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Flavio Volpe and Project Arrow

Season 2, Ep. 52

We packed everything up and headed to the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto to check out Project Arrow, a proof-of-concept plan to showcase all the amazing tech available from Canadian manufacturers when it comes to the cars of the future. The hope is that existing manufacturers will take advantange of what Canadian companies have to offer--and to inspire someone to create a domestic EV brand. We have the tech, the knowledge, and the worker base, to why not? Locomobi CEO Grant Furlane and Alan Cross sat down with Flavio Volpe of the Automotive Parts Manaufactures Association for the story of Project Arrow.

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