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As the days get shorter and colder, preparing your vehicle for winter driving is crucial.According to the RCMP, in 2017 nearly 30 per cent of accidents happened on wet, snowy or icy roads. In addition to checking conditions before hitting the road, having a winter safety kit in your car is important. The CAA notes that 50 per cent of Canadians have such a kit in…
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UAW: 13,000 auto workers go on strike. What’s at stake
DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union leaders couldn’t reach a deal with Detroit’s automakers.
The United Auto Workers union is seeking big raises and better benefits from General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. They want to get back concessions that the workers made years ago, when the companies were in financial trouble.
A small percentage of the union’s 146,000 members walked off the job at a GM assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan, near Detroit; and a Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio,…
Samsung To Showcase End-to-End Automotive Solutions at IAA MOBILITY 2023 – Samsung Global Newsroom
Samsung Electronics to exhibit semiconductor solutions tailored for nearly every automotive function;Samsung Display to feature enhanced safety and innovative features of OLED displays;Samsung SDI to present next-generation EV battery products
Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display and Samsung SDI today jointly announced their collaborative presence at the highly anticipated IAA MOBILITY1 2023 event, scheduled for Sept. 5-10 in Munich, Germany. In a united effort, the three Samsung affiliates will showcase a holistic range of automotive solutions set to redefine the landscape of connected mobility and captivate consumers and enterprises from around the globe.Samsung Electronics: Revolutionizing the Road Ahead
Aligning automotive innovations…
GM Says It’s Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety
GM’s announcement earlier this year that it would begin phasing out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone connectivity on its new EVs and, eventually, all of its future products went over very poorly, to say the least. Those phone-mirroring programs are hugely popular among both new and used car buyers, making GM’s announcement difficult to understand. Now, the company has explained a bit more about its thinking toMotorTrend.
While GM representatives did offer some basic reasons for ditching the beloved programs at the time of the announcement, the whole decision was poorly communicated. A two-page “media fact sheet” listed some…
New Year, New Cars: What’s Coming In 2024
The Polestar 3 and 4 are slated to join Polestar’s all-electric lineup after some delays. Polestar
It’s time to look ahead and hope that all the talk about new electric SUVs, more hybrids and electrified versions of classics (Range Rover and Cadillac Escalade come to mind) comes to fruition, despite most carmakers scaling back production and electrification goals in the second half of this year.
2023 was mostly disappointed with delays and broken promises, but some of last year’s hopefuls should put it into production and drive ways in the next 12 months. We’ve compiled the top all-new cars that…
Ontario car dealerships are gouging customers: survey
When you buy a car, you’ll be offered warranties, rust protection and other add-ons you can usually accept or decline.
However, a new survey by Car Help Canada, a non-profit group that provides assistance to customers buying cars, finds that some car dealers are forcing customers to buy add-ons, and if they don’t, the dealer will refuse to sell them the car.
“Many dealerships are price gouging consumers charging them excessive fees and forcing them to pay for add-on products they don’t necessarily want or need,” said Shari Prymak, executive director of Car Help Canada.
The Canadian Car Buyers Survey…
Buying a car has never been more expensive, assuming you can even find one — here’s why
Just as it did for nearly every facet of the global economy, the pandemic plunged Canada’s new car market into upheaval, throwing supply and demand completely out of whack.
Factory shutdowns due to COVID-19 made for widespread shortages of parts, filtering down to a historic lack of finished vehicles for sale on dealer lots. And on the demand side, consumers were far less eager to buy what was available, as the economic uncertainty had them holding on to their existing cars much longer than usual.
Three years later, most of the weak links in the supply chain have been fixed,…
Daycare center left damaged after being struck by stolen car on Chicago’s South Side
Car crashes into South Side daycare
Car crashes into South Side daycare
00:49CHICAGO (CBS) – A car slammed into a daycare center on the city’s South Side overnight.
The crash left damage outside of the daycare in Calumet Heights along Stony Island near 88th Street.
Tamera Fair, the CEO of Premier Child Care Centers, said she found out about the crash around 10:30 pm Saturday.
She says police told her that the car was stolen.
“Whoever crashed it fled the scene. The keys were in the car, no broken windows, the steering column was not tampered with. So, we…