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From resource extraction to long-haul trucking, to moving groceries from warehouse to supermarket, business applications of autonomous vehicles will grow ahead of broader public adoption.

The electric SUV’s rocketing sales in the first nine months of 2024 almost tripled the 917 sold for the entire previous year, according to GM’s figures.

The2022 blaze, started by vandals, was an unprecedented challenge, said Alec Markin, Toyota’s Pacific and Prairie zone manager.

With meals, parties, gyms, outings, retirement plans and other perks, coveted talent is more likely to stay.

Management has put about 1,000 employees behind the wheel of GM vehicles to experience a future they’re helping to build and to become knowledgeable brand ambassadors.

A new partnership between Martinread International and Equispheres aims to build intricate auto parts at reduced cost and higher speed using a breakthrough powder

Courtesy Ford-Lincoln claims about 10 per cent of the luxury market in London, Ont., almost four time higher than the luxury brand’s share in all of Canada. Dealer Principal Meghan Ruffilli credits a strategy that makes Lincoln stand out from the store’s Ford brand.

After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the Vancouver International Auto Show came back with a bang for 2024, setting an attendance record of 129,034 over the five-day event, according to organizers.

B.C.-based ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp. and Britain’s Tevva Motors Ltd. have agreed to drop legal actions against each other spurring from an aborted merger.

British Columbia’s plan to accelerate its zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) transition has alarmed the auto industry and brought calls for more flexibility.