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Edmunds highlights top car-tech trends from CES 2024

Edmunds highlights top car-tech trends from CES 2024

CES provides an annual insight into where and how cutting-edge innovations will reshape how people work, study, communicate and, in many cases, how they’ll drive.
BC Ferries picks Netherlands-based company to build four more hybrid-electric ships

BC Ferries picks Netherlands-based company to build four more hybrid-electric ships

VANCOUVER — BC Ferries has awarded a contract to build four new hybrid-electric vessels to be ready to sail by 2027.
Kristian Aquilina named new president and managing director of GM Canada

Kristian Aquilina named new president and managing director of GM Canada

OSHAWA, Ont. — General Motors has named Kristian Aquilina as GM Canada's new president and managing director. The move is a promotion for Aquilina, who was GM Canada' vice-president for vehicle sales, service and marketing.
Nelly Furtado on how Drake, her friends and a creative fire set her comeback alight

Nelly Furtado on how Drake, her friends and a creative fire set her comeback alight

Squished in the back seat of a ride share, Nelly Furtado was dreaming up her comeback single. It was Valentine's Day last year and the “Promiscuous” hitmaker was en route to a Philadelphia recording studio with a carload of friends and collaborators.
Nova Scotia woman, 42, dies after highway collision with deer and transport truck

Nova Scotia woman, 42, dies after highway collision with deer and transport truck

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — A 42-year-old woman has died in Nova Scotia after her car hit a deer and then was struck from behind by a transport truck. The RCMP says the crash occurred Friday evening on Highway 104 in New Glasgow.

Indonesia's president visits Vietnam's EV maker Vinfast and says conditions ready for a car plant

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Vietnamese automaker VinFast's factory on Saturday and said that he would create the necessary conditions for the multinational to be able to build a plant and invest in Indonesia quickly
Stock market today: Asian shares turn lower, while Tokyo's benchmark extends rally

Stock market today: Asian shares turn lower, while Tokyo's benchmark extends rally

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares turned lower Friday, though Tokyo’s benchmark extended its New Year rally, trading well above 35,000 and at its highest level since 1990. U.S. futures slipped slightly, while oil prices surged more than $1 a barrel.
Chinese auto exports rose 64% in 2023, with strong push by EVs, as makers expanded overseas

Chinese auto exports rose 64% in 2023, with strong push by EVs, as makers expanded overseas

BEIJING (AP) — China's auto exports surged 63.7% in 2023 while domestic sales, boosted by year-end incentives, rose 4.2%, an industry association said Thursday. The surge in exports, to 4.
Tech innovations that caught our eye at CES 2024

Tech innovations that caught our eye at CES 2024

LAS VEGAS (AP) — From electric cars to transparent TVs to the latest accessibility tech and virtual assistants backed by artificial intelligence, there was a wide range of innovations on display at the CES tech show in Las Vegas this week.
FCC chair asks automakers about plans to stop abusers from using car electronics to stalk partners

FCC chair asks automakers about plans to stop abusers from using car electronics to stalk partners

DETROIT (AP) — The top U.S. telecommunications regulator is asking automakers how they plan to protect people from being stalked or harassed by partners who have access to vehicle location and other data.