Hyundai Auto Canada recently received accolades for Best Workplace Culture and the CCDI Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion during the 10th anniversary celebration of the annual Canadian Human Resources Awards, which took place at the Westin Harbour Castle …
General Motors’ Chair and CEO Mary Barra was revealed to be one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Business for 2023. She is behind a strong electric vehicle push and navigating the UAW strike, according to Fortune. In fact, …
Several automakers recently announced that they will adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS). This includes Genesis, Hyundai, and Kia — the latter of which said electric vehicle owners of the brand will have access to 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across …
The Canadian new vehicle market remained hot this past month as sales from reporting OEMs, estimated by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, totalled 155,259 units for September 2023 — up 19.0% from the same month in 2022. “Improved vehicle availability is making …
Toyota Canada and its dealers donated more than $900,000 to local food banks across the country this month, as many Canadians continue to struggle with rising costs and food insecurity. In a news release Toyota Canada said food banks are …
Canada’s used wholesale market saw prices drop -0.30% for the week ending on Sept. 30, as the month wrapped up. This decline was more than the previous data period, as was the car segment’s decrease of -0.23% and trucks/SUVs decline …
Car-sharing company Turo continues to build partnerships to expand its presence, with the latest example connected to the Jonas Brothers. To celebrate the new album and the North American part of the group’s world tour, the three singers — Kevin, …
A company in the United States launched a conversational Artificial Intelligence service so that OEMs can create customized voice assistants that are capable of delivering more natural and actionable conversations. The company is Mapbox, which uses its own location services …
As soon as the 2023 CADA Summit finished, the planning committee (which consists of CADA’s senior leaders and the publishing team on Canadian auto dealer) dove into the attendee feedback to understand where we needed to make refinements, which topic …
Dealer Solutions Mergers and Acquisitions (DSMA) is buoyant about its partnership with Canadian-based Vicinity Motor Corporation (VMC) to retail its medium-size electric truck to dealers in North America. DSMA President/Founder Farid Ahmad told Canadian auto dealer the arrangement began in …
Study finds 76 per cent of dealers already had or will be integrating AI into their dealerships within three years. For years, the finance office in dealerships across the country has remained, for the most part, a bastion of tradition, …
I encourage you to read the column on artificial intelligence on page 34 by Dee Murphy-Brown in this issue. As I was editing her column, I was struck by the line: “Over the next half-decade, early adopters will likely start …
