Can an auto show have winners and losers?

What are the implications for dealers of brands that exhibit vs. those that don’t? Does an auto show deliver a return on investment for exhibiting brands? This was one of many questions that that Jason …

The order game has changed: have we adapted?

Order-to-delivery is going to be with us for a while, and we need to improve our approach for how we keep our customers in the loop. The rules of the game have changed. If you …

The green dividend: cashing-in on EVs? – December 2022

The future is green, or at least moving closer to zero emission in the coming decades. The recent new vehicle registration market share figures from S&P Global Mobility for Q3 2022, showed zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) …

Practicing what I preach – October 2022

I’ve never thought of myself as an early adopter. If my lovely wife had a dollar for every time she encouraged me to “try something new”—say other than navy blue sweaters or penne a la …

Vehicle-as-a-Service is the new OEM mantra – September 2022

Herbert Diess, former CEO of The Volkswagen Group, commented at the end of June that global revenues for the automotive industry are forecast to reach circa CAD $6.5 trillion by 2030, up from CAD 2.6 …

From peak car to peak ICE: how near are we? – July 2022

We are old enough to remember when economists, sociologists, and futurologists alike, predicted the end of the long hours culture in favour of a new utopia called the “leisure society.” The argument ran in the …