Overview
- Ontario’s OVIN is providing a $500,000 grant, with $1.2 million from industry partners including General Motors Canada and Pfaff Automotive.
- The funding will back rapid prototyping and testing of autonomous charging units, pilot programs with real estate and dealership partners, and key hires.
- Kiwi Charge’s mobile chargers use robotics and AI to serve multiple EVs without parking-garage rewiring, with a separate manual unit in development for dealership lots.
- A public unveiling of the latest autonomous robot is set for the Canadian International AutoShow on Feb. 13–22, where it will appear alongside APMA’s Project Arrow.
- The company highlights unmet demand in multi-tenant buildings and claims its approach could cut costs to 40% of current solutions while addressing roughly 30% of urban EV owners living in such housing.