Underscoring the company’s commitment to continuous innovation, John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO of BlackBerry Limited was joined by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today to unveil the BlackBerry QNX Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre (AVIC).

Housed within the BlackBerry QNX facility in Ottawa, Ontario, the centre will accelerate the realisation of connected and self-driving vehicles by developing production-ready software independently and in collaboration with partners in the private and public sector.

As part of this initiative, BlackBerry QNX plans to recruit and hire local software engineers to work on ongoing and emerging engineering projects for connected and autonomous cars.