EV Battery Disruptions on the Horizon
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries require a complex mix of raw materials. This impacts cost and the Li-ion battery is the most expensive single component of an EV.…
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Combating the Technician Shortage
Looking at different ways to attract and retain skilled service staff. While there are many challenges impacting dealers today, one of the biggest concerns is finding…
Growing Concerns
Inflation and Interest Rates maybe rising but consumer demand is still working in dealers’ favour. Just when we think things might finally be straightening out, something…
Testing Times
2022 has already proved a memorable year. Not that 2021, or 2020 weren’t, but these first months have already brought on a series of events that…
Battery Evolution
Protracted development has been a hallmark of EV power sources since day one. A propulsion system is only as reliable as its fuel source. As outlined in the…
A P.E.S.T. of a Mess
A variety of influences continue to challenge the automotive sector. Oh, how some colourful words expressed from Ukraine’s Snake Island and echoed around the world as…
The World Changes Again
Conflict in Ukraine will further affect the industry’s fragile recovery. One of the drawbacks in being an economic forecaster is that you appear to have everything…
ICE Evolution
In the second of a series of articles, Peter-James Gregory looks at the evolution of internal combustion engines (ICE) and how powerful and efficient it has…
Updating the MVDA
Making it simpler for dealers to conduct transactions. Remember the year 2002? Canada defeated the USA to win gold in men’s hockey at the Salt Lake…
Zero Emission Musings
A look at some of the developments and trends in the EV space. As we put 2021 in the rear-view mirror and I, in turn, complete…