada stage with speaker, Tenille Houston of Autoguardian and Natalie MacArthur at Invest Ottawa

In the world of smart mobility, it is imperative for innovators, companies, investors, regulators and communities to drive the safe development, commercialization, and deployment of connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and smart mobility solutions. But equally important is the opportunity for the industry to have access to talent and retain a competitive and diverse workforce equipped […]

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Five reasons V2X innovators need cellular networks

Vehicle on the road outfitted with sensors

Since the turn of the century, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology has usually relied on dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) – a “Wi-Fi-like” protocol running on a reserved bit of spectrum to allow vehicles to talk to each other or to road-side infrastructure. Today, it’s much more likely that automakers and suppliers researching and building V2X solutions are […]

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Are autonomous vehicles ready for Canada?

image of a CAV driving in winter conditions

For those of us who spend part of the year in winter driving conditions, autonomous vehicles may seem out of reach. It’s a sentiment shared by almost one-third of the Canadian public who are concerned about autonomous technology. How can you teach a car to drive under whiteout or black-ice conditions? However hard it may […]

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At the edge: the unlikely combination of drones and cars

Image of a drone in the air along with another image to the right with a drone installed on a car

As one of the nation’s premier testing grounds for connected vehicles of all sorts, Ottawa’s Area X.O sees both drone and connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) projects at our R&D complex – many times both at the same time. These technologies each operate at the edge of technology development, yet on first glance seem to […]

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CAV Canada 2021 is back: 8 reasons why you need to grab your ticket to this must-attend smart mobility event

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Now focused on Canada’s smart mobility ecosystem, CAV Canada 2021 unites local, national and global innovators, businesses, researchers, investors, regulators, and community leaders who are driving the safe development, commercialization and deployment of smart mobility solutions in Canada and around the world. CAV Canada 2021 is the must-attend smart mobility event on December 2, 2021, […]

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