Puff, Puff, Give me a ride please. Mary Jane’s wheels. and Doobie Brothers car parts & accessories. Those would also have been perfectly acceptable headlines for this story.
Motive’s new-tech automobile… the Kestrel ($TBA) is Canada’s golden child of automotive genius. 
It’s electric (that’s a given), but the true brilliance is it’s outer-body… made from a bio-composite of different grown materials. Creating industry specific new jobs in agriculture for the automotive industry. Very cool in our book. But hey, it’s Canada… and those people are just kooky enough to pull it off!
The silver lining on the entire project (and the reason for our wonderful title(s))… one of the main bio-composites is hemp. Oh yes my friends… the main part of America’s 
favorite, and most controversial, plants. (Sidenote – does an entire intersection get high if the Lakers win another championship and a few of these get rolled over and burned?)
The jokes are endless… the opportunities are vast… and the Maple Leaf peeps did it first. Here’s more from the people that are really making it happen:
Kestrel Specifications:
Architecture: Compact 4 passengers, 3 doors
Manufacturing Specifications:
Purpose:
The Kestrel has been designed and will be manufactured entirely in Canada by a yet undisclosed consortium of technology and manufacturing partners coming together under the title of Project Eve. Project Eve brings together Canadian skills for the purpose of producing and supporting Canadian electric vehicles and components.
Advanced Manufacturing
“Everything we know about design and manufacturing is about to change.”
The 20th century brought the industrial revolution. The 21st Century is bringing the next wave of advancements in manufacturing technology: from software capable of highly complex mechanical simulations, hardware capable of processing unfathomable amounts of data, 3D printers and computer controlled machines capable of producing parts instantly. We are on the brink of a massive paradigm shift.
By embracing these new technologies and combining them with the best of traditional manufacturing knowledge, we are able to design vehicles from the outset to utilise the most efficient path to prototyping and production.
Advanced Materials
As we move into the new era of materials science, design companies must be prepared to effectively deploy these materials into new projects. At Motive we pride ourselves on being agile enough to make rapid decisions regarding new material application, but wise enough to know what will and will not work in the real world.
We are constantly monitoring advancements in composite materials, metals, nanotechnology, coatings, plastics and ceramics with a focus on immediate application and testing. We have long-standing relationships with material suppliers who use Motive as a test-bed for trial applications of new material technologies, giving us a lead in this amazing field.
Advanced DesignAlong with advancements in manufacturing and materials, the design tools available today far surpass expectations held even a few years ago. Today there is little separation between computer models and reality, as advanced computer simulations have proven time and time again to match real-world testing.
At Motive, our elite design team utilizes the latest software tools which complement our focus on advanced technology and provide unparalleled solutions in the application of new materials. With industry-standard ALIAS and CATIA as our primary design software, we can provide solutions throughout the manufacturing process from clean-sheet design to factory throughput.
With our focus on the application of cutting-edge technologies, we strive to be the first and the best in the automotive industry in understanding new design tools and their relevance to ongoing and upcoming projects.
Architecture: Compact 4 passengers, 3 doors
