2021 Calgary international auto show cancelled due to COVID-19

According to the union, 81 per cent of workers who voted supported the contract. Workers voted virtually on the deal Sunday through Monday morning.

Unifor wants as many as two new models to be built alongside the minivans at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' Windsor, Ont., assembly plant, where one of three shifts was recently cut amid shrinking sales in the segment.

Tim Reuss, head of the Canadian Automobiles Dealers Association, says that tile colour isn’t exactly a priority during a pandemic.

Nissan has developed a way of producing carbon-fibre components more quickly and cheaply as a step toward deploying the lightweight parts in mass-market vehicles around 2024.

Wage gains for members include a two-year reduction in the contentious 10-year wage grow-in period, two $2,000 “inflation protection” bonuses, a $7,250 “productivity and quality bonus” and two general wage increases of 2.5 per cent for workers at the full pay rate, according to the union.

About 1,540 members have signed a petition demanding that the union post full details of tentative agreements online before a ratification vote is held.

The pandemic is pushing young buyers to consider buying their own vehicles to increase social distance, a study by Deloitte found. The survey also shows 78 per cent favour completing a sale at a dealership in person.

The Liberals reiterated their desire to “make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable while investing in more charging stations across the country.”

The Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association says the investment shows that Canada can position itself to produce EVs as more of them come online and provides proof that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s regional content requirements work when it comes to spurring domestic investment.

The EV charging network says it will merge with a special-purpose acquisition company and use the proceeds to expand in North America, where it has hundreds of stations in Canada, and Europe.