Online car shopping platform Canada Drives, which was founded in Vancouver in 2010, is now opening its platform to Ontario and wants to serve 80 per cent of Canadians nationally by the end of 2022. “Having been a part of …
A court in India ordered officials to inspect COVID-19-related safety protocols at Renault-Nissan’s Tamil Nadu car plant. Workers are currently on strike over claims that social distancing rules are not being respected. “Workers at the southern Indian factory, jointly owned …
Tesla is doing away with radar technology in certain U.S.-built vehicles (Model 3 and Model Y), according to CarAdvice. “When radar and vision disagree, which one do you believe? Vision has much more precision, so better to double down on …
A New York State senator is proposing a safety rating system that would see trucks and SUVs tested on their potential lethality in a collision with a pedestrian. “The New York State Senate has introduced a bill, SB 4307, that …
Hyundai reportedly plans to reduce the number of combustion-engined models in its lineup by 50 per cent so it can invest in electric vehicles, according to Driving.ca. “While Hyundai did not specifically address a Reuters query on its plans for …
We write a lot about succession in the pages of Canadian auto dealer — including this issue’s cover story. That’s because the core audience of our magazine consists of dealer principals, who think a lot about these issues. And other …
Ontario’s performance is finally starting to ramp up after lagging behind the other provinces in terms of new light vehicle sales—a situation that dates back to spring 2020, when the market was hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to DesRosiers …
The Canadian used vehicle wholesale market managed another positive performance with an increase of 0.35% for the week ending on May 25, even though it was down from the previous week’s 0.51%, according to Canadian Black Book. In its Canadian …
OpenRoad Auto Group is eyeing an opportunity outside of the automotive industry; the company is looking to Vancouver’s thriving residential real estate market where it launched OpenForm Properties. This is the company’s new design-driven residential development division and its first …
Phil Valachi, a veteran automotive digital retailing technology executive, has been tapped as Digital Air Strike’s new senior vice president of operations and client success at a time when digital retail appears to be gaining significant traction among dealerships and …
A company seeking to build the most comprehensive electric vehicle charging network in Canada just secured $3.1M to launch the expansion of its public EV plan. The company is ChargerQuest (CQ), founded by Christopher Misch who is well-versed in Canada’s …
After nearly 52 years of researching and writing about the automotive industry, Dennis DesRosiers, President of DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC), is stepping back from the company to take on a consulting role. DesRosiers sold his remaining shares to his business …
