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Matt Bubbers

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This is work. Columnist and car critic for The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com and elsewhere. Automotive editor @SharpMagazine

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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Exclusive! Found out Chery is already laying groundwork to sell cars in Canada. Odd fit, but they’re expanding aggressively @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Chinese carmaker Chery eyes expansion into the Canadian EV market
Country’s third-largest automaker would become the first Chinese company to offer mainstream passenger cars in Canada
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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Trump asks why burn less fuel? Slashing fuel standards will hurt consumers and our auto industry in Canada
In another retrograde move that will do real harm to people and our planet, U.S. President Donald Trump is gutting vehicle fuel economy standards to the surprise of pretty much no one
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
a supposedly fun thing that was even better than I imagined www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
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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
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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 18/09/2025
🇨🇦 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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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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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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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Even if current tariffs don't last, this doesn't bode well for Canada's nascent EV sector www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Wrote this before the trade war kicked off, but it’ll only exacerbate the problem: www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Wrote this before the trade war kicked off, but it’ll only exacerbate the problem: www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
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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
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/tesla-is-m...
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Tesla Is More Vulnerable Than You Think
How to cost Elon Musk $100 billion.
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Andreas Preuninger is quite a character/cult leader via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/review...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Your car nerd friend’s new holy grail. (It’s the new Porsche GT3, obviously.) @theglobeandmail.com
The new 2025 Porsche GT3, 992.2 generation, at the media drive event in Valencia Spain
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Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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...
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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...
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
today's other inauguration, Hamilton sworn in at Ferrari
F1 champion Lewis Hamilton arrives at Ferrari HQ in Maranello, ahead of his debut as a Ferrari Formula 1 driver
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Holy shit he made it to the finish line!
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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?
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Charging giant vehicles more to park seems like common sense public policy to me www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/w...
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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.
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
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...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Wtf bring Gilles back www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
nice to see this story on actual newsprint in @theglobeandmail.com yesterday
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.
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
now entering my Citroen years youtu.be/L2q03XZugwg
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Citroën C6 suspension explained
YouTube video by burrli burrli
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This is the good stuff. This is the stuff my brain craves. youtu.be/2VujUm6K-IU
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1973 Front Axle Restoration - Datsun 240Z (Part 6)
YouTube video by my mechanics
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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
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. 1/
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
"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 www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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 www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The workers in Windsor know everything is on the line right now @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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...
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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
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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
Inside the factory making the Dodge charger Daytona EV showing the bare metal body of the car in production
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Often think about this by my friend @rorycarroll.bsky.social and think it mostly applies to Canada too jalopnik.com/what-if-amer...
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What If Americans Say 'No' To An EV Revolution?
Allowing the "free market" to decide if EVs take-off seems a little risky
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
It’s good to use the right words.
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Thanks!
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
My latest for @theglobeandmail.com. Doug Ford's government will have blood on its hands if it goes through with this www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
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Doctors warn Doug Ford that ripping out bike lanes will lead to more ‘brutal’ injuries
When it comes to prevention, the research is clear: Bike lanes reduce collisions between vehicles and bicycles
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Matt Bubbers @mattbubbers.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
it’s like removing guardrails and dividers from highways and telling drivers: if u die oops that's on you! www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Ford government moves to bar lawsuits over injured, killed cyclists after bike lane removals
An amendment to the bike lane bill aims to insulate the Crown if cyclists are struck: biking lawyers
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