The Canadian used vehicle wholesale market continues to do well in terms of overall weekly performance, with an increase of 0.51% for the week ending on May 18 — up from last week’s 0.46%, according to Canadian Black Book. In …
Quebec’s Groupe Park Avenue recently appointed Geneviève Lagassé as its new director of human resources. “We are very happy to welcome Geneviève to our big family. She is a dynamic person, open-minded, and close and attentive to people,” said Norman …
A new online survey commissioned by PureCars points to the importance of digital retailing and which aspects of it consumers are most leveraging, approximately one year into the pandemic. The online survey was presented to more than 2,000 automotive shoppers …
Automotive lenders need to adapt to a changing landscape in which new vehicle sales and dealerships in Canada continue to quickly shift their game online, according to a new report from J.D. Power. The recently released J.D. Power 2021 Canada …
Average new vehicle prices in the United States jumped 2.2% or $864 in April, year-over-year, and increased 0.23% or $92 from March 2021, according to the analysts at Kelley Blue Book. The estimated average transaction price for a light vehicle …
New general managers have been added to Adesa locations in Canada and the United States. In Canada, James Murphy has been added to Adesa Moncton. In the U.S., Carly Bishop has been added to Adesa Pittsburgh, Terry Costner at Adesa …
CIBC Auto Finance is donating $25 to the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) for every hybrid or electric vehicle financed through the company’s initiative with partner dealerships. The CIBC Green Vehicle program was officially launched on April 22 (Earth Day) …
Curbie, a Canadian car shopping startup based in Saskatchewan, has raised $7 million to expand throughout the prairies. “The online shopping platform allows users to search through an inventory of vehicles, get a no-haggle price, and get the vehicle delivered …
Tesla is reportedly in talks with China’s EVE Energy Co., maker of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, as it seeks to add the firm to its Shanghai factory supply chain, according to Reuters. The news agency said “The talks are …
U.S. President Joe Biden is pushing ahead with plans for an electrified future that focuses on electric vehicles and stricter emissions standards. Some of the changes include adopting an electrified federal fleet, re-introduction of the GREEN Act (EV tax credits), …
The semiconductor chip shortage has reached Mazda Motor Corporation and the company expects it to impact 100,000 vehicles across the globe during the fiscal year, according to Yahoo News. It said Mazda wants to leverage available inventory to minimize the …
Tesla’s Elon Musk has suspended the use of Bitcoin towards the purchase of its vehicles. “We are concerned about [the] rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any …
