U.S. Senate Delays Permanent Chinese-Car Ban While Canada Allows 49,000 EVs at 6.1% Tariff
The North American auto market is moving toward a striking policy split over Chinese vehicles. In Washington, a bipartisan effort...
Volkswagen Pushes $7-Billion Ontario Battery Plant to 2029 as EV Market Shifts
One of Canada’s biggest bets on the electric-vehicle economy will take longer to pay off than originally planned. Volkswagen subsidiary...
Volkswagen Turns to Xpeng for a Second EV as Its China Deliveries Fall 26%
Volkswagen’s next attempt to regain momentum in China is arriving with distinctly Chinese technology under the skin. The German automaker...
Chinese Auto Brands Hit 11.3% of Europe as EV Registrations Jump 52%
Europe’s car market is changing at a speed that would have seemed unlikely only a few years ago. In August...
Toronto Road-Tech Firm Quarterhill Wins U.K. Approval for Radar That Can Replace In-Road Traffic Sensors
A piece of Canadian transportation technology is gaining access to one of Europe’s most demanding traffic-management markets. Toronto-headquartered Quarterhill has...
Toronto’s Neo Secures 40% of NdPr Output in New Rare-Earth Deal Tied to EV Motors
Toronto-based Neo Performance Materials is moving to lock down another source of the rare-earth materials that sit deep inside the...
Honda Plans Up to US$2.5 Billion Ohio Hybrid Plant While Ontario EV Megaproject Stays Frozen: Report
Honda’s North American manufacturing strategy is taking another sharp turn. Honda Motor is reportedly preparing to invest as much as...
U.S. Senate Pushes Permanent Chinese-Car Ban as Canada Opens Its Market to BYD and Other Chinese Brands
North America is beginning to draw two sharply different lines around Chinese vehicles. In Washington, a bipartisan Senate effort is...
Honda’s Next CR-V Hybrid Could Start Production in Canada in February as EV Plans Get Scaled Back
Honda’s changing electrification strategy could soon become very visible on a Canadian assembly line. Reports indicate that the automaker is...
Rivian Recalls Nearly 100,000 EVs Over Camera Software That Can Violate Canadian Safety Rules
A problem that sounds more like an annoying pop-up notification than an automotive defect has triggered one of Rivian’s biggest...
GM Starts Putting Fully Recycled Battery Materials Into EVs as North American Battery Race Shifts Again
General Motors has moved battery recycling from a sustainability talking point into an actual production vehicle. In a newly completed...
Geely Unveils 4-Minute EV Charging as Chinese Brands Prepare to Challenge Canada’s Established Automakers
For years, electric vehicles have carried one stubborn inconvenience that gasoline cars rarely face: a long stop to replenish energy....
Xpeng Prices New EV and 1,000-Km Range-Extender at the Same AU$41,900—A New Benchmark for Canada’s Chinese-Car Debate
Australia has just received a striking example of how quickly Chinese automakers are changing the economics of electrified vehicles. XPeng’s...
Chinese Auto-Tech Firm Unveils 23-Billion-Parameter AI That Runs Inside the Car Instead of the Cloud
A car’s digital assistant has traditionally depended on a simple bargain: send information to the cloud, wait for powerful servers...
