On May 5, Jeep unveiled the redesigned next-gen Compass SUV in Europe, but while European customers are able to order one now, with deliveries set for later this year, Stellantis remains unclear when or if the crossover will eventually be offered in North America. 
The original plan was to build the next-generation C

Waymo announced it is investing in a new vehicle manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona along with its manufacturing partner Magna Steyr, where it plans to build more than 2,000 Jaguar I-Pace vehicles through 2026 with Waymo’s fully autonomous technology, which it designs and assemble in the U.S.
Magna built the I-Pace

Several media sources reported that Magna International announced plans to launch driverless vehicles on the streets of Toronto later in 2025.
The Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) recently notified Magna that its application into Ontario’s Automated Vehicle Pilot Program (AVPP) has been approved, allowing it

On May 2, General Motors announced it will cut a shift at its truck plant in Oshawa, Ontario, this fall in response to President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada. Trump enacted a general 25% tariff on Canadian imports, with some exceptions. Canada followed with a 25% countertariff as well.
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On May 1, Wallbox announced a new partnership with Nissan Canada to launch a nationwide integrated home charging solution for Nissan EV owners.
Starting in May, Nissan EV owners across Canada will be able to purchase Wallbox’s Pulsar Plus home charger and schedule installation through their local Nissan dealer or dir

On May 2, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants announced that approximately 186,000 light vehicles were sold in April 2025, very similar to March, but up 10.2% from the same month in 2024, signifying it as the best April figures since 2018.
The SAAR for April was 1.90 million, down from the 2+ million numbers seen in Q1

On May 1, Toronto, Canada-based Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. announced that despite its current efforts to raise funding, it requires additional financing to meet its obligations and repay liabilities arising from the ordinary course of business operations when they become due in order to continue as a going concern.
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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