EV Deliveries: First All-Electric EV Star Cargo Plus delivered to the City of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia – GreenPower Motor Company Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero-emissions electric-powered medium and heavy-duty vehicles, announced today the delivery of its first EV Star Cargo Plus to the City of Vancouver. The city of Vancouver has a Greenest City Action Plan and has adopted a Climate Emergency Action Plan to […]
Virtual Life: CIC January meeting moved online
Toronto, Ontario — Due to restrictions from COVID-19, the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) has decided to postpone meeting in-person and move to a virtual platform for the Jan. 20 – 21, 2021, meeting. CIC appreciates everyone’s understanding for this difficult time and looks forward to “seeing,” everyone next month, stated a company spokesperson. The now-virtual […]
Efficiency for the East: Toyota Canada opens new Ontario distribution centre to ‘better serve’ Eastern Canada
Bowmanville, Ontario — Toyota Canada has announced a new parts distribution centre in Ontario that it says will better serve dealerships in Eastern Canada. The new facility, which is 32,500 sq. metres (350,000 sq. ft.) in size, located in Bowmanville, Ont., about 75 km east of Toronto. Toyota, which did not disclose the cost of […]
Driven Brands Announces top performers for ABRA, CARSTAR and Fix Auto USA
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia — Yesterday, Driven Brand hosted a collision virtual summit, UNIT3D, where top-performing franchise partners for ABRA, CARSTAR and Fix Auto USA were honoured for their outstanding commitment to providing high-quality collision repairs, excellent customer service, and ongoing support of their communities, where the company awarded trophies for top-performers in the length of […]
A Virtual Success: Maaco Collision Repair and Auto Painting 2020 Virtual Convention
Charlotte, North Carolina — Maaco Collision Repair and Auto Painting recently held their North American Maaco Convention virtually on Dec. 2, 2020. The theme of the 2020 Maaco Convention was ‘Moving Mountains, which was chosen because of the efforts made to deliver 2020 results in the face of one of the most challenging years the […]
UNIT3ED 2020 Convention: Driven Brands hosts joint conference for ABRA, CARSTAR and Fix Auto USA
Charlotte, North Carolina — For the first time since North America’s largest network of collision repair brands was created, the Driven Brands family of collision repair companies will gather virtually on Dec. 9. for UNIT3D 2020 convention. “Our goal is to create a united group of brands that collectively help build our business and drive […]
Home Sweet Hyundai: Canadian customers can now book at-home drive tests
Markham, Ontario — No one wants to buy a new car without test driving it first, but during this pandemic, human-to-human contact is not preferred. As a result, Hyundai Canada is now offering customers at-home or at-work test drives to keep contact during the pandemic to a minimum. By using the Hyundai At-Home Test Drive […]
Helping Hands: Ontario helps employers train and hire more apprentices
Toronto, Ontario — Ontario government investing 20 million into helping small businesses jointly sponsor and train apprentices through the new Group Sponsorship Grant program. “We’re leaving no stone unturned in our mission to help those who are interested find good jobs in the skilled trades. Our government’s Group Sponsorship Grant will bring more employers and […]
ADAS Awareness: Guild 21 to host Dec. 10 webinar on the ‘Journey of ADAS from Factory to Repair’
Michigan, United States — Join David DeBoer, CEO of the Burke Porter Group (BPG), for Guild 21’s live webinar tomorrow at 11 p.m. PST. For decades, BPG has been a leading supplier of factory end of the line (EOL) testing systems, which provides the world’s largest automotive manufacturers with testing and calibration solutions for advanced […]
On the Up: BMO Capital Markets says auto industry has experienced ‘V-shaped recovery’
Montréal, Québec — A new report by BMO Capital Markets said that the auto industry has enjoyed a V-shaped recovery since the initial heavy damage inflicted by the start of the pandemic in March. Due to the economic disruption inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the service side of the economy was heavily impacted, however, the […]
