Greg Layson

A new report, entitled EV Battery Management at End-of-Vehicle Life, highlights opportunities to harmonize the developing EV battery management ecosystem and calls for greater coordination and alignment of policies across the country.

The facility, located between Calgary and Edmonton, will be the first step toward a full-scale lithium production plant that will produce up to 20,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium, needed for the electric-vehicle supply chain.

Building an autonomous taxi is ‘harder than putting a man on the moon.’

Analysts and auto industry insiders don’t appear to be quaking in their boots about new-vehicle sales, despite red-hot inflation, rising interest rates and economists raising the spectre of an economic downturn.

Canada’s rise to second spot this year, up from five a year ago, “reflects its large raw material resources and mining activity, as well as its good positioning in environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) and infrastructure, innovation, and industry.”

October showed once again that some automakers are doing just fine while others struggle in the face of a chip crisis, war in Ukraine and a looming recession.

The luxury brand will either pay for the cost of standard installation of a Level 2 (240-volt) home charger or give customers Flo charging credits.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystria Freeland bluntly told the roughly 300 executives in attendance at the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association that “our economy will slow.” Auto execs appreciated the tone, but insist they're in a good spot.

The midsize crossover base ES S-AWCwill start at $48,438, including shipping, but before any applicable provincial or federal electric-vehicle rebates. 

The Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association plans to give the public an advance look at its Project Arrow all-Canadian, all-electric autonomous vehicle.

The Canadian supply giant said Oct. 6 that it plans to invest more than US$120 million on a new engineering centre in Bengaluru, India. It will fill the facility with more than 1,000 engineers by the end of 2023.

J.D. Power’s Dealer of Excellence Program has arrived in Canada and has already named its first five winning dealerships, all of them part of the Dilawri Group.

Edmonton’s AutoCanada Inc. has bought North Toronto Auction, a fee-based used-vehicle auction business based in Innisfil, Ont. and serving dealers and consumers.

Total third-quarter sales were down 11.8 per cent to 387,435, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. However, the Detroit Three posted double-digit gains by percentage during the third quarter, up a combined 17.9 per cent.