Subaru Canada plans to reconfigure its mix of imports from assembly plants in the U.S. and Japan to help insulate the company from the 25% Canadian countertariffs instituted in response to U.S. President Trump’s 25% auto tariffs, according to CEO Tomohiro Kubota.
The company imported about 26% of the vehicles it sold

On April 15, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government will allow OEMs to import U.S.-manufactured cars and trucks without the 25% tariffs his country has imposed to counter those of the U.S., as long as the companies keep producing vehicles in Canada.
“Our counter-tariffs won’t apply if they continue t

On April 15, Honda Canada issued a statement to clarify its manufacturing status after a report from Japan’s Nikkei said that the automaker aims for 90% of cars sold in the U.S. to be made locally and is looking to increase production in the U.S. by up to 30% over two to three years.
Canadian officials had also pushe

Canada in 2024 continued to be a net importer of products across the automotive market with broad-range exports accounting for USD 82.21 billion against imports at USD 142.74 billion, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. “Despite the unhinged rhetoric and really bad math coming out of Washington, the days

On April 11, GM Canada announced that the all-electric CAMI Assembly plant is halting production of Chevrolet BrightDrop 400 and 600 delivery vans starting April 14 for three weeks. Workers will return for two weeks in May for limited production, and then the factory will close for another 20 weeks. During this downt

Canada’s Unifor labor union is in talks with Canada Post to promote the idea of the country's primary mail service purchasing Chevrolet BrightDrop vans. Unifor National President Lana Payne said that the union has spoken with provincial and federal agencies to suggest purchasing vans produced at GM’s CAMI Assembly pl

Canadian countertariffs on U.S. vehicles exported to Canada took effect at 12:01 a.m. April 9, matching the automotive tariffs enacted by U.S. President Donald Trump a week earlier, although only on finished vehicles and not vehicle parts entering the country.
The retaliatory tariffs of up to 25% target fully assembl

On April 8, QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited, and WeRide Inc. announced the two companies are working together to help accelerate the advancement and deployment of Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs) for automotive OEMs and suppliers around the world.
As part of the collaboration, WeRide has used QNX to power the c

Chevrolet recently began production of the ZR2 version of the Silverado HD pickup it builds in Oshawa, Ontario in the new tariff environment.
“Our Oshawa Assembly Plant has started production of the Chevrolet Silverado HD ZR2 Edition!” GM Canada declared on social media. “Canada loves trucks, and our manufacturing te

Stellantis is willing to help its suppliers pay tariff costs to withstand the initial shock of U.S. President Trump’s trade war, according to a person familiar with the matter. Instead of raising the price of components in supplier contracts, Stellantis is discussing a monthly lump sum payment for eligible suppliers

On April 3, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a matching 25% tariff on U.S.-made vehicles as a response to U.S. President Trump’s 25% tariff on automotive imports that came into effect at midnight. Carney expects the Canadian tariff to generate CAD 8 billion which will be used to support workers and businesses. 
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On April 3, Stellantis North American chief Antonio Filosa announced to employees that it is pausing production at some of its Canadian and Mexican assembly plants as new U.S. tariffs placed on automotive imports take effect, a move affecting nine total plants that will trigger about 900 temporary layoffs at several

On April 2, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants announced that approximately 185,000 light vehicles were sold in March 2025, up 11.4% from the same month in 2024 and signifying it as the best March figures since 2018.
The SAAR for March was a robust 2.02 million, broadly in line with February.
“On the BEV front there w

On March 31, Siemens announced a CAD 150 million (approximately EUR 97 million) investment over five years to establish a Global AI Manufacturing Technologies R&D Center for Battery Production in Canada.
The new R&D center, located initially at Siemens Canada’s head office in Oakville, as well as in Toronto and Kitc

Canadian light vehicle assembly has entered a period of structural change over the last few years, with investments in plants and supply chains now coming under risk, according to DesRosiers Automotive analysts. 
Following the peak in 2000 when production was at 2.915 million, volumes declined to a nadir in 2021, whe

On March 31, Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. filed financial reports with the securities commissions or securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada, and with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Updated Feasibility Study for the Matawinie Mine and the Bécancour Battery Materi

On March 28, Suprajit Engineering Limited signed an asset purchase agreement for the second tranche of the SCS acquisition, covering the assets and certain liabilities of SCS China (Stahlschmidt Zhejiang Automotive Co., Ltd.) and SCS Canada (Stahlschmidt Ltd.). The acquisition will be executed through Suprajit USA In

On March 26, U.S. President Donald Trump after announcing 25% tariffs on all imported automotive products, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested in a late night post on his Truth Social that further tariffs would be imposed on the European Union and Canada if they retaliated in unison.
“If the European Union works wi

On March 26, during a campaign stop at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, Prime Minister and Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney promised a CAD 2 billion “strategic response fund” to help Canadian auto manufacturing and strengthen a supply chain under threat from U.S. tariffs.
Carney, who became prime minister l

On March 26, Nissan announced it will launch more than 10 new and refreshed products in in the U.S. and Canada through 2027, including next-gen EV and hybrid tech and INFINITI models.
In FY2025:
The U.S. and Canada will be the first markets to launch the all-new third-generation Leaf, reimagined as a sleek and spacio