David Kennedy

Stingray said Sept. 17 that it will bring its in-car Karaoke app to Ford's electric vehicles and other 2025 Ford and Lincoln models across Canada, the United States, Mexico and Europe. 

The dealership group, which signaled during its earnings call in August that it would explore the sale of “non-profitable and non-core assets,” said on Sept. 10 that the “strategic divestiture” of Airdrie Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram and Ponoka Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram is the first move in its “realignment.”

Electrification is still coming, but pickup production at Oakville Assembly Plant is a positive, Ford Canada President Bev Goodman says.

Canada will impose new tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, aluminum and steel, lining up behind western allies and taking steps to protect domestic manufacturers.

Electra Battery Materials Corp. has secured US $20 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to support construction of the company’s partially built cobalt refinery in Northern Ontario. 

AutoCanada Inc. is exploring the sale of its U.S. dealerships and other “non-profitable and non-core assets,” as the company swung to a loss for the second quarter amid falling sales, a significant used-vehicle inventory writedown and fallout from the CDK Global cyberattack. 

Kross Auto Group has added a third dealership to its portfolio of stores with the purchase of Kia Cold Lake in the small city in east-central Alberta.

<p>Renaud and Patrick Fortier have acquired Magog Ford in the small city in Quebec’s Eastern Townships from dealership group Équipe Précision Auto. </p>

<p>Ionway, a joint venture between Volkswagen battery unit PowerCo and Belgium-based materials company Umicore, confirmed to Automotive News Canada July 8 that the company is considering New Brunswick as part of a global site search for a new plant.</p>

<p>Scott Langin and Danny Dormer said they had acquired the store on Hillside’s social media channels on June 19. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. </p>