ACV Gateway

The Automated and Connected Vehicle (ACV) Gateway

A collaboration space to share information and build a network of professionals working on ACVs

Join the ACV Gateway on GCcollab to share information, participate in discussions, connect with partners, and work with others in a secure environment. The GCcollab platform is currently accessible to public servants from all orders of government, academics, staff and students from post-secondary institutions, as well as any other partners or stakeholders with an invitation to register. Looking for information on how to register?

Already registered on GCcollab? Head over to the ACV Gateway

Opportunities & Challenges	Regulatory Landscape	Research & Testing

The automotive and transportation sectors are being shaped by transformative technologies with opportunities for innovation, job creation, investment attraction and growth. They also bring new challenges, including safety, privacy, cyber security, ethics, liability, infrastructure, and labour market impacts.	Governments will play a leadership role in ensuring readiness for automated and connected vehicles, including: supporting their safe deployment on public roads improving road and public safety increasing transportation efficiency and mobility fostering economic opportunities for Canada ensuring personal information privacy and cyber security spurring innovation

Partially-automated vehicles – for example with lane-keeping assistance or adaptive cruise control – are available now, and there is a wide range of opinions on when fully automated vehicles will be commercially available. See the levels of automation. Automated vehicles are also closely linked to connected vehicle technologies that interact with the world – for example with other cars on the road or road infrastructure.

In January 2018, the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications issued its report, Driving Change: Technology and the Future of the Automated Vehicle Senate Report web page See the Government Response

How many cars are on the road? In 2016, more than 24.2 million vehicles were registered in Canada: 92.3% were vehicles weighing less than 4,500 kilograms, mainly passenger automobiles, pickups, Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) and minivans; 4.3% were medium and heavy trucks weighing 4,500 kilograms or more; and 3.3% were other vehicles such as buses, motorcycles and mopeds. Read more in Transportation in 2017.

See the Road Transportation page on Canada.ca for information on defects and recalls, importing vehicles, child car seats, safety standards, commercial carriers, and road security.