Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday with California Governor Gavin Newsom on day two of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. The agreement will see both jurisdictions collaborating on protecting the environment and …
Starting July 1, Fiat’s entire model range offered in the UK will be electric or electrified, with the automaker moving to sell only hybrids and EVs in this crucial market. The step is in line with the automaker’s long-term plan …
Most modern cars know their locations better than their owners do. As suites of connected-car apps become mainstream for both emergency functionality (such as General Motors’ OnStar) or for owner conveniences such as remote start or parking guidance, new vehicles …
Semiconductor shortages, battery backlogs, soaring lithium and cobalt prices, record-high gas prices, war in Ukraine, lockdowns in Shanghai, the supply chain issues causing auto shortages are legion and well-documented. But new research just released by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants on June …
The wholesale market continued on a mild decline this week, according to Canadian Black Book. The Canadian wholesale market for used cars continued its mostly flat trajectory with another very slight decline overall for the tenth straight week. The week …
Quebec Marketer and technologist Harry Kasparian is CMO and CPO of HGreg, and has been named an honoree of the Seventh Annual 2022 Auto Remarketing’s 40 Under 40: Dealers Awards Program. He is one of the only Canadians on the …
There was a somewhat surprising result from an inaugural study just published by JD Power, showing that Canadians are less likely than our UScounterparts to think about purchasing an electric vehicle as our next auto. The study, called the J.D. …
TRADE X will expand its data-science team, with the goal of enhancing and expanding the reach of its end-to-end platform for global automotive trade. A global B2B cross-border automotive trading platform based in Canada, TRADE X’s press release stated that …
We Predict, a global automobile service and warranty analytics company, has been bought by JD Power, to bolster their operations in data analytics and customer intelligence. We Predict’s software is used by OEMs and suppliers as a tool to predict …
By the end of 2022, the 80-year-old Jeep brand will cease the sales of purely internal-combustion-engine vehicles in Europe, global CEO Christian Meunier revealed. Following the launch of Jeep’s plugin-hybrid Wrangler 4xE in 2020, the company has experienced increased demand …
At a recent conference, Jim Farley, the CEO of the Ford Motor Company, said that he believes his company should adopt a direct sales model, similar to Tesla’s. This is an idea that has been floated by many automakers before, …
The future for autonomous driving cars may not be limited to just roadways. TartanDrive is a massive data set with nearly 200,000 off-road interactions that may help future programmers understand physics so that vehicles can interpret terrain more intuitively. There’s …
