Wholesale prices continued its slow decline in Canada while all car segments of 2-8 year-old vehicles declined by 0.58%, according to Canadian Black Book’s latest COVID-19 automotive market weekly update. That decline is similar to last week’s 0.60% drop for …
Employment in the Canadian automotive sector is down in Q1 of 2020, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC). The biggest declines hail from the motor vehicle manufacturing sector, followed by motor vehicle parts and accessories manufacturing, automobile dealers, automotive repair …
Kole Hicks has been appointed by Autocorp Technologies as its new Executive Vice President. Autocorp Technologies is a Canadian-based fintech company with its head office located in Ottawa, Ont. Autocorp offers a suite of digital retailing products and services primarily …
Dealer by Design, a software development company geared towards improving dealership operations, announced the availability and two-month free trial of its digital platform DBD. The announcement was made on June 16 and mentions that the availability of the platform and …
Approximately 30,0000 salaried employees at Ford will have the option to work full-time from home, from the office, or create a balanced schedule of the two until at least New Year’s Eve. “The workplace you left is not the workplace …
Switching to an electric vehicle (EV) could allow Canadians to reap approximately $10,000 in “social benefits”, according to a study conducted by the Ontario Public Health Association. The study focuses on the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). “‘Social benefits’ …
AB Volvo plans to cut approximately 4,100 white-collar jobs from its workforce during the second half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The corona epidemic and the global measures taken to fight it has led to a market situation …
SUVs may be contributing to a higher pedestrian fatality rate, according to research published by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The study indicates that pedestrian deaths increased between 2009 and 2018 in the U.S., as SUVs were becoming …
Tesla signed a three-year pricing deal with Panasonic as the two plan to work together to develop new batteries for the electric vehicle maker. The agreement is related to the production and supply of lithium-ion battery cells at the Gigafactory …
CDK Global plans to create a new position for a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to better align its functions and improve the effectiveness of its North American business, according to a company news release. The new position is already taken: …
Dealer Security launched a page on its website dedicated to providing automotive dealerships with more information about its COVID-19 solutions. The page was published in June and includes details about its tools and use of Avigilon — which includes video, …
Shipments of new connected vehicles will decline at least 15 per cent in 2020 due to COVID-related supply and demand disruptions, according to global tech advisory firm ABI Research. The company, which is based in New York and has offices …
