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Musk makes Davos debut with promise of robots for all
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (333+ words) Davos, Switzerland " Elon Musk sees his humanoid robots hitting the market next year, one of several "optimistic" forecasts by the U.S. tech mogul at his first-ever Davos appearance on Thursday. In front of a packed conference hall, Musk had a chance…...
'So much for the partnership': Ford says he found about Chinese EV deal only hours before it was announced
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (610+ words) Ford said it was time for the federal government to 'step up' and listed several demands to support the Canadian auto industry OTTAWA " Ontario Premier Doug Ford continued to blast Canada's recent trade agreement with China on Monday, noting that…...
'So much for the partnership': Ford says he found out about Chinese EV deal only hours before it was announced
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (696+ words) Ford said it was time for the federal government to 'step up' and listed several demands to support the Canadian auto industry OTTAWA " Ontario Premier Doug Ford continued to blast Canada's recent trade agreement with China on Monday, noting that…...
What to know about the rise of Chinese EVs as Canada opens the way for imports
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (1236+ words) China has become the world's electric vehicle manufacturing and export powerhouse, but tariffs have largely kept its EVs out of the North America market Chinese-made electric vehicles are almost invisible in Canada and the United States, but elsewhere around the…...
'Fix this mess': Doug Ford rips Carney's deal to loosen EV tariffs on China
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (236+ words) 'Prime Minister Carney and the federal government need to urgently step up and support Ontario's auto sector,' Ford wrote BEIJING AND OTTAWA " Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded furiously on Friday to a trade deal announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney…...
Feds to reveal future of EV mandate in 2026, as Liberals urged to relent on 100% target
1+ mon, 15+ hour ago (1159+ words) OTTAWA " As Prime Minister Mark Carney ushers in a new era of climate policy for the Liberals, a key decision is hanging over the governing party's approach to electric vehicles." Namely, will the 2035 sales mandate be kept or outright repealed?...
Jamie Sarkonak: Electric buses are a disaster for every Canadian city that tries them
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (529+ words) Regina is just the latest city to report problems with unreliable battery-powered transit Regina's adoption of electric buses has been a disaster for the public. It's the latest Canadian city to find this out the hard way. The news slipped…...
Elon Musk's next company towns has plans for science centre, gym and more
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (680+ words) Snailbrook, Texas, is home to tunnel-drilling venture the Boring Company, X and a manufacturing facility for SpaceX. Not everyone is a fan Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, has already shown that when a city's rules won't bend…...
Why Chinese EVs keep haunting Liberal prime ministers
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1749+ words) Despite the powerful forces on both sides of the political tug-of-war, trade officials say Ottawa's decision wasn't that complicated OTTAWA " Mark Carney has inherited Justin Trudeau's nightmare. In his decade as prime minister, one of the policy decisions that haunted…...
Carney says it's 'wrong' to say emissions cap is preventing major energy projects
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (804+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney swept aside criticism of the federal emissions cap and environmental assessment regime Friday, saying critics arguing the policies are preventing energy projects from being brought forward are "wrong." Speaking at an event at the Canadian Club…...