Last year’s decision by American automakers to officially report sales only quarterly, rather than monthly, has now become epidemic. Effective January 2020, all the major European automakers have adopted the same practice as well. DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC) has established …
It wasn’t a great year for Canadian auto sales in 2019, but it wasn’t a bad year either. Looking at the glass half-empty, 2019’s 1,914,357 total sales were down 3.6% from just a year ago and almost 125,000 short of …
A study looks at drivers from around the globe and how they feel about stepping behind the wheel of an autonomous vehicle. While much of the hyperbole about the imminent arrival of self-driving autonomous vehicles (AVs) now seems to have …
After declining for 18 of the past 19 months, Canadian auto sales held steady in November. Estimated sales of 143,666 new vehicles were down by just two vehicles from the same month in 2018, which put it in a virtual …
Canadian auto sales remained relatively stable in October, down just 0.6% from the same month in 2018. But that slight decline made it 18 of the past 19 months that sales have slipped behind their year-before numbers. October’s estimated sales …
Charging time is the final hurdle for electric vehicles. To many who predict future technology trends, it is already accepted as inevitable that electric vehicles (EVs) will obsolete those with internal combustion engines. The big question remaining is, “when?” There …
After a brief reprieve in August, Canadian auto sales in September fell back into the trend of decline that has defined the industry for 17 of the past 18 months. Estimated sales of 166,488 new vehicles in September were down …
For the first time in 18 months, new-vehicle sales in Canada show signs of the extended decline bottoming out. Sales were down by just 1.0% in July and they were actually up by 0.6% in August, with 182,040 new vehicles …
China and Europe, both significantly large automotive markets, are pushing the EV trend forward, quickly, and its influence is and will be felt in other areas of the world — including North America. Almost overnight, it seems, automakers are all …
It’s been a tough first half for Canadian auto sales, and some automakers are coping with the down market better than others. After 16 months of steady decline, new-vehicle sales in Canada through the first half of 2019 were down …
The now 17-month string of new-vehicle sales declines in Canada hasn’t been broken, but July featured an upturn of sorts in that the decline of just 1.0%, from the same month in 2018, was the lowest so far this year. …
In 2019, we ranked lower in terms of readiness than we did last year, which means there are some areas we will need to improve on How ready are we, as a nation, for autonomous vehicles? According to a recent …
