Autos

If you rent a car over the holidays, you’ll need insurance and you may have to go through your own auto insurance policy, a credit card or purchase it from the car rental agency.

Renault will jointly develop small, cheaper electric vehicles for Ford for the European market and will also team up to produce commercial vans to cut costs and fend off rising competition from Chinese rivals, the companies said on Tuesday.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has issued a $36.9 million penalty to an Ontario business owner for allegedly failing to declare more than 2,300 used vehicles exported from Canada.

More than 30,000 popular SUVs and trucks have been recalled in Canada due to issues that automakers say could increase the risk of a crash.

Industry Minister Melanie Joly said Canada is serving Stellantis a notice of default after the automaker shifted some of its production to the United States.

Nissan is recalling several models of their vehicles because of a software problem.

Temperatures are dropping across Canada and that means it’s time to prep the vehicle with winter tires. In Ontario, doing so could result in a discount on insurance rates.

When purchasing a brand-new vehicle from a dealership, prospective car owners typically expect it to be problem free, with no accidents and a clean Carfax history report.

Stellantis is in the process of hiring 1,400 workers for the return of the third shift at Windsor Assembly Plant, despite the ongoing trade war with the US.

Hyundai is recalling 5,616 vehicles in Canada due to a faulty check valve in the purge control system, increasing the risk of fuel leaking and causing a fire.

Canada logged a drop in retail trade in September, Statistics Canada reports, attributing the decline primarily to a fall in autos and parts sales.

A Norwegian company is investing $3.2 billion to build a synthetic graphite plant in southwestern Ontario.

British Columbia’s energy minister says the province will reduce targets for electric-vehicle sales, scrapping a mandate that every new vehicle sold in the province must be zero-emission by 2035, while announcing any rebates for electric-vehicle buyers will be a federal responsibility.

The Toyota RAV4 was the most stolen vehicle across Canada in 2024, according to a new report by Équité Association, but in Ontario, a different SUV took the top spot.

If you’re a young driver or you’re a parent with young drivers in your home in Ontario, you know it can be expensive paying for car insurance.