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Toyota plans 20% increase in 2025 Sienna minivan production

Oct 23, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | Larry P. Vellequette

Production "got hit hard during COVID, and Sienna got kicked in the teeth, but we've been recovering since then, so it's still ramping up and up," Chock said. The 2025 Sienna marks the debut of the automaker's updated advanced rear-seat reminder system, which will come standard on all trim levels.
GM delays St. Catharines EV motor output until 2027, affecting 1,000 workers

Oct 22, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | David Kennedy

Unifor opened a labour action centre in Niagara Region this month to help about 1,000 members find work following layoffs and retooling delays at General Motors Canada’s St. Catharines Propulsion Plant. The automaker won’t start producing electric motors at the site south of Toronto until 2027, a roughly 16-month delay to the original retooling timeline, the union said.
THE UNOBVIOUS ONES: Self-proclaimed ‘hell raiser’ literally puts out fires for Honda

Oct 22, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | Jil McIntosh

The Unobvious Ones is a monthly look at movers and shakers who fly below the radar in the Canadian auto industry. FANNING THE FLAMES OF SAFETYHonda Canada has many divisions at its vehicle-assembly operations in Alliston, Ont., but Dave Krawiec heads up an unexpected one: He’s chief of the fire department. “Alliston is a farming community and still has a local volunteer fire department,” Krawiec said.
THE UNOBVIOUS ONES: Self-proclaimed ‘hell raiser’ literally puts out fires for Honda

Oct 22, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | Jil McIntosh

The Unobvious Ones is a monthly look at movers and shakers who fly below the radar in the Canadian auto industry. FANNING THE FLAMES OF SAFETYHonda Canada has many divisions at its vehicle-assembly operations in Alliston, Ont., but Dave Krawiec heads up an unexpected one: He’s chief of the fire department. “Alliston is a farming community and still has a local volunteer fire department,” Krawiec said.
THE UNOBVIOUS ONES: Self-proclaimed ‘hell raiser’ literally puts out fires for Honda

Oct 22, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | Jil McIntosh

The Unobvious Ones is a monthly look at movers and shakers who fly below the radar in the Canadian auto industry. FANNING THE FLAMES OF SAFETYHonda Canada has many divisions at its vehicle-assembly operations in Alliston, Ont., but Dave Krawiec heads up an unexpected one: He’s chief of the fire department. “Alliston is a farming community and still has a local volunteer fire department,” Krawiec said.
NextStar Energy starts battery module output for Stellantis in Windsor, Ont.

Oct 22, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | David Kennedy

NextStar Energy has started building battery modules in Windsor, Ont., becoming the first of four electric-vehicle battery operations planned for Canada to begin ramping up production. The joint venture between LG Energy Solution and Stellantis said module output began Oct. 22. The milestone followed months of sampling that allowed engineers to fine-tune the manufacturing process. The start of production is a “pivotal landmark” for the company, said NextStar CEO Danies Lee.
Dealers seek shelter from Canada’s storms

Oct 22, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | Doug Firby

Dealers have taken matters into their own hands, usually at great expense, to mitigate the damage caused by persistent extreme weather. And those measures appear to be working. A 2021 hailstorm in southern Alberta caused $1.2 billion in insured damage on all property, including new vehicles. It was the fourth-costliest natural disaster in Canada’s history, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC).
OPINION: There’s no short-term fix for deep-seated Stellantis issues

Oct 22, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | Grace Macaluso

Downtrodden retailers are likely the least surprised by the turmoil engulfing Stellantis and its beleaguered CEO, Carlos Tavares. Retailers on both sides of the border have long sounded the alarm over slumping sales, an aging and uncompetitively priced product line and a company chief perceived by some as fixated on margin. Some dealers have been so frustrated that they’ve resorted to publicly airing their concerns.
Canada's EV market is up, not down

Oct 21, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | David Kennedy

“I can’t think of anything growing faster than EVs in Canada,” Flamand said. “But of course, it’s not doubling every year like it used to, so our brain is kind of trained to say things are slowing down.”Hyundai ranks second in ZEV sales in Canada this year, trailing just Tesla. And unlike a range of other automakers, Flamand said, Hyundai has no plans to scale back its electrification plans.
GM closing Cold Weather Development Centre in Kapuskasing, Ont.

Oct 21, 2024 | canada.autonews.com | Greg Layson

General Motors Canada said the site had “made significant contributions to GM’s North American cold weather testing for over 50 years.”“Our testing and validation processes prioritize continuous improvement, and we have evolved our testing capability to validate our technology at the component, system, and vehicle level,” the automaker said.