Dear CUTRIC-CRITUC Member,

CUTRIC-CRITUC is inviting interested transit agencies, utilities, original equipment manufacturers and allied industry stakeholders to the 9th session of "Innovation P3: CUTRIC's P3 Initiative for E-Buses ". This initiative would focus on developing a sustainable template for achieving a P3-styled venture to integrate the private sector in the financing, deployment, and maintenance of Electric Bus and supporting platforms. across multiple jurisdictions across Canada through CUTRIC's Innovation P3 © (Public-Private-Partnership) model. While we would primarily be exploring the deployment of e-buses and infrastructure through the P3 mode, we would still like to welcome transit agencies who are looking for grants and financial aid as their preferred means of procurement but are still interested in knowing more about the technology, data and deployment challenges.

We will continue to explore the standardized high-powered (450kW+) opportunity on-route chargers (see SAE J3105) as well as standardized depot chargers (see SAE J1772) -- both with integrated energy storage solutions and multi-manufacturer electric and fully zero-emissions buses. Industry partners that have already engaged in supporting the technical planning of this Project include Nova Bus, New Flyer Industries, Proterra, ABB, Siemens, and e-Camion.

This session will highlight the proposed structure of an MoU-bound group, comprising of transit agencies, utilities and manufacturers, that will further undertake the development of Innovation P3 template ©. We will also highlight the fee structure associated with the participation in this MoU-bound group which will cover the legal, bid-development for seeking partial government funding, etc.

This session would, also, comprise presentations from transit/utility agencies, funding and financing agencies and CUTRIC. We look forward to welcoming your organization to this national project planning process.

Date: March 31st, 2020

Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST

Location: Zoom Webinar - Details to be shared 1 day prior to session

Sincerely,

Dr. Abhishek Raj, National Lead-Electric Bus Project & Researcher

Aditya Ramesh, Project Manager: Electric Bus and Coach Bus

Dr. Josipa Petrunic, Executive Director & C.E.O.