CUTRIC Announces Funding for Clean Emissions Technology

The Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium has announced that its Board of Directors has approved funding for a demonstration project led by Advanced Technology Emission Solutions Inc. and its partners Systematix, ABB, Sheridan College and Natural Resources Canada’s Canmet MATERIALS research laboratory.

For this innovative and challenging demonstration project, CUTRIC will provide $130,000 from funding the Province of Ontario committed to in the 2017-18 provincial budget. In addition, there will be direct investments from industry and academic stakeholders. The project is being led by ATES, the innovator of the smart induction heated catalyst system.

“Innovation through collaboration is the key to success in Ontario’s growing knowledge-based economy,” said Brad Duguid, minister of economic development and growth. “Ontario is pleased to support a project that grows Ontario’s automotive sector, creates high-value jobs, and also helps in the fight against climate change.”

“Collaborative research and development that leads to the commercialization of emissions-reducing technologies for transportation is a crucial component of any legitimate climate action plan,” said Josipa Petrunic, executive director and CEO of CUTRIC. “This is the first of many state-of-the-art projects that CUTRIC will be funding to support the growth of a low-carbon smart mobility future in Canada." 

This project involves research and development activities supported by research teams, and technology and manufacturing stakeholders, to design, manufacture and deploy next generation prototypes of sub components used in the ATES induction heated catalyst system, an innovative technology targeting automotive clean technology solutions. Results have shown significant emission reductions can be achieved through the application of induction heated catalysts on vehicles with internal combustion engines.

“With the application of induction heated catalysts, the after treatment emission systems on modern vehicles can achieve operating temperature rapidly, and in doing so, specifically addresses the challenges associated with harmful cold-start emissions,” said Anthony Hardenne, ATES’ chief executive officer. “The ATES system enables powertrain engineers to have an unprecedented, precise level of control of Real Driving Emissions (RDE) by effectively managing the thermal signature of the emissions system throughout the entire drive cycle in all real-world driving conditions.”

This demonstration project is the first of several to receive funding approval by CUTRIC.