Canadian auto dealer’s Carina Ockedahl interviews Peter Hatges, National Automotive Sector Leader at KPMG in Canada, to discuss the company’s latest poll regarding the high interest consumers have in shifting to electric vehicles amid rising gas prices, along with other surprising findings
Chevy not offering buyouts to dealerships not going 100% EV
Chevrolet won’t follow sibling General Motors brands Buick and Cadillac in offering buyouts to dealerships that don’t want to sell electric vehicles, a GM executive said in a recent interview with The Verge. In fact, the dealerships that take buyouts …
Detroit Auto Show setup a boon for dealer-consumer connection
The Detroit Auto Show announced that it would feature 35 brands at the event, with a combination of corporate and local dealer displays to offer consumers a range of vehicles to view, helping to tighten the dealer-consumer connection. The show …
The ultimate environmental auto: Testing a solar EV
When you write about electric cars, sooner or later you get that question: Why can’t we just slap a bunch of solar panels on an EV and enjoy near-unlimited range? Whither the solar cars? The flip answer is, “Because physics.” …
Norway’s smooth EV transition: Interview with Norwegian dealer Sverre Helno
Canadian auto dealer senior editor Todd Phillips interviews Sverre Helno, Managing Director, Möller Bil, a Norwegian auto dealer group with 71 dealerships in Norway and Sweden. Helno will present to dealers at the CADA Summit about Norway’s success in selling …
ACE event features more celebrities & workshops
Canadian auto dealer senior editor Todd Phillips interviews Todd Bourgon, Executive Director of the Motor Vehicle Retailers of Ontario (MVRO) about the upcoming ACE event in Niagara Falls Oct.. 18-19. Bourgon says this year’s event has been revamped based on …
B.C.’s Vicinity Motor Corp opens large campus in U.S. to build EVs
As the world shifts ever more towards electrified transportation, Vicinity Motor Corp., a British Columbia-based supplier of electric vehicles for public and commercial use, officially opened a 100,000-square-foot campus in Ferndale, Washington on September 12. In a news release, the …