Automotive
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Key challenges facing a Fiat Chrysler Renault merger
Deal would create the third-largest automaker with annual sales of 8.7 million vehicles.Read more → -
Fiat Chrysler secures incentives for new Detroit auto plant
Michigan approves $223 million package to assist carmaker’s $1.6 billion assembly plant plans.Read more → -
Magna reduces profit guidance for 2019
Auto parts maker says it expects North America light vehicle production to miss projected targets this year.Read more → -
GM, Unifor announce investment in Oshawa plant
Formerly doomed facility to be converted to part-stamping and autonomous vehicle testing facility, saving 300 jobs.Read more → -
U of Waterloo engineers’ fuel cell lasts 10 times longer than current tech
Researchers say their fuel cells could be cheap enough to replace gas engines.Read more → -
Calgary researchers turn greenhouse gases into carbon fibre
Carbonova Corp. CEO’s process promises inexpensive industrial nanofibres from waste energy.Read more → -
GM Cruise autonomous vehicle unit gets $1.15B investment
Subsidiary among leaders to deploy autonomous vehicles without human backup drivers.Read more → -
Halifax approves $500,000 armoured police vehicle
City’s police force enters national debate over utility and optics of military-style vehicles.Read more → -
UBC engineers create windshield de-icing coating
Low interfacial toughness surface makes ice removal as easy as toppling dominoes, researchers say.Read more → -
Toyota to build Lexus SUV in Cambridge
Starting in 2022, Ontario plant to pick up standard and hybrid NX SUV replacing RAV4.Read more →
