Amount: up to $35 million invested in innovative, business-led, collaborative projects that strengthen Canadian capability and content, for integration into Canada’s supply chain for ZEVs.
NGen will invest up to $35 million along with industry contributions to launch $95 million worth of innovative, business-led, collaborative advanced manufacturing R&D projects, along the entire value chain of road-based battery and fuel-cell electric vehicles.
The program will target the manufacturing scale-up of innovation along the ZEV value-chain, specifically those of road-based Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV), fuel Cell Electric vehicles (FCEV) and their respective systems and components.
Challenge Goals
- Create Jobs.
- Create value for the Canadian economy.
- Develop new processes from crushing ore, mineral refinement, materials development, manufacturing scale-up of components, systems and final assembly and recycling.
- Increase the value and integration of made-in-Canada parts and technology into EV value chains and to scale manufacturing.
- Reduce the overall cost of manufacturing ZEV products in Canada.
- Increase the quality of the products being manufactured.
- Reduce overall operational emissions.
- Build flexibility into the production process.
Project Requirements
Projects must focus on the development of an advanced manufacturing technology or process to improve and scale-up production capabilities. A limited percentage of product research and development will be permitted.
Project teams can submit a proposal for the following project types:
- Advanced manufacturing technologies
- Novel manufacturing and production processes
- Closed loop / generative design for manufacturing
- Circular economy processes and capabilities
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects must meet NGen’s four core strategic criteria:
- Transformative: must confer significant competitive advantage to Canadian industry
- Collaborative: project must demonstrate meaningful collaboration with a minimum of two Canadian industry partners
- Applied: project must have a short to medium path to commercialization, and generate significant commercial and economic benefits
- Enduring: project must provide broader benefits to Canada’s advanced manufacturing ecosystem
Key Dates & Deadlines
- EVMP Collaboration Day: June 20, 2023
- Project Application Portal open: June 30, 2023
- Project Screening (Expression of Interest) Deadline: October 11, 2023
- Final Application Deadline: November 15, 2023