Rising Canadian retailer Basis Automotive Corp. has entered a brand new state and added a brand new model, Nissan, to its portfolio with its newest acquisition of dealerships. Basis Automotive purchased Jones Buick-GMC, Jones Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram and Jones Nissan in Savannah, Tenn., and Jones Chevrolet Humboldt in Humboldt, Tenn., from Jones Motor Co. on Friday, in
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Regardless of ongoing work to extract lithium from the geothermal brines of California and the hard-rock spodumene deposits of Quebec, North America’s first main new supply of the dear battery steel might come not from a mine, however a recycling plant run by a Canadian firm in unassuming Upstate New York. Li-Cycle Holdings CEO Ajay
Ford Motor Co.‘s 2023 F-150 Raptor R provides eye-popping V-8 punch to the automaker’s off-road lineup, but it surely will not supplant the Ram 1500 TRX because the apex predator of the full-size efficiency pickup section. Ford stated the Raptor R’s 5.2-litre V-8 engine will generate 700 hp and 640 pound-feet of torque, just under the TRX’s 702 hp and
A sequence of electric-vehicle and battery supply-chain investments in Canada and the USA this spring have shifted North America’s automotive axis a bit farther north, business insiders say. However regardless of few wins in Mexico’s column to date — zero of 10 large-scale battery crops — it’s too early within the EV transition to low
A sequence of multi-use buildings throughout the Larger Toronto Space are set to wire in additional than 100 sensible electrical automobile chargers over the subsequent eight months because the federal authorities continues to again EV infrastructure and Canadian landlords search for new methods to enchantment to tenants. Tech agency Peak Energy Inc. introduced the $1.6
Toyota’s luxurious division is casting a large web with the fifth-generation Lexus RX, above, providing a “powertrain for everybody,” based on the automaker. The crossover’s 4 choices — one gasoline, two hybrid and a plug-in hybrid — run the gamut, from specializing in fuel-efficiency to prioritizing efficiency. Anticipated to go on sale in Canada on
Porsche Vehicles Canada says Canadian John Cappella will probably be its new president and CEO, efficient September 1, 2022. He succeeds Marc Ouayoun who has been on the helm of the corporate since January 2018. Ouayoun will quickly take a brand new place throughout the Volkswagen Group, Porsche Vehicles Canada mentioned in a press release
Groupe Touchette, the most important Canadian-owned tire distributor, struck a deal to amass American Tire Distributors’ belongings within the nation, a transfer which will roughly double its annual gross sales. Montreal-based Groupe Touchette will serve “all main producers and provide clients throughout Canada” after the deal, the corporate mentioned in an announcement Wednesday. The agency’s
The 2023 Toyota Crown would be the model’s new top-of-the-line car in Canada and america, reviving the nameplate within the two nations for the primary time since 1972 whereas the mannequin has been in its native Japan for many years. Toyota calls the Crown a full-size sedan with a “larger ride-height design,” however the styling is way
Dealer Company’s AutoSync President Edwin Ulak discusses how customers all the time drive change within the retail area, significantly on-line. He additionally has some recommendation for sellers because the tempo of digital transactions picks up. How do I subscribe?Cannot wait to listen to the subsequent episode of Canada Conversations? Subscribe by way of a podcast
CALGARY — Shell Canada has introduced plans to considerably increase its electrical car charging community throughout the nation. The vitality firm stated Wednesday it is going to set up 79 Shell Recharge quick charging factors at 37 Shell retail stations throughout Canada, alongside main corridors from B.C. to Ontario, by the top of this 12 months. At present, Shell Canada has simply 25
Belgian supplies know-how firm Umicore dedicated July 13 to spending about $1.5 billion to construct an built-in manufacturing plant for cathode and precursor battery supplies outdoors Kingston, Ont. The funding will add one other hyperlink to Canada’s electrical car battery provide chain and catapult Japanese Ontario right into a sector lengthy dominated by automotive nerve
Hyundai Canada is giving clients in components of the nation a brand new method to expertise driving electrical automobiles earlier than they purchase. The South Korea-based automaker has partnered with Turo, Canada’s largest peer-to-peer automotive sharing firm, in a program referred to as EValuate. Canadians interested in EVs however not able to commit, can e-book
Honda’s sixth-generation made-in-Canada 2023 CR-V compact crossover is greater, sportier and can characteristic a hybrid trim positioned on the high of the Canadian lineup that the Japanese automaker hopes will entice half of all patrons to go inexperienced. Along with a brand new fuel-sipping hybrid, the newest CR-V represents a serious advance over the outgoing
The federal authorities is broadening its monetary help for zero-emission automobiles past the patron market by way of a $550-million incentive program that can assist companies purchase or lease electrical business automobiles starting from full-sized pickups to semitrucks. Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra launched the Medium- and Heavy-Responsibility Zero-Emission Autos (iMHZEV) program at a press
BMW’s fourth-generation X3 compact crossover will function the model’s upsized signature kidney grille and slimmer LED lights, in line with pictures of a closely camouflaged prototype spied in Germany. The X3 is BMW’s top-selling mannequin in Canada, accounting for 34.8 per cent of complete gross sales within the first half of 2022. It is the
Order-and-wait practices have grow to be the norm in the course of the present vehicle-supply crunch and can grow to be the way in which most individuals purchase automobiles sooner or later, auto retailing analysts say. Automakers have been compelled to restructure stock administration as clients wait weeks, months and even years for his or
A Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary that focuses on electrical automobile battery storage has reached an settlement with a Canadian startup to repurpose partly-spent EV batteries. Mercedes-Benz Vitality will provide used batteries from the automaker’s electrical autos to Vancouver-based Second Vitality Inc., which can convert them to modules that present rechargeable energy to industrial and industrial buildings. A serious problem of
Canadian Automobile Producers Affiliation President Brian Kingston discusses his group’s new EV Readiness Dashboard, requires tripling EV incentives, explains why Canada wants 1.6 million chargers and tells us what he discovered on the Electrical Automobile Symposium and Exhibition in Oslo, Norway. How do I subscribe?Cannot wait to listen to the following episode of Canada Conversations?
Excessive inflation was key to a handful of strikes in Ontario’s auto elements sector this spring and will immediate additional contract disputes throughout the business. Unifor, which represents 1000’s of employees at Canadian suppliers, additionally stated extra crops are prone to unionize as workers search larger wages to offset will increase in dwelling bills. Latest
The Unobvious Ones is a month-to-month take a look at movers and shakers who fly beneath the radar within the Canadian auto business. ANDREW KEE THE QUEST TO KICK THE CHEMICALS OUT OF FOAM Automakers need sustainability, however additionally they need comfy seats for his or her automobiles. That may be a problem for suppliers.
Volkswagen Group has chosen Canadian tech large BlackBerry to assist the automakers newest software program platform. The automaker mentioned earlier this week that its Cariad software program unit will likely be streamlined in an effort to step up the tempo of software program growth. BlackBerry QNX know-how will likely be a part of the VW.OS
Porsche Monetary Providers Canada will now supply Porsche consumers auto insurance coverage, brokered by Aon. Porsche Insurance coverage is a personalized insurance coverage program developed particularly by the partnership between the automaker and Aon for autos provided by the premium sports activities automotive model. Porsche Canada says “drivers [will be able to] design customized insurance coverage options tailor-made to
New-vehicle gross sales plunged an estimated 10.2 per cent in the course of the second quarter, nevertheless it wasn’t dangerous information throughout the board for automakers as a handful managed beneficial properties. Low-volume sellers Audi, Porsche, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Good, Jaguar and Land Rover haven’t but reported their gross sales. Volkswagen additionally hasn’t launched its gross
OTTAWA — Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the convergence of Canada’s automotive and mining sectors is working to lure extra firms to Canada to make electrical vehicles and the batteries that energy them. Over eight weeks final spring, automakers and battery firms introduced greater than $13 billion in new investments within the electrical automobile manufacturing sphere in Canada, together with batteries
A stalled Quebec lithium undertaking is getting a second probability at tapping into North America’s fast-expanding electrical car battery provide chain because the provincial authorities commits $80 million to relaunching Nemaska Lithium. The homegrown Quebec miner was as soon as on monitor to change into Canada’s first large-scale producer of lithium hydroxide by way of
Volkswagen could also be reducing vehicles from its North American lineup, however a brand new full-electric sedan, the ID Aero, is headed to Canada and america, possible after it launches in China and Europe. VW confirmed a near-production idea of the midsize sedan in China final week, forward of a deliberate gross sales launch in
Canadian electric-vehicle maker ElectraMeccanica is one in all a number of automakers constructing three-wheeled and micro automobiles designed to discover a house within the supply market. In June, the electrical bike startup Joco, which rents e-bikes to meals supply employees and different couriers in New York Metropolis and Chicago, started testing a brand new automobile known
European auto vegetation are reducing 68,000 automobiles from their manufacturing schedules this week and North American factories 36,000 due to the continued microchip scarcity, in keeping with the newest report from AutoForecast Options. These plan adjustments and others around the globe have brought on AFS to boost its projection for complete misplaced 2022 auto manufacturing
AutoCanada Inc. plans to purchase again as much as $100 million in shares from buyers, because the publicly traded dealership group weighs its present share worth in opposition to its property and outlook. The Edmonton-based firm, which owns 80 franchised dealerships in Canada and the USA, introduced the buyback plan June 28. AutoCanada shareholders, by
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