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Consumers Are Not Ready for Keyless Cars, Finds Strategy Analytics

Consumers Are Not Ready for Keyless Cars, Finds Strategy Analytics

“Keyless Cars: Do Consumers Want Them, and Are Automakers Ready?”. While keyless technology provides a number of benefits such as consumers having one less item to lose or replace and automakers leveraging the technology for fleet management, it also holds fundamental disadvantages – the requirement of an active ... Continue reading

Purchasers/Lessees of New Vehicles and Purchasers of Certain Replacement Parts Now to Benefit from $1.04 Billion in Settlements

Purchasers/Lessees of New Vehicles and Purchasers of Certain Replacement Parts Now to Benefit from $1.04 Billion in Settlements

(Washington, D.C.) July 9, 2018; The following is being released by the Notice Provider, Kinsella Media, LLC, about the coordinated lawsuits in In re Automotive Parts Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2311. ... Continue reading

Automotive News Digest July 2-8, 2018: US June Sales; Mazda Air Bag Recall; Geneva Sans Ford; EPA Changes; Volvo M; RIP Dee Ann Andretti

Automotive News Digest July 2-8, 2018: US June Sales; Mazda Air Bag Recall; Geneva Sans Ford; EPA Changes; Volvo M; RIP Dee Ann Andretti

Larry Nutson, Senior Editor and Chicago Car Guy along with Michigan Bureau contributing editors Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell compile TACH's Take On Last Weeks Automotive News In "Digest" Sized Chunks ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB - Auto Talk Radio LIVE from New York 7-9 AM This Saturday July 7, 2018

AUTO LAB - Auto Talk Radio LIVE from New York 7-9 AM This Saturday July 7, 2018

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 20 million people, providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart ... Continue reading

Gas Pump Skimming on the Rise

Gas Pump Skimming on the Rise

The U.S. Secret Service issues skimmer warning during one of the summer’s busiest travel weeks as many motorists are hitting the road over the July 4 holiday, the U.S. Secret Service announced an uptick in skimmers found in gas pumps ... Continue reading

CHINA: BYD and Changan Automobile Launch Groundbreaking Battery Joint Venture

CHINA: BYD and Changan Automobile Launch Groundbreaking Battery Joint Venture

Changan China, July 5, 2018; New energy company BYD today announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Changan Automobile to jointly manufacture batteries for electric vehicles. The groundbreaking agreement will see both companies collaborate in the production and sale of these batteries through a new legal entity ... Continue reading

Automaker Shares Soar on U.S. Proposal to Eliminate Tariffs

Automaker Shares Soar on U.S. Proposal to Eliminate Tariffs

According to Bloomberg, German auto-industry executives met with U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell Wednesday, where he was said to have told participants Washington was seeking talks with the European Union and Berlin on lowering car duties to zero. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Invests In Autotalks Israeli Startup To Boost Car Connectivity Capabilities

Hyundai Invests In Autotalks Israeli Startup To Boost Car Connectivity Capabilities

Industry source estimates the investment at a few million dollars; it will be basis of strategic partnership Israeli startup Autotalks, a maker of vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems for use in autonomous driving cars. ... Continue reading

AIADA: What Is An American Car?

AIADA: What Is An American Car?

Explore the map to learn more about the international nameplate vehicles, plants, and people that are contributing to our country's economic recovery. The Honda Ridgeline, Acura RDX, Honda Odyssey, and Honda Pilot are among the most American-made vehicles driven by U.S. consumers.* Vehicles like these demonstrate that ... Continue reading

GM Breaks Ground on $65 million ACDelco and Genuine GM Parts Processing Facility

GM Breaks Ground on $65 million ACDelco and Genuine GM Parts Processing Facility

BURTON, Mich. 2018-06-20; General Motors Customer Care and Aftersales (CCA) broke ground today on an all-new $65 million ACDelco and Genuine GM Parts processing center on a vacant 141-acre lot near the intersection of Genesee and Davison roads in the City of Burton. ... Continue reading

Cooper Tire Adds New Sizes to Roadmaster RM272™ Tire Line

Cooper Tire Adds New Sizes to Roadmaster RM272™ Tire Line

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has added new sizes to its popular Roadmaster RM272™ tire line, which is engineered to withstand the demands of drop deck and spread axle trailers. ... Continue reading

Tour Engine Secures a Phase II ARPA-E Grant and Private Funding to Develop 5 kW Engine

Tour Engine Secures a Phase II ARPA-E Grant and Private Funding to Develop 5 kW Engine

Tour Engine to develop commercially viable 5 kW engines targeted to be at least 20% more efficient than today's comparable internal combustion engines. ... Continue reading

NHTSA TIRE RECALL

NHTSA TIRE RECALL

Please click on the following NHTSA Recall ID links to view the recall information. NHTSA Recall ID Number : 18T008 Synopsis : Continental Tire the Americas, LLC. ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB - Auto Talk Radio LIVE from New York This Saturday June 30, 2018 7-9 AM

AUTO LAB - Auto Talk Radio LIVE from New York This Saturday June 30, 2018 7-9 AM

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 20 million people, providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart ... Continue reading

Toyota "Connected Car" Services Will Soon Become Standard In Japan - See Complete List Of "Connections"

Toyota "Connected Car" Services Will Soon Become Standard In Japan - See Complete List Of "Connections"

- New technology provides connected services to enhance car ownership experience - Aim to make it standard on all new domestic passenger vehicles starting with New Crown and New Corolla Sport Toyota City, Japan, Jun, 26 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - The future of just-in-time vehicle services and support has arrived in Japan ... Continue reading

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