Manufacturing

The Dilawri Group of Companies has entered the U.S. market by acquiring Ferrari of Washington and Maserati of Washington. The acquisition of the Washington, D.C., dealerships is Dilawri’s first strategic expansion into the U.S. market. “Dilawri has built its reputation as an industry leader in Canada by successfully representing the world’s most desirable automotive brands,” said Kap Dilawri, company co-founder. “We believe […]

Volvo Cars is expanding its footprint in New Jersey to prepare for a future selling only electric vehicles by building a new technical and training facility, and installing 50 EV chargers, at the company’s headquarters in Mahwah. Executives, employees and local dignitaries gathered today to break ground at the future site of the Volvo Car

Sony Group Corporation and Honda Motor Co. announced that they have signed a joint venture agreement to establish a new company to engage in the sale of high-value-added electric vehicles (EVs) and provide services for mobility. The new company will aim to bring together Honda’s environmental and safety technologies, mobility development capabilities, vehicle body manufacturing

Zenvo Automotive announced that it will launch Zenvo Canada as part of the Vancouver-based Weissach Group. Following an invite-only private premiere at a secret location, Zenvo will make its public debut at Canada’s premier luxury lifestyle automotive event ‘Luxury & Supercar’ on 9 July 2022 in Vancouver. With years of extensive luxury automotive dealer operation

Inovatec Systems will host its annual Inovatec Partner Summit on June 22 through 24 at The Westin Resort and Spa in Whistler, British Columbia. The three-day event will include presentations and roundtable discussions with some of the most prominent technology providers, credit bureaus, and lenders in the automotive financing space. Some of the speakers on

The automotive industry has been experiencing rapid changes involving technology advancements, cost structures, client experience and changes in our macro environment. The theme here is change, and with change often comes growth and expansion. BMO is experiencing its own change as we are proud to announce Andre Salvi as BMO’s newly appointed Group Head of

Porsche will offer a special, market-specific sports car with the “America” moniker. The new 2023 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet America will reach showrooms in late 2022 as part of the 2023 model year. A very limited number will be created, making this one of the rarest Type-992 models. Its arrival marks the continuance of

AutoVerify announced the acquisition of ShopDesk. This is the next step in building out the AutoVerify strategy that provides dealers with an end-to-end solution to connect and transact with digital customers looking to research and purchase a vehicle from anywhere they choose. ShopDesk offers a full-circle customer experience through its seamless-integrated web-based and mobile apps.

Ford of Canada and FordDirect have selected Carpages to join the Ford of Canada Certified Website Vendor Program, providing websites to Ford and Lincoln dealerships across Canada. As a foundational part of the program, Carpages will be building a dedicated Ford and Lincoln platform over the coming months. The company will be one of six

BlackBerry Limited and BDStar Intelligent & Connected Vehicle Technology Co., (BICV) announced that BlackBerry QNX technology has been selected to power BICV’s next-generation intelligent cockpit, currently deployed by Renault Jiangling in their first fully electric sedan – ‘Yi’. Leveraging the QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System (RTOS) and QNX Hypervisor, this leading-edge system provides an engaging and