It’s not as simple as just choosing a gasoline station and any available pump. As more battery electric vehicles (BEVs) come to market with increased range capabilities, early customer resistance to BEVs based on “range anxiety” concerns is gradually being …
New vehicle sales in Canada for both the second quarter and first half of 2021 have rebounded strongly from the lows of 2020. Total sales of 478,717 units in Q2 and 857,447 for H1 were up by 51.8% and 33.0% …
The transition to EVs brings with it a whole new set of terminology. From the inception of the automobile, we’ve become accustomed to defining the performance of its powertrain with a standard unit of measure: horsepower. While not everybody knows …
A number of automakers are proponents of eFuels, also known as synthetic liquid fuels. That the future of the automobile not only will be, but must be electric, is now dogma. It’s bombarding us from all directions — through the …
It is encouraging that April 2021 sales units of 162,455 new vehicles in Canada were up by 254.4% from their year-ago nadir, as estimated by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC). But they are not back to normal yet. Sales of just …
A decision by the FCC suggests our autonomous future may be intrinsically linked to the future of 5G technology. A recent decision by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which went largely unnoticed in the volatile political environment surrounding it …
Not surprisingly, given the multitude of confounding factors currently affecting the Canadian marketplace, new vehicle sales in February fell below year-ago levels for the month by almost 10%. DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC) estimates total Canadian sales of 112,654 new vehicles …
While Canadian auto sales bounced back strongly in the second half of 2020, to within 5% of pre-COVID figures, they’re off to a much rockier start for 2021. DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC) estimates total sales of 90,890 units for the …
“Over-the-air-updates” will become an expectation among future car buyers raised in the latter part of the digital age and beyond. Much has already been written about the potentially negative impact of online sales on the future of the traditional auto …
Forget “green” hydrogen. It’s now all about the “blue.” It’s been about 30 years since I took my first ride in a hydrogen-fuelled vehicle — a prototype bus powered by an early developmental Ballard fuel cell. I’ve lost track of …
After bottoming out in April, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, new-vehicle sales bounced back quickly to within 5% of previous-year figures by July and they’ve continued at or above that level, on average, since then. Until November! …
In spite of the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, October sales of 156,095 new vehicles in Canada were down just 2.1% from the same month last year, based on estimates by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC). Cumulative year-to-date sales of …
