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Greg Layson
Greg Layson is digital and mobile editor at Automotive News Canada.
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Greg Layson is an award-winning journalist, having worked for Torstar Media and the CBC before joining Automotive News Canada in 2016. He is the host of the weekly Automotive News Canada Podcast. Layson has become one Canada's foremost experts and go-to voices on all things automotive in the country, from electric vehicles to manufacturing and retail. He regularly appears on CBC coast-to-coast and is often heard talking auto on radio stations in the Greater Toronto Area and Sirius XM. Greg comes from an automotive family and grew up and studied journalism in Windsor, Ontario, the automotive capital of Canada.

Latest from Greg Layson

2025 100 Leading Women: Lana Payne

Lana Payne: "Know when to keep your elbows out and keep them in."

Honda to move some U.S. CR-V output to Canada, saving jobs

Honda made the CR-V announcement at the same time it said it was postponing a Cnd $15-billion EV investment in Ontario for two years.

Canadian EV sales plummeted 45% in March after rebates end

Any slowdown in adoption will put achieving Canada’s ZEV sales mandate in jeopardy.

GM to start shift reductions at Ontario pickup plant in June

The automaker previously said it will eventually reduce output to two shifts from three in the fall, citing “shifting trade policies" as a reason.

AutoTrader, NHL announce multiyear Canadian partnership

As part of the deal, AutoTrader will receive prominent brand exposure on the NHL’s digital enhanced dasherboards (DED) during national NHL regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs broadcasts in Canada only. 

Stellantis delays adding 3rd shift at Ontario minivan, Charger plant

Stellantis has long said it plans to run three-shift operations in Windsor — and at its Brampton Assembly Plant. But, the Windsor shift would require an additional product to warrant the additional shift.

April sales surge 10% as buyers rush to beat tariff-related price hikes

J.D. Power Canada's Robert Karwel says there was a lot of “pre-tariff pricing in effect” as automakers and their dealers encouraged buyers to “get your vehicle now before they get more expensive.”

GM cuts a shift at Oshawa truck plant in response to tariffs

GM Canada said the move means 'building more in Canada, for Canada.'

Canadian auto parts not subject to Trump’s tariffs, but there’s a catch

While the new rule is a win for Canada, the non-U.S. content of every Canadian-assembled car shipped south of the border has been, and will continue to be, tariffed at 25 per cent.”

Magna will deploy driverless EVs on Toronto streets

The pilot project will see Magna deploy driverless, three-wheeled automated vehicles that deliver small packages in an area including all or portions of five of the city’s wards.

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