DETROIT — Ford reached a last-minute deal to avoid a walkout at its Canadian operations late on Tuesday, as the United Auto Workers union prepared for a potential expansion of its U.S. strikes against the Detroit Three automakers. Unifor, which represents about 5,600 Canadian auto workers, were threatening to go on strike at all three
Tesla is listing China-made Model 3 and Model Y models for sale in Canada, the company’s website showed on Tuesday, confirming the electric car maker has completed its first shipments to North America from its Shanghai factory. Tesla’s website showed both rear-wheel drive Model Y vehicles and the long-range, all-wheel drive version of the Model
OTTAWA — Canada has increased its planned support to carmaker Stellantis to build a battery plant in Windsor, Ontario, the industry minister said on Tuesday, but it wants the Ontario provincial government to help pay for it. To break the “stalemate,” it is important that Ontario “pay its fair share,” Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets a Stellantis auto assembly worker during a tour of the Windsor Assembly Plant in Windsor, Ontario, in January. (Reuters) OTTAWA — Automaker Stellantis has stopped all construction at a more-than C$5 billion ($3.74 billion U.S.) electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Windsor, Canada, over a disagreement with the federal
Tesla has begun producing in Shanghai a version of the Model Y to be sold in Canada this year, the first time it will ship cars to North America from China, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plan and a production memo seen by Reuters. The move would connect Tesla’s biggest and
WOLFSBURG, Germany — Volkswagen said on Monday it will build its first North American battery cell plant in Canada, granting its cars access to both Canadian and U.S. subsidies as it works to localize its electric vehicle production chain in the region. Volkswagen confirmed in December it was looking for sites for a plant in
Tesla Inc is lobbying the Ontario government as part of an effort to set up an “advanced manufacturing facility” in Canada, a filing by the electric-vehicle maker to the province’s Office of the Integrity Commissioner showed. The company’s Canadian unit is working with the government to “identify opportunities for industrial facility permitting reforms,” the amended
