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Auto belt anxiety: Key trade talks loom, uncertainty persists
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (1621+ words) The Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement that allows a fully integrated vehicle sector is up for renegotiation. OK, take a deep breath. Relax, we can work through this. When a discussion on the future of the automotive industry in Canada…...
Canada's pledged $50B in subsidies for the electric vehicle sector. Is it worth it?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1396+ words) Governments have together pledged as much as $52.5 billion in support for electric vehicle businesses in Canada If you want to play, you have to pay. But when that payment is in the Canadian automotive industry, it in turn pays off…...
Toyota’s new hybrid RAV4 signals stability amid auto-sector turmoil
2+ week, 4+ day ago (655+ words) "It is turbulent now, but we do not know what the landscape will be like years from now. We ride out storms." At a time when the automotive industry in Southwestern Ontario has been rocked by volatility and uncertainty, Toyota…...
Auto belt anxiety: Southwestern Ontario notching wins in turbulent times
3+ week, 2+ day ago (911+ words) Canada's auto sector experienced turbulence in 2025, but there were wins worth celebrating in Southwestern Ontario The past 12 months have been marked by uncertainty and turbulence in Canada's auto sector, one of the biggest industries across Southwestern Ontario. Trade tensions with…...
Chinese EVs could lead to Canadian plant, but U.S. fallout looms: Analyst
3+ week, 5+ day ago (755+ words) "Canada is staking its ground, saying it will not be bullied by the U.S." Like a double-edged sword hanging over the Canadian auto industry, the promise of Chinese-made electric vehicles being sold in Canada could bring new automotive jobs " but also…...
Auto belt anxiety: Where Southwestern Ontario stands a year after Trump 2.0
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1270+ words) Jan. 20 will mark one year since Donald Trump swept back into office, igniting a trade war between Canada and the U.S. To say 2025 was a tough year for Canada's auto sector " which looms large and is concentrated in Southwestern Ontario, stretching…...
Auto belt anxiety: Lessons from past upheavals in Southwestern Ontario
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (813+ words) From EV investment booms to painful plant closures, history offers cautions. St. Thomas is in for a radical transformation, with two plants worth more than $10 billion combined in the pipeline. PowerCo, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, plans to open its electric-vehicle…...
Auto belt anxiety: Laid-off workers weigh hang-in or move-on options
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (998+ words) GM bet on an electric future for its now-idled Ingersoll plant. How to plug their lives back in is the question for 1,100 laid-off workers. It's been a bittersweet year for autoworker Rachel Knapp, who lost both her father and her…...
Boom and gloom: A stark divide in Southwestern Ontario's auto belt
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1805+ words) St. Thomas and Ingersoll aren't far apart, but there's a world of difference in how they've been hit by the auto industry's electric bet. In one Southwestern Ontario city, forever linked by history to all things jumbo, one of the…...
Gas prices in London: Why they seem high and how you can save a little
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (687+ words) Despite the federal government's removal of the consumer carbon tax in April, filling up a vehicle at the gas pump isn't exactly cost-friendly in London. Recently, drivers who've filled up in the morning or daytime may have paid about $1.40 per…...