Author: David Adams

When will it all end?

For the world, but especially for Mexico and Canada — respectively the United States’ largest and second largest trading partners — it has been a very long first quarter of 2025.    There is seemingly no rhyme nor reason to the tariffs …

Karma Carmeleon

The fate of Tesla could impact the playing field for other electric vehicle makers  With a nod to the Culture Club hit of the 1980s the modified title of the song and the title of this piece relates to the …

Tariffs, trade and Trump

December 2, 2024

The politics of trade could be disruptive for Canada’s auto industry Recently during an interview in Chicago, former U.S. President, Donald Trump noted that “tariff” was his favourite word in the dictionary.  Looking back at his presidency, his use of …

Flying under the radar

Until EV demand soars, they will be more costly to produce.  Ihad the opportunity to attend the Management Briefing Seminar (MBS) hosted by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Traverse City, Michigan in early August.   It had been …

The day of reckoning

Inconsistent public policy measures leave Canada vulnerable as China ascends Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to participate in the SAFE conference in Washington, DC.  For those that are not familiar with SAFE, the acronym stands for Securing America’s …

The countdown is on

Will we beat the clock to achieve our zero emission vehicle adoption goals? From the point of view of the automotive industry, the more relevant question is: will we beat the clock in achieving our sectoral GHG emission reduction goals? …