Greg Layson

While Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy delivered a rousing speech that took MPPs on a virtual winding road trip — a victory lap, of sorts — of automotive investment in the province, the budget he tabled Thursday was light on new money, incentives and tax breaks for the industry.

"Normal" production levels could return in 2023, but the industry isn't out of the woods yet as supply constraints are likely to linger for "several months."

If Prime Minister Trudeau is suggesting a mandate can fix a global supply bottleneck and the lack of lithium mines, he’s dead wrong.

Canadian logistics company Purolator says it will spend $1 billion over the next seven years electrifying its fleet and terminals.

Automakers sold an estimated 103,771, marking the second worst February sales performance of the last 10 years, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants.

An electric-vehicle “price war” is expanding the roster of vehicles eligible for federal consumer rebates, but it is unlikely to draw in more automakers.

Organizers say 350,214 people visited the Metro Toronto Convention Centre between between Feb. 16 and 26 to post the third-biggest total attendance in the show’s 50-year history.

Project Arrow’s unveiling Jan. 6 at CES in Las Vegas drew swarms of news media and industry executives, including GM Canada President Marissa West and Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares. This month, it made its public debut at home when it was part of the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto.

Québec-based Uni-Select, Canada’s largest supplier of automotive refinish, industrial paint and more than two million replacement parts in the auto industry, is being purchased by U.S.-based LKQ Corporation for approximately $2.8 billion in cash.

BrightDrop Greater Toronto Area, located about 36 kilometres north of the heart of the provincial capital, is the second store in North America selling the automaker’s commercial electric delivery vans. It joins the first location which opened in Fontana, Calif., in 2021 near Los Angeles.

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the Canadian Utility Vehicle of the Year while the BMW i4 EV has won Car of the Year.

Stellantis on Monday named Jason Stoicevich its head of Canadian operations, effective immediately. He replaces David Buckingham, who is retiring at the end of May after 35 years with the automaker.

Canadian new-vehicle sales had a jack-rabbit start to 2023. The question is whether they can sustain the torrid pace from which they left the starting line.

Tesla says in the filing it wants to “engage with the government and its agencies to identify opportunities and propose solutions to reduce electricity costs for large-scale DC fast charging operations, including for commercial truck fleets.”

"Inventory levels in dealerships have gone down across the country and across most manufacturers – indicating a reduction in supply levels,” Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors concludes in its Zero Emission Vehicle Availability report for Transport Canada.