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<p>Canadian automotive designer Ralph Gilles feels shaken to “the core” to have received the Eyes on Design award, because it’s awarded by past recipients — his heroes.</p>

<p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used a tour of Stellantis’ assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., Jan. 17 to reiterate his government’s pledge to meet its zero-emission vehicles sales targets despite industry warnings that the Liberals’ proposed ZEV mandate sets unrealistic goals that are doomed to fail.</p>

<p>Hyundai Motor Co., is “intensely focused” on developing Level-3 autonomous driving technology, says Brian Latouf, global chief safety officer at Hyundai Motor Co.</p>

<p>The not-for-profit organization announced the inaugural Black Automotive Professional Awards (BAPA) and the Accelerate Auto Access to Work program, which provides a $750 weekly wage subsidy to employers hiring Ontario Black employees aged 18-to-34 years old.</p>

<p>Kia Canada is deliberately delaying delivery of vehicles to customers in a bid to distort sales numbers, according to a CBC News report.</p>

<p>Stellantis is leaving it up to its dealers to decide whether to participate in the events. Toronto-area dealers have agreed to fund all displays at CIAS in February</p>

<p>Stellantis is pulling out of auto shows in Canada, citing the “challenging automotive market in North America.”</p>

<p>A Deloitte survey finds that 43 per cent of buyers intend to switch brands, which “should be a big red flag for the industry,” says Ryan Robinson, the financial advisory company’s automotive research leader. At the same time, he says “two-thirds of Canadians are arguably out of touch” with current pricing.</p>

<p>Twenty years ago, an automaker would target a segment with one vehicle that came with a few engine variants, Porsche Cars of Canada CEO John Cappella said at the Automotive News Canada Congress. “Now, you have the one car, and you have the ICE (internal-combustion-engine) version, the hybrid version, that battery-electric version.”</p>

<p>One of the biggest challenges facing auto sector employers is recruiting young talent as the industry undergoes dramatic change, say human resources experts.</p>