Jennifer Reardon, Associate Vice President, Transportation Integration & Ops Support, Canadian Tire.
The government of Canada’s Ontario Province is contributing one-third of the cost to test attended-autonomous semi-tractor trucks in short-haul service among rail terminals, warehouses and local distribution centers.
Backed by a $1 million matching grant from the Ontario government through the province’s Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN), national retailer Canadian Tire and Toronto-based startup NuPort Robotics, Inc., are each contributing $1 million toward a two-year project to apply proprietary AI (artificial intelligence) technology from NuPort Robotics to retrofit two conventional semi-tractor trailers with sensors and controls, a touchscreen navigation system and other advanced features such as obstacle and collision avoidance. The trucks will be attended-autonomous, meaning that there will be a driver in the cab.
Nuport Robotics: Canadian Tire and NuPort Robotics to Commercialize Canada s First Automated Heavy Duty Trucking Technology
and more efficient transport of goods by semi-tractor trailers
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 11, 2021 / Canadian National retailer Canadian Tire Corporation (TSX:CTC.A)(TSX:CTC) and Toronto-based startup NuPort Robotics Inc., Canada s first autonomous trucking company, have announced a partnership with the Ontario government to invest $3 million to undertake an automated heavy duty trucking project to test a first-of-its-kind-in-the-world technology.
Jennifer Reardon, Associate VP, Transportation Integration and Ops Support at Canadian Tire
The breakthrough technology provides a transportation solution for the middle mile, the short-haul shuttle runs that semi-tractor trailers make between distribution centres, warehouses and terminals each day. It is designed to enable next-generation automated trucks that are more fuel efficient, safer to operate, and