Researchers at a new automotive lab at the University of Waterloo believe their work today will help to design the cars of tomorrow.
The new $10-million Green and Intelligent Automotive (GAIA) Research Facility officially opened Wednesday in completely renovated space in the Engineering 3 building.
It's the latest addition to the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research, or WatCAR, touted as the largest university-based automotive research centre in Canada.
The new facility will support the work of eight professors in four departments and more than 100 researchers.
"In GAIA, we will develop the next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles, powered by new batteries and fuel-efficient engines, connected to the Internet and to each other to create a smarter and safer ride with little or no emissions," said John McPhee, a systems design engineering professor and head of the GAIA facility. [Read more]