It’s spring, the season when new-vehicle sales typically ascend toward their May crescendo, the apogee of the annual sales chart. But it is not happening this year, just as it didn’t happen last year. In fact, April 2022 sales of …
It will be even more important as consumers get behind the wheel of their first electric vehicle. An image of a VHS tape player with a digital clock flashing zeroes might not have much significance for many of today’s car …
March of 2021 was the strongest month of the last year for auto sales in Canada, but given the combined impact of ongoing pandemic-related issues and supply-side constraints, the trend has been downhill ever since. Sales of 140,460 new vehicles …
Battery is the future, but there is still room for more innovation We’ve all heard the mantra. The future of the automobile is electric! But what of the venerable internal combustion engine (ICE) and its 160 years of development? Will it …
The more things change, the more they stay the same, it seems. While the pandemic restrictions that limited sales over much of the past two years are now mostly behind us, the microchip shortage that ensued is being resolved only …
Without the early hype and fanfare the technology is moving ahead A couple of years ago, vehicle electrification and autonomous, self-driving capabilities were the two hottest topics in the field of automotive technology. Since then, the trend toward electrification has …
Hopes for a dramatic resurgence of auto sales in Canada with the new year will remain unrealized for a while yet, as supply-side issues continue to constrain vehicle production for most manufacturers. Canadian sales of 91,411 new vehicles in January, …
December 2021 sales of approximately 102,900 new vehicles in Canada were closer to pre-pandemic norms than at any time since March, down just 4.5% from a year earlier and 6.1% from 2019. But that modest recovery was too little, too …
If a hydrogen-rotary engine can be made to meet future emissions requirements, it could also provide OEMs and customers with an option. As it now stands, it seems likely that somewhere around 2035, or a few years thereafter, the only …
Sales of 110,448 new vehicles in Canada in November, as estimated by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC), were down 13.9% from the same month last year and 23.9% from November 2019, which was the last pre-pandemic year for comparison. As a …
New-vehicle sales in Canada fell to just 128,419 units in October, as estimated by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC), the lowest tally for the month since 2011. That total was down 17.7% from the same month a year ago, making it …
The times are changing, and so is the industry. Not that long ago, what was under the hood was the primary consideration in selecting a new car. Now, not so much, apart from whether it’s an internal-combustion engine (ICE) or …
