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THE WEEK THAT WAS - Connecting cars in Canada
27 Nov 2015 | Graeme Roberts
I'm not long back from a fascinating week in Ontario, home to all of Canada's car assembly plants, major suppliers such as Magna and Linamar and a bunch of clever companies and academic boffins all working in what we might term the connected and automated car space.
Integrated Canadian test cells impress OEM visitors
19 Nov 2015 | Graeme Roberts
It takes a fair bit to impress engineers from a major OEM but the boffins from a major Canadian university reckon they achieved that recently with a guided tour of a new research and development facility they are building.
Finally, an intelligent conversation with a car
18 Nov 2015 | Graeme Roberts
Ever had a conversation like this with a car?
DETROIT INTERVIEW: APMA president, Steve Rodgers
28 Jan 2013 | Simon Warburton
APMA is Canada's national association representing OEM producers of parts, equipment, tools, supplies and services for the worldwide automotive industry. Its president, Steve Rodgers, talked to Simon Warburton at the recent Detroit Auto Show.
FEATURE: Canada attracts wave of automotive investment
13 Jun 2006 | just-auto.com editorial team
As the indigenous auto industry in the northeastern United States contracts under OEM and supplier sector restructuring the mood to the north is much more upbeat. The Ontario province of Canada has secured a number of significant investments in the automotive sector that point to competitive advantages even as the Canadian currency appreciates against the US dollar. Behind the investment wave there’s a strategy for attracting investment that is proving successful.
Latest news
Nemak to cease Windsor production by mid-2020
19 Jul 2019 | Simon Warburton
Lightweighting solutions provider, Nemak is to stop manufacturing operations in Windsor, Canada, by mid-2020.
Woodbridge ploughs up to CS$100m in Ontario sites
12 Jul 2019 | Simon Warburton
Foam technology supplier, Woodbridge is investing up to C$100m (US$77m) for creating and promoting innovation in Ontario, Canada.
GM Canada-Unifor deal saves 300 Oshawa jobs
10 May 2019 | Graeme Roberts
General Motors Canada and auto workers union Unifor announced they had reached a "Transformation Agreement" to "transition the GM Oshawa Assembly operations to parts manufacturing and advanced vehicle testing". The deal follows GM's November 2018 announcement it would idle five North American factories: Detroit-Hamtramck; Lordstown, Ohio; Oshawa, Ontario; Warren Transmission; and a transmission plant in the Baltimore area, putting some 6,000 factory jobs on the chopping block.
Toyota Canada to manufacture Lexus NX SUVs at Ontario facility
30 Apr 2019 | Dave Leggett
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) has announced that it will begin producing the top-selling Lexus NX and Lexus NX Hybrid compact luxury SUVs at its Cambridge, Ontario facility starting in early 2022.
29 Mar 2019 | Graeme Roberts
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is axing a third shift at its Canadian minivan plant.
Hyundai Canada launches fuel cell-powered SUV
19 Mar 2019 | Simon Warburton
Hyundai Auto Canada has announced the national launch of the first Nexo, Canada’s only fuel cell-powered SUV.
Dana TM4 China builds 12,000th electric powertrain
7 Mar 2019 | Simon Warburton
Dana's motor and inverter joint venture, TM4, has produced its 12,000th TM4 SUMO electric powertrain for buses and commercial vehicles in China.
Hydro-Québec to deploy 100 new charging stations
29 Jan 2019 | Simon Warburton
Hydro-Québec’s public charging network, Electric Circuit, is to deploy around 100 new fast-charge stations, with more than1,600 machines to be available in the next ten years.
Westport Fuel Systems appoints David Johnson as CEO
16 Jan 2019 | Simon Warburton
Westport Fuel Systems has appointed David Johnson as CEO, effective immediately.
Canada union head to talk Oshawa closure with GM
8 Jan 2019 | Graeme Roberts
General Motors' decision to close its Oshawa, Ontario, assembly plant is going to be hard-fought as far as the country's auto union is concerned.
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