AVRIL is helping create tomorrow's advanced mobility options. Officially opened in February 2019, the Autonomous Vehicle Research & Intelligence Laboratory was conceived in 2016.
![Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains speaking with students](/autonomous-vehicle-research-intelligence-lab/sites/default/files/uploads/images/avril_ii.jpg)
Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains (right) speaks with students from WATonomous, Waterloo's undergraduate AutoDrive competition team, at AVRIL’s official opening.
AVRIL is a 10-bay R&D workspace for a wide variety of mobility applications including:
![3 points - autimated driving, Vehicle connectivity, ADAS - Advanced driver assistance system](/autonomous-vehicle-research-intelligence-lab/sites/default/files/uploads/images/about_image.png)
AVRIL was established with support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the Ontario Research Fund (ORF).