Jil McIntosh, Driving.ca Feb 23, 2026 The 2026 Canadian International AutoShow drew a record 374,678 attendees and featured the global debut of Borealis, the latest Project Arrow concept led by the APMA. The vehicle highlights Canadian supplier technologies and is intended for international tours to promote domestic manufacturing capabilities. Read here

Joe Volpe, Corriere Canadese Feb 24, 2026 An opinion column reflecting on the Canadian International AutoShow highlighted Project Arrow, the fully Canadian-developed concept vehicle led by the APMA, as a showcase of domestic engineering and supplier capability. Its presence underscored Canada’s ability to develop advanced vehicle technologies amid a show dominated by global automakers and growing EV competition. Read here

Huw Evans, Autosphere.ca Feb 23, 2026 The APMA unveiled Borealis, the second Project Arrow concept vehicle, at the 2026 Canadian International AutoShow, highlighting Canadian supplier capabilities in autonomous and advanced vehicle technologies. APMA President Flavio Volpe said the project demonstrates Canada’s ability to compete globally, particularly amid ongoing trade and tariff pressures affecting the domestic auto sector. Read here

Mark Toljagic, Toronto Star Feb 21, 2026 Project Arrow 2.0 is not meant to create a Canadian retail car brand, but to showcase Canadian-made EV and autonomous technologies to global automakers. While the Vector and Borealis highlight the capabilities of 80 domestic suppliers, APMA is increasingly positioning the project toward defence procurement rather than the high-risk consumer auto market Read here

Elle Alder, Driving.ca Feb 21, 2026 Project Arrow’s Vector and Borealis concepts may have lacked the spectacle of the supercars nearby, but their purpose was far more strategic. Built as industry-facing demonstrators rather than consumer vehicles, the APMA-led project unites dozens of Canadian suppliers to showcase tangible, integrated technologies and serve as a business development tool aimed squarely at global automakers and procurement decision-makers. Watch/Read here

Staff Writer, Driving.ca Feb 13, 2026 At the 2026 CIAS, one of the standout highlights was APMA’s Project Arrow 2.0, featuring the Canadian-built Vector and Borealis concepts. Journalists praised the initiative not as a retail product, but as a global showcase of Canadian innovation, connecting startups, suppliers and advanced technologies to demonstrate what Canada’s auto sector can design, engineer and potentially commercialize. Read here

Staff Writer, OntariosUniversities.ca Feb 18, 2026 Ontario Tech University, in partnership with APMA, unveiled Project Arrow Borealis at the 2026 Canadian International AutoShow alongside the next generation Vector prototype, marking the continued evolution of Canada’s all-electric vehicle platform. The initiative has given more than 20 Ontario Tech students hands-on experience in full vehicle development and is targeting a commercially viable, fully Canadian-buildable EV by

Jeff Renaud, Western News Feb 17, 2026 APMA unveiled Project Arrow 2.0 at the 2026 Canadian International AutoShow, introducing the Vector and Borealis EV prototypes as the program moves toward next-generation, deployable technologies. Flavio Volpe said the phase advances capabilities that will help define mobility in the 2030s and 2040s. Read here

Derek Boshouwers, Auto123.com Feb 16, 2026 Project Arrow 2.0 debuted at the 2026 Canadian International Auto Show with the Vector and Borealis concepts. The program signals Canada’s intent to compete as a producer of advanced EV technologies, not just a vehicle assembly jurisdiction. Flavio Volpe, President of the APMA, emphasized during the Toronto unveiling that the vehicles are intended to be a menu for global automakers. Read here

Iain Boekhoff, Bloomberg News Feb 12, 2026 Canada’s plan to allow more Chinese-made EV imports is raising concerns about U.S. trade talks, even as Ottawa pursues diversification. APMA President Flavio Volpe said Chinese entrants must compete on equal terms, noting partners will have to “grind it out like everybody else.” Read here

Grace Macaluso, Automotive News Canada Feb 12, 2026 Reporting on the unveiling of Project Arrow 2.0, the APMA’s advanced electric vehicle prototypes, Feb. 12 at Media Day of the 2026 Canadian International AutoShow. Read here

Eric Vienneau, CHCH News Feb 12, 2026 “We found a way to get an exemption for Canadian and Mexican made USMCA compliant parts from the section 232 tariffs. We did that by presenting data that said the industry would shut down almost immediately if you didn’t do it. That’s also true for finished vehicles,” said Flavio Volpe, president of Automotive Parts Manufacturer’s Association. Read here

Vincent Aubé, AutoHebdo.net Feb 12, 2026 [Translated from original in French] APMA unveiled Project Arrow Vector and Borealis at the 2026 Canadian International AutoShow. APMA President Flavio Volpe said Project Arrow began as a national effort to demonstrate Canada’s ability to design and build a zero-emission vehicle, and that Phase 2.0 now advances the platform toward the technologies, systems, and industrial capabilities expected to shape mobility for decades. Read here

Guillaume Rivard, The Car Guide | Guide Auto Web Feb 12, 2026 An article about the debut of Vector and Borealis at the Canadian International AutoShow. APMA President Flavio Volpe said the program is now advancing toward the “technologies, systems and industrial capabilities that will define mobility in the 2030s and 2040s.” Read here

Glen Hendry, Insauga Feb 9, 2026 Ontario is investing $17.5 million through the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network to establish nine regional technology sites supporting SME innovation and commercialization, with Flavio Volpe, APMA president, noting, “Project Arrow is about the entire Canadian movement into electric mobility and creating a vision for a sustainable and innovative tomorrow.” Read here

Alex Riehl,  BetaKit Feb 9, 2026 Toronto-based Kiwi Charge is piloting an autonomous EV charging robot with General Motors Canada and Pfaff Automotive and will showcase the technology at the Canadian International AutoShow, where it will charge the APMA’s Project Arrow, supporting APMA President Flavio Volpe’s view that the vehicle proves Canada has “the technology and the people to build an all-Canadian car.” Read here

David Kennedy, Automotive News Canada Feb 5, 2026 Refocusing on vehicle emissions and tackling the challenges facing Canadian automotive through an “eco-system wide” strategy should put the industry on firmer ground, said Flavio Volpe, CEO of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. The mandate addressed only one side of the EV-adoption equation, he said, and would have penalized producers for not meeting electrification targets that were not achievable. “We all know

Sydney Ko, iPolitics Feb 5, 2026 The policy choice drew praise from APMA President Flavio Volpe, who said Ottawa is finally using the size of the Canadian market itself as a lever. “The Canadian market has more buyers than units we produce,” Volpe said in an interview. “If Canadians benefit from buying Canadian-built vehicles, that helps companies change their production programs, bring higher-technology vehicles here, and make them available to Canadians.” Read here  (Paywal

David Thurton and Ashley Burke, CBC News Feb 4, 2026 Amid Canadian auto plants cutting shifts and pausing operations, Flavio Volpe, president of APMA, said he'll be watching to see if the announcement does anything to anchor operations in Canada. He wants to see if the strategy provides automakers investing in Canada more relief from American tariffs, or credit for domestic production. "Car makers that invest here and employ Canadians should get advantages," Volpe said.  Read

Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Feb 4, 2026 The Carney Liberals will release a new automotive strategy Thursday that drops electric vehicle (EV) sales mandates and moves to new fuel efficiency standards, government and industry sources confirmed to the Star. APMA President Flavio Volpe said, “I’m happy that it appears we’ll move into a much more realistic formula without relenting on the path of modernization that, includes electrification, but might include mass deployments o