STATUS REPORT
An update from Steve Fletcher, managing director of the Automotive Recyclers of Canada By Steve Fletcher Last year marked my 30th year in the auto recycling industry, and change has been one constant throughout. It looks like 2023 will be more of the same, but will also show what a resilient, responsive group of businesses […]
ANOTHER USE FOR USED
Scrap cars and life-saving training By Allison Rogers Standard Auto Wreckers has formed a special relationship with some local heroes. The company’s Scarborough, Ontario-based yard welcomes the Markham firefighters’ auto extraction team every Wednesday morning, where the team trains on new scenarios they could very well be faced with a real-life emergency. The crew takes […]
RECYCLERS: KNOWN AGENTS OF CHANGE
By Allison Rogers and Steve Fletcher Automotive recyclers are a pretty cool lot. You’re known to be a passionate and tight-knit group, always seeking to introduce new practices to position themselves ahead of the curve—but never refusing to share your trade secrets in support of the betterment of our industry. That fact did not need […]
News
GONE TOO SOON Tesla has been talking big about its in-house insurance platform recently, and how it is providing insights on potential design improvements, but some recent reporting from Reuters has found that far too many of the electric automaker’s vehicles are turning up as salvage prematurely. In a compilation of 120 Model Y vehicles […]
Gone too Soon: High repair cost driving many Teslas to salvage prematurely, Reuters says
Toronto, Ontario — Tesla has been talking big about its in-house insurance platform recently, and how it is providing insights on potential design improvements, but some recent reporting from Reuters has found that far too many of the electric automaker’s vehicles are turning up as salvage prematurely. In a compilation of 120 Model Y vehicles […]
I Hate the Cats, but I Love the Money: Follow the converter money path
By Becky Berube I hate the cats. I hear this all the time. Or I hear, I wish the cats would just go away. Then I hear, I love the money, don’t get me wrong. I just hate dealing with the core guys, the collectors, the processors. It’s all become too much. I don’t even […]
CarZ’s Charity: Sam Kanoun pledges ProgiPix fees to Turkey-Syria relief efforts
Sunderland, Ontario — Sam Kanoun of CarZ Auto Recycling will donate ProgiPix auction fees generated between Feb. 9 and this Friday, toward Turkey-Syria earthquake relief efforts. Kanoun said keeper, buyer and storage fees earned over this eight-day period will be donated to Relief Humanity International. “We are all humans and should help each other,” he […]
TIME TO PLUG IN
ARC notes EV gaps for recyclers, key strategies in new report By Steve Fletcher, managing director, Automotive Recyclers of Canada The official Roadmap and Implementation Plan for the Management of End-of-Life (EOL) Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Canada has been prepared by the Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) with the financial support of Natural Resources Canada’s […]
AUTO RECYCLING ACROSS CANADA
Suivi de l’activité des organisations provinciales en 2022 When this magazine’s editorial team was compiling the 2022 issue of Canadian Auto Recyclers, we heard from more than one party that the year had been one of the best on record for recyclers, where profits were concerned. Naturally, in our interviews for the 2023 edition, we […]
WELCOME TO 2023
Another standout edition of Canadian Auto Recyclers Welcome to the 17th edition of the Canadian Auto Recyclers magazine. The Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) have collaborated with Media Matters since the inception of the CAR Magazine to bring you the best of the world of auto recycling across Canada. Full of news, industry profiles, and […]
