Tuesday Ticker: June 29, 2021
Toronto, Ontario — Magna discloses a seven percent stake in Fisker; General Motors ups its EV and autonomous vehicle spending and Tesla encounters service problems in China in this edition of Collision Repair’s Tuesday Ticker. Funds in Fisker Magna International reported last week that it holds 12,969,986 shares in Fisker, giving Magna a 7.4 percent […]
Tuesday Ticker: April 27, 2021
Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s Tuesday Ticker, PPG scores a consecutive Gold Rating in business sustainability, AkzoNobel reports growth for 2021’s first quarter and auto parts supplier Martinrea teams up for a joint battery research venture. Seal of sustainability PPG has announced that it has once again achieved a Gold Rating in corporate social […]
Wild West: Ontario highest vehicle theft rate, Alberta close behind, says HelloSafe.ca report
Toronto, Ontario – Albertans, check your keys; a new report from HelloSafe.ca shows that the province is swinging well above its weight when it comes to rates of vehicle theft, and the thieve’s targets aren’t exactly what one might expect. The report, published on Feb. 2, outlines rates of vehicle theft across Canada and showed […]
Mitchell Industry Trend Report: big changes demand incremental improvements
Toronto, Ontario — June 14, 2018 – Mitchell’s Q2 Industry Trend Report packed a serious punch for readers in the collision repair industry, warning them to avoid drastic business overhauls and to focus on making incremental improvements. The report highlights the impact data analytics have on auto insurance claims and how they can provide […]
AV Report, June 11th, 2018
Toronto, Ontario — June 11, 2018 — In this weeks AV Report: Calgary gets AV cash, OEMs offer dates on AV launches, Tesla’s Auto Pilot suffers more bad publicity, and much, much more! A flurry of announcements this week from governments and OEMs suggest some timelines for the emergence of self-driving cars onto […]
AV Report: Taxi drivers take a stand, public argues for stricter AV regulations
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 16, 2018 — In this week’s AV Report: Taxi drivers demonstrate against ride share services, the AV regulatory conundrum, Sidewalk Labs announces a schedule for Quayside. Taxi Cab Drivers Struggling In New York this past week, taxi cab drivers took part in a macabre demonstration at city hall. […]
AV Report: April 9, 2018
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario – April 9, 2018 — In this week’s AV Report: AV conferences in Ottawa and Edmonton, the University of Waterloo partners with Chinese universities on AV tech, Globe and Mail editorial writers tackle self-driving cars and much, much more! There is a crowded spring schedule in terms of conferences in […]
AV Report: The aftermath of pedestrian killed by self-driving Uber, winners of the AV race begin to emerge
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 2, 2018 — In this week’s AV Report: The winners of the AV race begin to emerge, aftermath of the pedestrian killed by a self driving Uber and much, much more! The burgeoning AV sector is is suddenly evolving in some very interesting ways. The recent […]
AV Report: CAR questions the AV timeline, researcher suggests driving tests for AVs
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — February 26, 2018 — In this week’s AV Report, the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) lets some air out of the AV hype, a scientist suggests a drivers’ test for AVs, GM’s SuperCruise is tested, and much, much more. – Major automakers, Wall Street fund managers and […]
AV Report: The flaw in current sensors and Tesla’s financial issues
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — January 27, 2018 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, lawsuits related to AVs, the flaw in current sensors and much, much more. Dozens of media stories appeared this week noting a collision involving a Tesla. According reports the vehicle was traveling in semi-autonomous mode when sensors failed to pick […]
