Trade mission to Asia
The Morning Drive with Mike and Lisa, AM800 September 1, 2022 Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association discusses Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Vic Fedeli’s trip trade mission to Asia and how it will benefit Windsor. Listen here.
Detroit’s big auto show returns ‘for people who love cars’
Dave Waddell, Windsor Star August 30, 2022 “The (automaker) culture in Detroit for years has been conservative. That’s changed. This will become an event on the calendar for people who love cars,” said Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association president Flavio Volpe. Read article here.
‘This is an opportunity’: Why Germany’s leader is looking to Justin Trudeau
Alex Ballingall, Toronto Star August 23, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, described new accords with Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz as an “unprecedented” strategy for future auto manufacturing in Canada Read here.
Agreement with German automakers ‘unprecedented’ for Canada, says auto industry insider
Jonathan Pinto, CBC News August 23, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, says Canada’s new deals with two German automakers show it wants to be a player for electric vehicles. Read here.
Canada signs EV agreements with Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz
The Shift with Patty Handysides, AM800 August 23, 2022 Flavio Volpe, head of the APMA, discusses the federal governments seperate agreements with Volkswagen & Mercedes. Listen here.
VW, Mercedes sign MOUs with Canada to secure battery minerals supply, hint at more value-added news to come
Emma Jarratt, Electric Autonomy August 23, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, called the agreements “a fourth-dimensional chess move” by the federal government, adding that it was “the most significant thing that’s happened so far” for the mining sector. Read here.
Trudeau casts doubt on idea of shipping natural gas from East Coast to Germany
Steven Chase, Claudia Scholz, The Globe and Mail August 23, 2022 Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, said the VW and Mercedes agreements that are being signed with Canada reflect the benefits of a deal struck in the U.S. Congress on tax incentives for electric vehicles. Read article here.
‘Nice’ isn’t going to cut it for Biden’s man in Canada
Andy Blatchford, Politico August 22, 2022 Flavio Volpe, the plainspoken, influential head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, said for the first time in years his lobbying work included going through the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa. Read here.
ANC Podcast: Aug. 19, 2022 | U.S. EV tax credit has Canada ‘back from the brink,’ says Flavio Volpe
Automotive News Canada Podcast August 19th, 2022 Flavio Volpe, head of the Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, explains how close Canadian auto assembly came to extinction and how the word “north” added to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act turned the tide. He also tells us how the new U.S. EV tax credits will benefit Canada […]
Canada eyes cash for critical minerals in Biden’s big new climate bill
Alexander Panetta, CBC News August 16th, 2022 The head of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, Flavio Volpe, called the friendlier language in the new, final, bill a relief for Canadian jobs: “It’s a bullet dodged,” he said. Read Here.
