EV/AV Report: Confused AVs, Ford price-cuts and Montreal on the map
Toronto, Ontario — A first responder yells at an autonomous vehicle (AV) driving towards a San Francisco fire truck, Ford announces its own electric vehicle (EV) price cuts in a bit to compete with Tesla’s own reductions, and Montreal’s EV investments begin to bear fruit in North America’s e-trucking industry. This is the latest in […]
No Place Like Home: Two class action suits launched against Tesla in Calif., claim OEM is running a repair monopoly
Toronto, Ontario — Adding to the already busy workload of Tesla’s legal department, the leading EV automaker is being sued by two classes of customers in San Francisco, who allege that Tesla has effectively run a monopoly on the repair of its vehicles. The pair of federal class action suits, headed up by two Model […]
EV/AV Report: Electric investment and confused cars
Toronto, Ontario — Canadian auto industry leaders warn the federal government to adapt its electric vehicle (EV) strategy in response to growing American investment, U.S. lawmakers consider mandating noisemakers on post-1997 EVs and hybrids and a Waymo autonomous vehicle (AV) self-drives itself into an open trench. This is the latest in electric and autonomous vehicles. […]
Who Sent You?: San Francisco police stumped by driverless rideshare vehicle
San Francisco, California — Are they the San Francisco Police Department or amateur ghost hunters? Officers were caught on camera earlier in April attempting to perform a traffic stop on a driverless rideshare vehicle shortly before it took off on history’s lowest effort escape attempt. The video that has been circulating social media over the […]
Tuesday Ticker: March 16, 2021
Toronto, Ontario — Ontario embarks on a virtual trade tour to encourage business with California’s auto sector, Canadian Uber workers reject the company’s proposal to soothe tensions and Axalta acquires a Chinese wire-enamel company in this week’s Tuesday Ticker. Ontario on tour The Ontario government is currently leading 18 of what it calls “the province’s […]
