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Tuesday Ticker: Ford pumps the brakes on production; VinFast makes minor gains

Toronto, Ontario — In this weekly, post-American-Thanksgiving Tuesday Ticker, we look into Ford’s decision to scale back EV production in Michigan (and globally). Plus, VinFast makes minor gains amid analyst support.  Ford hits the brakes Ford is scaling back its zero-emissions plans in Detroit, Michigan, amid slower-than-anticipated EV demand, according to a statement from the […]

WHO’S GOING WHERE, AND WHEN?

OEMs struggle to meet customer expectations and legal demands Column by ANDREW MARSH   The automotive industry is in an almighty mess, even though millions of people around the globe are working very hard to fix the many issues. Let’s look a little deeper into the product development chaos, and the effect on the collision […]

The Great Guarinos: Tesla recognizes Toronto’s Leon’s Auto Body as top Canadian CSR performer

Toronto, Ontario ⁠— Daniel Guarino, owner of Leon’s Auto Body, recently announced that his team was recognized by Tesla as a top customer service performer for Q2 2023.  The collision repair facility, which is part of Tesla’s certified collision repair network, achieved a customer service index (CSI) score of 96 percent after receiving 22 surveys.  […]

Coast to Coast in 18 Charges: VW ID.4 travels across Canada and achieves Guinness World Record

Ajax, Ontario — Rainer Zietlow recently drove a Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle across Canada, stopping just 18 times to recharge—a feat the adventure driver has won a Guinness World Record for. Zietlow and his cameraman, Elric Popp, departed St. John’s, Nfld., on July 25, 2023. The pair traversed 7,133 kilometres across Canada, making just 18 […]

Porsche Paint Party: Porsche celebrates 75 years with colour-focused art series

Toronto, Ontario — A 75th birthday is no small celebration and deserves a gift befitting the milestone; Porsche is using its special day/year to walk down memory lane and revitalize some paint shades of the past in a series of new art pieces. “For the 75th anniversary we looked back of course, but we also […]

Read up on Rivian: Rivian repair documentation now available on OEM1Stop

Toronto, Ontario — A bevy of Rivian repair documentation has found its way onto the online procedure repository, OEM1Stop, including position statements and service guidelines. While the EV brand’s futuristic pickup trucks are by no means widespread in Canada at this point, it’s better to be safe than sorry should one roll into your repair […]

Recall Procrastination: 20 percent of cars on Canadian roads have safety defects, Transport Canada says

Toronto, Ontario — Analysts at Transport Canada were crunching some numbers recently, as analysts are want to do, and found that about one in five vehicles registered in Canada is driving with some sort of unresolved safety recall. Working with data as recent as 2019, Transport Canada estimates that of the nation’s 33.3 million registered […]

Clip Tips: Subaru makes select mounting, spacing clips available to repairers

Toronto, Ontario — One small clip can make a big difference—Subaru knows this and is making sure mounting and spacer clips for select airbag curtain modules are made available to repairers. These clips will be usable on model year 2015 to 2022 Outbacks and Legacys; MY 2018 to 2022 Crosstreks; MY 2019 to 2022 Foresters […]

EV/AV Report: Innovative education and a hydrogen-powered airport

Toronto, Ontario — A B.C. trades school is preparing to build a $290 million EV “innovation centre”, Edmonton’s airport elects to harness hydrogen and Nissan becomes the first Japanese OEM to embrace the NACS charging port. This is the latest in electric and autonomous vehicles. Electric vehicle epicentre Vancouver Community College (VCC) is quickly becoming […]

Magna Millions: Magna International invests $790 million to build three Ford EV parts plants

Aurora, Ontario — Aurora, Ont.’s own Magna International signed onto three major projects with Ford this past week, bearing a nearly billion dollar price tag, to build three new electric vehicle parts plants in the U.S. Of the three facilities slated for construction, two will be located within Ford’s BlueOval City campus in western Tennessee, […]

Under the Microscope: Fatal crash in Calif. prompts yet another NHTSA investigation into Tesla Autopilot

Toronto, Ontario — Another fatal collision involving a Tesla vehicle, another special probe from the NHTSA to root out the cause behind a tragedy allegedly linked to the company’s highly controversial driver assistance features. This latest incident took place in California and involved a 2018 Tesla Model 3 that is suspected to have made use […]

The Future, Finally: Tesla Cybertruck built at Giga Texas, full production likely for 2023 year-end

Austin, Texas — Tesla’s first completed Cybertruck finally rolled off the production line on Saturday, ahead of what is supposed to be a full model launch of the highly-anticipated truck later on in 2023. The Cybertruck aims to compete directly with other popular electric pickup trucks, like the Ford F-150 Lightning or one of Rivian’s […]

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