Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA)

News, insights and analysis regarding Canada’s national association, the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA), representing OEM producers of parts, equipment, tools, supplies, advanced technology, and services for the worldwide automotive industry.

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Project Arrow 2.0: bigger, better, designed to strengthen Canada’s EV ecosystem

Project Arrow 2.0 will produce a series of 10 to 20 vehicles featuring upgraded technology and new suppliers in a program that helps solve Canada’s EV ecosystem challenges

Emma Jarratt

Nov 30, 2023

5 minute read

Project Arrow spotlights Durham Region’s auto sector potential

Ontario’s Durham Region is building out one of the most robust auto manufacturing ecosystems. Project Arrow is the area’s proof of concept from R&D to final assembly and everything in between

Invest Durham

Jan 12, 2023

6 minute read

Curtain lifts on Project Arrow, “Canada’s Car,” in Las Vegas at CES 2023

The global spotlight is shining on Project Arrow as the completed electric vehicle prototype debuted at CES 2023, cementing its status as a calling card for made-in-Canada automotive expertise

Emma Jarratt

Jan 5, 2023

8 minute read

APMA gives first look at Project Arrow vehicle at 70th annual conference today in Windsor

For the first time, Canadians are getting a peek under the sheet at the “Canada’s car” prototype, as Electric Autonomy Canada is invited to an early reveal

Emma Jarratt

Oct 19, 2022

4 minute read

“Canada’s Car” Project Arrow inspires an annual accessible vehicle design competition spin-off

While the original Project Arrow vehicle heads into the final stages of assembly, its spirit is now serving as an inspiration to post-secondary students across Canada in an annual challenge to imagine the vehicle of the future, this time with accessibility in mind

Emma Jarratt

Jul 26, 2022

4 minute read

Project Arrow and the final mile: the APMA’s Flavio Volpe says Canada’s own electric car is nearly here

At the end of 2022 the real life prototype of the Project Arrow vehicle will be unveiled to the world. In an exclusive interview, one of the project’s core leaders recaps the journey and sets the record straight on future plans

Emma Jarratt

Jan 11, 2022

9 minute read

Federal government puts $5 million towards Project Arrow ZEV concept car initiative

The funding, provided through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, will support important design development work for the made-in-Canada zero-emission vehicle project

Emma Jarratt

Aug 12, 2021

2 minute read

Vying for Canada’s flagship battery manufacturing facility: proposals brewing in Quebec, B.C. and Ontario

As the electric mobility industry quests to establish Canada’s national battery supply chain we look at three companies who are trying to put down factory roots in a critical demonstration of future potential

Emma Jarratt Jasmin Legatos

Mar 5, 2021

7 minute read

APMA unveils winning design for Project Arrow, an all-Canadian concept EV

The collaborative project, launched by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association to showcase Canadian expertise, now moves to the engineering phase, with the car’s construction and release slated for 2022

Katie Ingram

Oct 13, 2020

2 minute read

Project Arrow gaining traction in bid to showcase Canadian EV production capability

In an exclusive video interview, APMA CTO Colin Singh Dhillon explains how the all-Canadian concept EV project is unfolding — with three finalists selected — as a proving ground for Canada’s domestic battery and EV supply chain

Stephanie Wallcraft

Jun 3, 2020

3 minute read