Matt Bubbers

Driving the world’s most dangerous racetrack: two days at the Nürburgring Nordschleife On a crisp and mercifully sunny two days in early October, a group of strangers met in rural Germany to drive the most difficult and dangerous racetrack in the world: the Nürburgring Nordschleife

a supposedly fun thing that was even better than I imagined www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...

12 new EVs under $40,000 Canadians could get if Carney opens the door to Europe A report released Thursday from Clean Energy Canada shows exactly which EVs Canadian drivers are missing out on

🇨🇦 NEW: "Not only would these 12 sub-$40,000 EVs fill the demand for more affordable electric cars and hatchbacks in Canada, they would certainly also provide a much-needed boost to EV sales... (If only Canada would) open the door to European-homologated vehicles," writes @mattbubbers.bsky.social.

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Carney’s best option for more affordable EVs? Open the door to Europe After waiving the 2026 EV sales mandate, the prime minister stills wants to find a way for more affordable EVs to hit Canadian roads, but he has tough choices to make that happen

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Where are the best-selling cars in Canada assembled and what is made here? In North America’s tightly integrated auto manufacturing sector, parts may cross the borders of Canada, the U.S. or Mexico five or six times before being put into a finished vehicle

Which cars are made in Canada? And where are Canada’s most popular models made? Check here /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...

Trump’s tariffs threaten to cripple Canada’s EV manufacturing industry before it gets off the ground The lives and livelihoods of the roughly 500,000 people directly and indirectly supported by Canada’s auto industry are at stake, as well as those of auto workers in the U.S. and Mexico

Even if current tariffs don't last, this doesn't bode well for Canada's nascent EV sector
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The price of cars is too damn high The average full-time worker earning around $76,000 a year would have to spend more than their entire after-tax annual income to buy the average new vehicle listed on AutoTrader, and that’s a problem

Wrote this before the trade war kicked off, but it’ll only exacerbate the problem:

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The price of cars is too damn high The average full-time worker earning around $76,000 a year would have to spend more than their entire after-tax annual income to buy the average new vehicle listed on AutoTrader, and that’s a problem

Wrote this before the trade war kicked off, but it’ll only exacerbate the problem:

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Tesla Is More Vulnerable Than You Think How to cost Elon Musk $100 billion.

The largest part of Elon Musk's wealth is Tesla, a company with an insanely inflated stock price that is wholly dependent on positive consumer sentiment. Tarnishing Tesla's brand could plausibly cost Musk $100 billion.
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Ineos Grenadier SUV is a billionaire’s pet project that (kind of) works Clearly built with a singular, peculiar vision to be a new old-fashioned off-roader, it doesn’t break any fresh ground, but the Ineos Grenadier is a breath of fresh air

that i like this so much is, I think, mainly about how much I hate the bullshit tech overflowing from every other car www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...

Review: ‘The Pope of GT cars’: Andreas Preuninger keeps Porsche 911 GT3s in high demand Preuninger has overseen the creation of 27 sports cars for Porsche. Each one remains distinct in his memory, including the 2025 Porsche 911 GT3, which was recently shown off to the world’s press

Andreas Preuninger is quite a character/cult leader
via @theglobeandmail.com
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The new 2025 Porsche GT3, 992.2 generation, at the media drive event in Valencia Spain

Your car nerd friend’s new holy grail. (It’s the new Porsche GT3, obviously.) @theglobeandmail.com

Amazon closing all Quebec warehouses, cutting jobs Online retail giant Amazon is closing all its warehouses in Quebec, a spokesperson confirmed to CTV News. The company says it will cease operations over the next two months in various centres and faci...

Oh yes, I definitely believe Amazon spent millions to build several shipping and fulfillment centres but is now leaving Quebec all at once for reasons that have nothing to do with unions organizing the 1700 workers. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/com...

F1 champion Lewis Hamilton arrives at Ferrari HQ in Maranello, ahead of his debut as a Ferrari Formula 1 driver

today's other inauguration, Hamilton sworn in at Ferrari

Holy shit he made it to the finish line!

Car companies in Canada predictably upset about feds not renewing $5000 EV rebate.

Will you rush to buy an EV before the rebate ends? Do you care? Do you want cheaper, smaller EVs, or no EVs? How can Canada hit climate targets?

Parisians Vote to Triple Parking Fees for Big S.U.V.s and Other Hefty Cars The city authorities say that large cars pollute more and are dangerous for pedestrians. Opponents say the mayor is on a crusade against motorists.

Charging giant vehicles more to park seems like common sense public policy to me
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From a B.C. coal mine to racing the Dakar Rally: Jordan Strachan’s dream is about to become reality The Alberta dirt biker is set to show is skills in a gruelling 7,700-kilometre race across Saudi Arabia’s towering sand dunes

Jordan’s story is amazing. He’s starting a tough thing today. Follow along and support this guy @theglobeandmail.com #dakar www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...

F1 legend Gilles Villeneuve’s hometown statue was a monument to the Canadian great – until it disappeared In the early hours of Nov. 1, vandals sawed off the statue around Villeneuve’s ankles and stole the 5-foot-3, 160-kilogram memorial, shocking the community

Wtf bring Gilles back www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...

For all the hand wringing about EVs in 2024, Hyundai Canada is doing just fine. More than fine actually. Early estimates from the company put ZEVs at 33% of national sales; EVs at around 18%, a 40% YoY increase. @theglobeandmail.com #EVs

Front page of The Globe and Mail's Report on Business Section for Dec 16, 2024, featuring a story about making EVs in Windsor, Ont.

nice to see this story on actual newsprint in @theglobeandmail.com yesterday

YouTube video by burrli burrli Citroën C6 suspension explained

now entering my Citroen years
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YouTube video by my mechanics 1973 Front Axle Restoration - Datsun 240Z (Part 6)

This is the good stuff. This is the stuff my brain craves. youtu.be/2VujUm6K-IU

This morning, Cycle Toronto launched a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 7 challenge to the provincial government’s Bill 212.

The lawsuit also seeks an immediate injunction to prevent the removal of target bike lanes on Bloor, University, and Yonge.

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On the front lines of the EV revolution: Inside the plant making the first made-in-Canada production EV As Dodge Charger Daytona EVs start rolling off the line at the Stellantis plant in Windsor, Ont., we take an in-depth look at what it took to get here

"We all have to move forward with it; electrification is where it’s going to be. We’re depending on this, for my bread and butter, for my family. When these cars go out the door, I get to come in another day." - worker at Windsor Assembly @theglobeandmail.com

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On the front lines of the EV revolution: Inside the plant with the first made-in-Canada production EV As Dodge Charger Daytona EVs start rolling off the line at the Stellantis plant in Windsor, Ont., we take an in-depth look at what it took to get here

Often lost in the #EV conversation is an understanding that livelihoods, families, cities, food and shelter are on the line. Any “just transition” takes care of workers first, not as afterthought. @theglobeandmail.com

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On the front lines of the EV revolution: Inside the plant with the first made-in-Canada production EV As Dodge Charger Daytona EVs start rolling off the line at the Stellantis plant in Windsor, Ont., we take an in-depth look at what it took to get here

The workers in Windsor know everything is on the line right now @theglobeandmail.com

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In the car world, love for ’90s style is making its mark Vintage cars are signifiers of taste, a rejection of the mass-market consumption and another escape from screen time

Hi! I write about cars, transportation, bike lanes, EVs, public policy and most importantly cool '90s cars. My first story for @theglobeandmail.com Style Advisor all about millennial nostalgia: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style-a...

Taken years, decades of work by unions, policy makers, company execs, plus major government subsidies to get this car off the production line in Canada

Plant manager said when they found out Windsor would make the new Dodge Charger they could’ve thrown a parade. Means everything to these workers, their families, and this city.

Inside the factory making the Dodge charger Daytona EV showing the bare metal body of the car in production

Been a long road to get here: the first made-in-Canada mass-produced electric car. Recently got an exclusive look inside Stellantis Windsor Assembly Plant talking with workers building this thing. Story soon for @theglobeandmail.com