Two Silverado EVs and a 150 kWh battery powered this entire concert tour
Two Silverado EVs and a 150 kWh battery powered this entire concert tour

A five-stop concert tour in Quebec ran entirely on two Chevrolet Silverado EVs and a 150 kWh mobile power plant this summer. No diesel generator, and no hookup to the grid.

I went to the final show, held in a grocery store parking lot in Montreal’s …

Omoda & Jaecoo confirm Canada launch in late 2026: here’s the EV lineup
Omoda & Jaecoo confirm Canada launch in late 2026: here’s the EV lineup

Chery’s Omoda and Jaecoo brands have launched a Canadian website confirming that their “premium electric SUVs” will arrive in Canada in late 2026.

The site doesn’t name a single model, price, or dealer yet. But the Chinese automaker’s global lineup …

France’s Goncourt prize drops a novel over claims AI wrote it
France’s Goncourt prize drops a novel over claims AI wrote it

The Académie Goncourt has dropped Thélyson Orélien’s novel C’était ça ou mourir from the first selection for France’s top literary prize. In a statement on Friday, the academy cited plagiarism by the author and analyses showing that AI had most likely …

Beacon buys Haize Labs to stop its AI agents going wrong
Beacon buys Haize Labs to stop its AI agents going wrong

“The Fortune 500 will have no shortage of AI,” said Leonard Tang, co-founder and chief executive of Haize Labs. “The harder problem is making AI useful for the businesses that power the rest of the economy, where most humans work and receive value.” Ta…

Cohere and Aleph Alpha sign, with headquarters in Berlin and Toronto
Cohere and Aleph Alpha sign, with headquarters in Berlin and Toronto

“No government or enterprise should have to choose between capable AI and control over their technology,” said Aidan Gomez, Cohere’s chief executive. Canada’s Cohere and Germany’s Aleph Alpha have signed a definitive business combination agreement, the…

Glencore reaches new milestone at all-electric Sudbury copper mine
Glencore reaches new milestone at all-electric Sudbury copper mine

There’s an impossible amount of good-looking girls in Sudbury, Ontario, and an equally impressive wealth of high-grade nickel and copper ore living “just” 8,500 feet below the town’s surface, too – and Glencore Canada is sending a bunch of big EVs down…

Amazon moved some Canadian sourcing from the US to China to avoid tariffs
Amazon moved some Canadian sourcing from the US to China to avoid tariffs

Amazon expects package volume in Canada to rise by more than 40% between 2026 and 2029, outpacing its US growth every year, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider. One of the more striking details is a March planning document reco…

Tesla is suing this Canadian province for cutting it out of its EV incentives
Tesla is suing this Canadian province for cutting it out of its EV incentives

Tesla is suing the Canadian province of Manitoba for cutting the automaker out of its electric vehicle rebate program, and the fight has now reached a courtroom.
The province is asking Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench to throw out the challenge. Tesla …

A Remote Indigenous Community Built One of Canada’s Fastest Fiber Networks
A Remote Indigenous Community Built One of Canada’s Fastest Fiber Networks

In February 2024, a young man lay somewhere on the frozen shore of James Bay, Canada, surrounded by snow and darkness, succumbing to hypothermia. When he failed to get home on time, his frantic mother sent a Facebook message to Elizabeth Kataquapit, t…

New 6 passenger, 780-mile PHEV from GM has North America written all over it
New 6 passenger, 780-mile PHEV from GM has North America written all over it

GM thinks its newest Starlight L PHEV SUV could be China’s best value hybrid, offering 260 km (~160 miles) of all-electric range, spacious six-passenger seating, and a modern technology package at an affordable price. And it’s exactly the kind of vehic…