Automotive
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Driverless cars now allowed on Ontario roads, sort of
As of Jan. 1, participants in Ontario's automated vehicle pilot program can test driverless cars on public roadways, under strict conditions.Read more → -
VW, Ford team up on pickups, explore deal on electrics
The two companies are looking into co-operating on autonomous cars and are willing to consider additional projects.Read more → -
Ford Canada names Dean Stoneley as new president and chief executive
Stoneley starts as head of the Canadian operations on Feb. 1.Read more → -
Magna expects sales to be hurt by sale of fluid pressure and controls business
Magna signed a deal in September to sell its fluid pressure and controls business to Hanon Systems.Read more → -
Volkswagen to build electric vehicles at Tennessee plant
Tennessee's fourth-largest city will produce a vehicle using a modular chassis that's said will help build electric vehicles for the mass market.Read more → -
Ontario premier to meet with GM, union president in Detroit
Ford will not try to push GM to reconsider shuttering its plant in Oshawa, instead discussing opportunities to support workers.Read more → -
Workers at GM’s Oshawa Assembly Plant hold work stoppage over closure
The union confirmed the work stoppage this morning following an earlier protest on Tuesday.Read more → -
Automotive parts supplier set to turn your trailer invisible at CES
Valeo's XtraVue touts the ability to mask the trailer hitched to your vehicle using various cameras and a telematics module.Read more → -
Tesla breaks ground on factory in Shanghai
On Twitter, Elon Musk touted that production of the Model 3 would begin by the end of 2019.Read more → -
Ford recalls over 953,000 vehicles to replace airbags
The chemical used to create an explosion to inflate airbags, can deteriorate over time due to heat and explode with too much force.Read more →
