Automotive
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Electric promise: Volvo Cars opens first US factory
RIDGEVILLE, SC — Volvo Cars, the first major automaker to abandon cars powered solely by internal combustion engines, is officially opening its first plant in the United States. The Swedish carmaker aims to make 130,000 hybrid or all-electric vehicles a…
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Self-driving cars won’t be mainstream until standards set: Blackberry CEO
Some countries drive on the right side of the road, some on the left; some grids use 110- and others use 220-volts.
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Trudeau can’t imagine Trump damaging US with auto tariffs
Will focus on continuing to advance the argument current and future tariffs are bad for both countries.
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Trump assails Canadian tariffs, accuses people of smuggling US goods home
Tariffs slapped on cars and light trucks entering the US sparked major concern among MPs.
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Auto tariffs would have long term chill on Canada’s economic output: TD
Would permanently scar investment, threaten up to 20% of Ontario’s manufacturing jobs.
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Experts say vehicle import tariffs would impact US: raise prices, cost jobs
Automakers couldn’t do much in the short run to build more vehicles in the US and avoid the tariff: LMC Automotive.
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Tariff threat looms large in the heart of Canada’s auto industry
Windsor would be the epicentre of a tariff fallout that could impact Ontario’s entire manufacturing base.
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Volkswagen fined $1.2B in Germany over diesel scandal
Emissions flap has already cost the German automaker $20 billion in fines and civil settlements in the US.
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CPTPP gets a red flag: Many in the auto industry are concerned
They warn of NAFTA complications, but Japanese OEMs say the trade deal will level the playing field.
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Trump’s auto tariffs would devastate supply chains, cause mass layoffs: experts
US initiated an investigation to determine if automobile imports threaten to impair national security.
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Detroit’s old train station sold to Ford for redevelopment
Michigan Central Station closed in 1988. Ford plans to disclose details of redevelopment soon.
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German prosecutors investigate Audi CEO in emissions case
Rupert Stadler is being investigated on suspicion of fraud and indirect improprieties with documents.
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VW exec reinstated after probe of discredited monkey trials
Automaker exposed monkeys to diesel exhaust; now says it “emphatically rejects” tests on animals.
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Statistics Canada says trade deficit narrowed to $1.9B in April
Canadian exporters in for a rough ride, says TD.
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Trump’s bilateral deal idea a tough sell
Canada says no, insists the NAFTA pact must be a trilateral deal.
