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Test and demonstrate your Automotive and Smart Mobility solutions at the OVIN Demonstration Zone in Markham and Vaughan.

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The OVIN Demonstration Zone

At the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network Demonstration Zone, we offer city infrastructure and spaces for companies to demonstrate and showcase their mobility solutions. Technology demonstrations are conducted in a real-world environment to address transportation and mobility challenges, while offering the public a unique opportunity to learn and engage with emerging solutions.

Led by the City of Markham and the City of Vaughan, the OVIN Demonstration Zone is part of the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network’s (OVIN) ecosystem of innovative clusters operating around the province.

Our focus is on demonstrating:

Electric vehicle technologies

Shared and integrated mobility solutions

Robotics and Automated Micro-mobility utility devices

Smart traffic, smart intersection and smart city solutions

Connected and autonomous (CAV) solutions

First mile, last mile, and transit solutions

Applications

Applications are currently open.

Accepting submissions for the Open Call Stream until December 2, 2024.
Keep an eye out for the upcoming release of Challenge Areas streams!

Apply Through the Open Call Stream

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the OVIN
Demonstration Zone

The Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) has provided $2.5 million in funding to the cities of Markham and Vaughan to launch the OVIN Demonstration Zone.

The OVIN Demonstration Zone provides a real-world environment that fosters collaboration to advance the commercialization of automotive technologies and accelerate smart mobility innovation. These technologies have the potential to improve quality of life, while generating new economic opportunities for Ontario.

The Demonstration Zone will operate in sites across the York Region, home to Canada’s largest automotive parts and electronics manufacturing hub, most of which are located in Markham and Vaughan.

The Zone will operate with the support of key partners, including SmartCentres, Rogers Communications, Syntronic, Honda Canada, AMD, IBM, Qualcomm, Microart Services Inc., Remington Group, PSP Services, York Region, York Region Transit, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), York University, Alectra, and Seneca-HELIX.