Steve Mertl

Apr 16, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | Steve Mertl

The upswing coincided with Ruffilli’s return from the NADA Dealer Academy in 2015. The academy is an online program designed to help dealership leaders operate successful businesses. Her father assigned her to boost the Lincoln side of the business. “What I did was establish a separate brand and franchise under the dual rooftop,” Ruffilli said.

Mar 27, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | Steve Mertl

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. The previous record of 120,547 was set in 2018, followed by a dip to 115,192 in 2019, the last year before COVID-19 forced the show’s cancellation. The show, which ran March 20-24 at Vancouver’s waterfront convention centre, also set a single-day record of 39,823 on Saturday, besting 2018’s 31,596.

Nov 30, 2023 | canada.autonews.com | Steve Mertl

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. In a Nov. 28 news release, ElectraMeccanica (EM) said the two firms agreed to an “amicable resolution” to the dispute, which began when EM abruptly pulled out of the merger citing unspecified breaches of their agreement.

Nov 28, 2023 | canada.autonews.com | Steve Mertl

British Columbia’s plan to accelerate its zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) transition has alarmed the auto industry and brought calls for more flexibility. The NDP government’s revised sales mandates, announced Oct. 24, call for 100 per cent of sales of new light-duty vehicles to be ZEVs by 2035, five years ahead of the original date but now the same as the federal ZEV mandate. Interim targets of 26 per cent by 2026 and 90 per cent by 2030 are also tougher.

Nov 7, 2023 | canada.autonews.com | Steve Mertl

No details on his new posting or on any potential replacements are available, Volkswagen Canada spokesman Thomas Tetzlaff said in an email. In his farewell posting on LinkedIn, Boutin noted a number of accomplishments, including renewed dealer relations and “their $1-billion investment in facilities” and progress towards 100-per-cent electric mobility.