The government is contributing $440,000 through its CleanBC Go Electric Program in partnership with Trades Training BC (a consortium of post-secondary institutions created to promote trades training) to extend the EV tech-training program.

Cryptocurrency has grown steadily as a legitimate medium of exchange despite most consumers’ limited understanding of it — money that exists only as bytes on a computer hard drive — and its sometimes murky reputation as a haven for shady dealing.

The zero-emission technology has been touted as the future, but little progress on refuelling infrastructure has been made.

The pandemic has altered some aspects of consumer spending, but Jim Pattison says: "We’ve never seen business better in the car business right now."

Subaru added a new Outdoor package, bringing the total number of trim levels to seven (three manual-transmission, four CVT automatic). Outdoor falls between the Touring and Sport trims.

The single-seat all-electric Solo, to be sold in the United States and starting at US$18,500, has been in development for about five years and undergone steady refinement as it approached commercial production.

Subscription services are new to the auto sector, and the jury’s still out on whether they’re a paying proposition.

The proposed policy would gradually lift the standard from 10 per cent of light-vehicle sales by 2025 to 100 per cent by 2040. The government also would bolster buyer incentives and fund expansion of rapid-recharging stations.

Owners reluctant to have their defective airbags replaced have slowed Honda Canada's recall blitz. Many Canadians brush off replacements, even when the automaker's technicians offer to do the work in the owner's driveway.

Honda also wants repair work to be completed before affected vehicles can be registered to a new owner.