Ontario’s automated vehicle (AV) pilot project will be led by experts from the research, manufacturing and technology sectors, including The University of Waterloo, the Erwin Hymer Group and BlackBerry QNX. The first province in Canada to test AVs on its …
When you consistently are named as one of Canada’s top employers, you have to be doing a lot of things right. That’s the honour earned for the sixth straight year by OpenRoad Auto Group in the annual survey conducted by …
Carvana continues its rapid U.S. expansion with the launch of its disruptive online used auto retail platform to the Indianapolis market — the company’s 11th new market of the year and 20th overall.They call themselves “a better way to buy …
Ontario new car dealers are breathing easier with the introduction of provincial legislation that makes changes to how municipalities are governed, but gives them no power to charge a Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT), says Frank Notte, director of government relations …
Mark Buzzell will be the next president and COO of the Ford Motor Company of Canada as of January 1, 2017. Currently general manager for the western market area of the U.S., Buzzell replaces Dianne Craig who served in the …
As the first mass market electric vehicle with an extended range and low price, the Chevy Bolt EV is seen by many as an auto industry game changer. Its reputation is further enhanced with the recent news that it has …
Results of Search Optics’ first annual digital marketing survey show the value that dealers place on organic website visitor traffic — and the gaps in internal digital marketing skill sets that currently exist. Knowing how to spend digital marketing dollars …
Michel Poirier is the new director of customer service at Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. He reports to president and CEO Don Romano, who says Poirier’s skill set will “help us set a new benchmark for customer service in the automotive …
More than a quarter of millennials believe that marijuana doesn’t affect — and may even enhance — driving abilities, according to a new poll from the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA). They’re wrong, of course. But with legalization possibly just around …
LGM Financial Services has been named a Best Small and Medium Employer in Aon Hewitt Canada’s annual ranking of Canada’s most engaged workforces. The 2017 list of 40 companies placed LGM in the Gold level category, with an engagement score …
Car sales may be slowing in response to the U.S market maturing — but not as a result of Donald Trump’s election, says National Automobile Dealers Association chief economist, Steven Szakaly. While the election may have caused some immediate market …
Electric vehicles now account for just one per cent of global vehicle sales, but that’s about to change quickly, say market research analysts at Commodity Inside. According to the new report, A Ten Year Strategic Outlook for the Global Electric …
