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The Canadian government has released anticipated proposed regulations insisting that all new private passenger autos sold in Canada by 2035 must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). While welcoming the law in principle, Canadian automakers have warned that the federal government will need to spend more in helping consumers buy ZEVs and on investing in charging networks to ensure this mandate is practical and affordable.…

Canada and the USA may have one of the world’s most integrated auto sectors, with 2021 passenger vehicle imports into Canada from the USA worth USD27.8 billion and exports to the USA worth USD26.5 billion, yet trims and models can differ in either market.…

WHEN European energy experts consider the future of hydrogen as an energy source, assessments sound remarkably like comments made about wind or solar power in the late 1990s – it is a great idea, but it would help if production and processing were less expensive.…

How to launder a sack of ill-gotten cash is a question that does not just stretch the imaginations of law enforcers and AML officers, it can and does prompt useful assessments by professionals in other fields.

The question of how to launder USD1 million in dirty money is, for instance, a popular thread on the international online Q&A service Quora, with 84 answers.…

The Nordic and Baltic beer markets are increasingly diverse, with craft beer sales growing faster than those for standard beers across the region, with only Lithuania bucking the trend. According to UK-based market researcher GlobalData (which owns Just Drinks), sales of craft beers Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia and Latvia have all seen significant sales increases over the past five years with many exhibiting double-digit growth.…

A key question in any industry is to what extent robotics will be able to replace the human hand. This issue is especially pertinent for textiles and clothing – where sensor-based automation increasingly carries out human tasks such as assessing the feel of textiles and quality control.…

While forecasts of a global recession are far from conclusive, the World Bank has in its latest international economy assessment released in September (2022) warned that such a downturn is a real possibility for 2023. (1) The reason is potential government spending tightening to deal with inflation rates not witnessed since the 1990s or earlier: “To stem risks from persistently high inflation, and in a context of limited fiscal space, many countries are withdrawing monetary and fiscal support,” noted the bank.…

The Canadian auto industry has warned the country’s provincial governments against pushing regulatory complexity over electric vehicle (EV) sales by retaining ambitious local sales mandates when the federal government is rolling out its own requirements for manufacturers. Canada’s Liberal federal government is developing detailed legislation that would implement a political commitment made earlier this year to insist that by 2035, all new light duty vehicles sales would be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by 2040.…

Continuing to fight supply-chain snarls, material shortages, inflation woes, and a stubborn pandemic, the US paint and coatings industry produced 1.3 billion American gallons (4.9 billion litres) valued at USD27.2 billion (US dollars) in 2021.

That is according to The ChemQuest Group, a global specialty chemicals and materials consulting service based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, which said this production was an increase of just 0.1% in volume and 8.6% in value over the previous year.…

The Canadian automotive industry has welcomed the deal within the USA’s Democratic Party to propose a revised tax credit on purchases of electric vehicles (EV) in America which extends the payment to EVs made across north America, including Canada and Mexico.…