Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. has announced the opening of Pfaff Porsche, the country’s second Certified Porsche Classic Partner. The newest Certified Porsche Classic Partner is the seventh such initiative in North America and 56th internationally, providing owners of Porsche Classic …
Former vice-president of Ontario-based CarProof, Karim Hemani, has joined Refresh Financial as the credit building solution provider’s chief operating officer. Hemani has driven consumer-focused business strategy in automotive, retail and financial services for the last 14 years in senior executive …
FCA Canada has become the first OEM in the country to offer an online solution that will enable consumers to initiate the digital purchase of a vehicle. DealerTrack has partnered with FCA Canada to develop website enhancements that “deliver a …
A report released by the International Energy Agency on the global state of electric charging infrastructure and vehicles on the road has cited Canada as lagging behind countries such as China and Norway, with Canadian EV sales hitting 11,580 in …
A study by Frost & Sullivan has concluded that by 2025, the global ridesharing market will be a multi-billion dollar industry, presenting OEMs with investment opportunities in existing ridesharing services, and the opportunity to launch OEM-specific ridesharing, carsharing and eHailing …
With a confidence vote looming in the B.C. parliament, the reigning Liberal government has announced that Thursday’s scheduled throne speech will include a commitment of $50 million to build 4,321 new EV charging stations over the next five years. “We …
CDK Global, a leading provider of automotive retail IT and digital marketing solutions, has announced the appointment of Amy Byrne as its new executive vice president and chief human resources officer. In her most recent role, Byrne led human resources …
Car dealerships are set to become extinct within less than a decade, according to a new report published by RethinkX, an independent think tank based in San Francisco, Calif. But the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association regards the study as not …
DrivingSales is holding a two-day conference in Calgary in July. Ted Graham, head of Open Innovation at General Motors, will be the event keynote. Other speakers will be focusing on leveraging technology, digital media and people power to “show participants …
CarGurus, a popular online automobile listings site, has found that trust is a decisive factor among Canadians when shopping for automobiles, real estate and other costly purchases. Price transparency ranked as the highest priority among respondents to the CarGurus survey. …
The Greater Toronto Area’s fourth Porsche dealership is scheduled to open in the next few weeks at the site of one of North America’s busiest highway interchanges, said John Cappella, Managing Director of Porsche Centre North Toronto. The dealership site …
To help job seekers improve their job search process and dealers cast a wider net when posting job openings, the Trillium Automobile Dealers Association has launched a new version of its public-facing consumer-services website, CarsandJobs.com. The site has new features …
