r 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 of Canada being a net exporter in automotive are long gone” commented Andrew King, Managing Partner at DAC. While remaining a net importer with many of its trading partners, Canada sent 95% of its automotive products to the U.S., as it imported 57% of t...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/16

eitY) announced the signing of multiple technology commercialization agreements under the National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET) at Electronics Niketan, New Delhi. One of the key highlights was the Wireless Charger for EVs: A 1.5kW wireless electric vehicle charger developed by C-DAC (Thiruvananthapuram) and VNIT Nagpur was transferred to M/s Global Business Solution Pvt. Ltd.  The charger offers up to 89.4% efficiency, suppor...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/08

robust 2.02 million, broadly in line with February. “On the BEV front there was some slight recovery from the annihilation seen in February, with a number of the higher volume BEVs seeing modest gains. Sales however remain well below their 2024 highs,” commented Andrew King, Managing Partner of DAC. While March was a month of change, with tariffs on the horizon and EV incentives disappearing, April will have a number of potentially impactful ...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/03

ffs on Canadian-produced vehicles imported to the U.S. now make the future direction uncertain.  “The unjustified trade hostility from the United States now places this at risk, potentially punishing the industry and consumers on both sides of the border,” said Andrew King, Managing Partner at DAC. (from DesRosiers Automotive on March 31, 2025)...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/02

part to the Chevrolet Equinox EV. Ford had the largest share gain for 2024, rising 1.1% with a 16.2% sales increase over 2023 Volkswagen led in 2024 in terms of percentage sales gain at 28.2%  Subaru and Mazda also noted strong sales growth at 23.8% and 23.2% respectively Looking forward to 2025, DAC sees challenges to the Canadian market with possible tariffs by the new U.S. administration, and a Canadian election on the horizon. Scotiabank ma...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/07

Government of India initiates development of vehicle-to-grid, vehicle-to-home, and vehicle-to-building technologies. On August 24, the Ministry of Electronics, and Information Technology (MeitY) announced that an MoA (memorandum of association) was signed between C-DAC (T) with Hykon India Ltd. for the development and deployment of Vehicle to Grid (V2G, V2H & V2B) technologies.  The development of technology of vehicle-to-grid (V2G), vehicle-to-...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/27

ected to meet the needs of electric vehicles (EVs), which need to conserve air conditioning energy, and self-driving cars, which can conduct meetings and other activities. Murata Manufacturing aims to put the CO2 absorptive filter into practical use with a view to applying it to direct air capture (DAC), which collects CO2 from the air. Murata Manufacturing’s CO2 absorptive filter will be built in air-conditioning ducts, for example. By exposin...

News  Updated at: 2024/07/10

ch, remained less than the levels above 2 million seen in January and February of this year. While the market has now seen 18 straight months of year-over-year gains, “the momentum appears to be dissipating and sales pulling back from the torrid pace seen at the start of the year”, according to DAC. On April 9, Scotiabank maintained its previous March forecast of 1.74 million full-year sales in Canada for 2024 and 1.78 million for 2025. (Des ...

News  Updated at: 2024/05/03

ry came in at 2.06 million – crossing over the two million mark for the first time since February 2020. “Notably, January sales levels were above the same month from 2019, as pent-up demand continued to overcome high interest rates and economic concerns,” said Andrew King, Managing Partner at DAC. “While inventories remain tight in a couple of critical segments, the market is moving back into a more normal environment in which demand, rat...

News  Updated at: 2024/02/03

Porsche partners with Baden-Württemberg government and ZSW to advance DAC technology On December 8, Porsche announced that it has signed a letter of intent with the Baden-Württemberg state government, and the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) to further develop and support direct air capture (DAC) technology, which has significant potential in the fight against climate change. DAC is a method of removing CO2...

News  Updated at: 2023/12/11

nsmission. In addition to its tough ladder frame and electronic differential locks, the Land Cruiser "70" adopts an array of driving and braking control systems, including Vehicle Stability Control (VSC), Active Traction Control (A-TRC), Hill Start Assist Control (HAC), and Downhill Assist Control (DAC), to deliver superb steering stability. The exterior is based on horizontal and vertical lines, inheriting the silhouette typical of the Land Crui...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/29

ember 2022 is expected to amount to JPY 15 billion. The co-creation facility, for which construction is scheduled to be completed in May 2025, will cover approximately 2,200 square meters of land. NGK will develop carbon neutrality-related products such as ceramic substrates for direct air capture (DAC), a technology for directly collecting carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, and sub-nano ceramic membranes. The area related to DAC has begun o...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/24

, a situation brought on by vehicle model availability affected by supply chain issues that had made it the worst October since 2009. However, this October’s results have now made it 12 consecutive months of sales increases compared to the previous year, prompting Andrew King, Managing Partner of DAC to note that “The market has been on a tear the last 3 months with gains close to 20% each month.”  The SAAR for October came in at 1.79 mill...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/03

Canadian auto sales up 19.0% in September, Q3 and YTD figures higher On October 4, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants announced that Canadian sales in September came in at 155,259 units, up 19.0% from the same month in 2022 and higher than the 18.3% gain in August. Andrew King, Managing Partner of DAC, commented “improved vehicle availability is making a real impact on the market, allowing pent-up demand to be released and easily outweighing any...

News  Updated at: 2023/10/05

Canada came at an estimated 149,697 units, up 18.3% from the same month in 2022. “Fueled by improved vehicle availability and pent-up demand from the 1.1 million ‘lost sales’ that never happened in 2020-2022, the market in August performed strongly,”  said Andrew King, Managing Partner of DAC.While August 2022 was a very weak month for comparative purposes, as supply constraints affected auto production, last month’s sales numbers mak...

News  Updated at: 2023/09/07

IAA Mobility 2023: Porsche explores DAC technology to boost eFuels production in Chile On September 4, Porsche announced the exploration of the integration of a Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility into the eFuels pilot plant in Chile in collaboration with Volkswagen Group Innovation, HIF Global, and MAN Energy Solutions.This facility aims to extract the necessary CO2 from the air for eFuels production at the Haru Oni pilot plant in Punta Arenas, Ch...

News  Updated at: 2023/09/05

Canadian auto sales up 3.7% in March, up 5.2% for Q1 2023 On April 4, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. (DAC) reported that estimated light vehicle sales in Canada of approximately 146,000 units for the month of March were up 3.7% from sales in March 2022.The SAAR for the month of March was 1.59 million, according to DAC — a steady drop from January’s 1.79-million figure, which was the high-point for the past year. As Andrew King, Managi...

News  Updated at: 2023/04/05

. But it’s not all doom and gloom for e-fuels. The production outlook could be far rosier if the carbon capture industry blossoms. E-fuels can be made by combining hydrogen produced using renewable electricity with carbon captured from industrial emissions or, more beneficially, direct from air (DAC). This has the benefit of reducing CO2 intensity in the atmosphere while at the same time producing a net zero carbon fuel. A more positive scenar...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/27

ults showed 93.75% capacity retention after exceeding 4000 charge and discharge cycles. UP Catalyst’s electrode material also exhibits excellent stability and improved energy density. UP Catalyst uses CO2-rich flue gases from heavy industry emitters, biogenic origin, and even direct air captured (DAC) CO2 as a feedstock for producing sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite, a critical raw material both in the EU and the US. Based on UP Ca...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/22

Canadian auto sales increase 7.5% in January On February 2, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants reported that an estimated 98,259 units were sold in Canada in January 2023, up 7.5% from the 91,411 units in the same month in 2022.DAC noted seeing signs of improved vehicle availability at a growing number of manufacturers, though not all.The SAAR for January 2023 was 1.79 million units.The fact that January 2023 was stronger than the year before is ...

News  Updated at: 2023/02/03