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

On March 25, Canada’s Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland said that the government has frozen CAD 43 million (USD 30.11 million) of rebate payments for Tesla and banned the company from future EV rebate programs.
Earlier in March it was reported that Tesla had filed an extraordinary number of EV rebate claims in the

Several South Korean media sources reported that one of the US subsidiaries of the LG Group, LG Technology Ventures, had made a series A investment in a Canadian lithium extraction company, Summit Nanotech Corporation. The exact size of the investment is not publicly disclosed, but it is assumed to be within the rang

Ford is moving over vehicles and components across the U.S. Canadian border as fast as it can as it prepares for any future tariff announcements on April 2.
One truck full of 45 Ford engines used in the popular Super Duty pickup would cost Ford about USD 70,000 in tariffs, while a truck stocked with 66 of the 5.0-lit

On March 17, Toronto’s mayor Olivia Chow banned financial incentives for Tesla vehicles bought as taxis or ride-share. The city has been offering taxi and ride-share drivers reduced licensing and renewal fees until the end of 2029 if the cars are electric, but Tesla EVs are excluded from the program. Chow said that t

Electrovaya Inc. announced that it has closed a direct loan of USD 50.8 million from the Export-Import Bank of the United States under the bank’s “Make More in America” initiative, meeting substantially all the bank’s conditions to begin drawdowns on the loan. The loan will be combined with USD 20 million BMO Credit

On March 18, Magna announced a program in collaboration with NVIDIA to integrate the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX platform within its next generation of advanced technology solutions. It will use the next-generation NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor system-on-a-chip (SoC). NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor delivers up to 1,000 trillion operations per s

On March 18, Vancouver, British Columbia-based window technology creator Miru Smart Technologies introduced one of the world’s largest electrochromic sunroof window devices for the automotive industry. The use of Argotec advanced thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) interlayer films demonstrates the scalability and comme

South Korea’s lithium hydroxide manufacturer, EcoPro Innovation Co., Ltd., announced that it agreed with a Canadian electric power company, Hydro-Québec, to develop next-generation lithium metal anode materials jointly. They plan to combine EcoPro Innovation's lithium processing technology with Hydro-Québec's researc

Tesla is being suspected of gaming Canada’s federal EV rebate program, and causing it to end earlier than expected. The Canadian government warned consumers and dealers in mid-January that its iZEV incentive program for the purchase of EVs that was supposed to end in March, was running out of money faster than planne

On March 14, York Region Transit (YRT) signed a contract with New Flyer, a subsidiary of NFI Group, for 170 Xcelsior clean-diesel buses to enhance public transportation across Ontario’s York Region. The order includes 72 forty-foot buses and 98 sixty-foot buses, with deliveries set over the next three years. This pur

On March 11, VW Group CEO Oliver Blume said that group’s battery unit, PowerCo, is forging ahead with construction on its cell-manufacturing plant in St. Thomas, Ontario, and is “on schedule,” but suggested that tariffs present a risk, given the plant will supply VW assembly plants in the U.S. 
The 350-acre (140 hect

On March 12, Canadian Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said that despite the tariff turmoil, the Government of Canada plans to ensure automotive OEMs honor their investments and commitments to the country.
“Make no mistake, we’re already on their backs,” said Champagne, while anno

On March 12, VW Group announced that it will engage in discussions with the U.S. government to discuss the 25% tariffs that President Donald Trump intends to impose on his trading partners, Mexico and Canada.
However, the company confirmed it has no plans to relocate its manufacturing facilities from these countries