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Cox Automotive Forecast: New-Vehicle Sales Accelerate in July

Cox Automotive Forecast: New-Vehicle Sales Accelerate in July

With supply holding at healthy levels, U.S. new-vehicle market is expected to spur a notable year-over-year sales improvement in July. The annual new-vehicle sales pace in July is expected to finish near 15.9 million, up 2.6 million from last July's 13.3 million pace and up from June's 15.7 million level. ... Continue reading

Senate Agrees With TACH, An AM Radio In Every Car

Senate Agrees With TACH, An AM Radio In Every Car

With near-unanimous bipartisan support, a bill that would help ensure AM radio remains in vehicle dashboards is moving quickly in Congress. The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday advanced the proposed AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (S. 1669) with only Michigan Democrat Gary Peters voting against the proposal. ... Continue reading

New EV Battery Safe Handling & Storage Guidance Developed by Global Automakers and Suppliers

New EV Battery Safe Handling & Storage Guidance Developed by Global Automakers and Suppliers

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 26, 2023 -- In a collaborative effort to enhance safety measures and promote responsible handling of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, today at its 2023 Innovation Summit in Columbus, Ohio, the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) announced the publication of a new guidance document on Ele ... Continue reading

China Autonomous Driving Domain Controller Research Report 2023 Featuring 32 Domain Controller Vendors and 1 International Vendor, Tesla

China Autonomous Driving Domain Controller Research Report 2023 Featuring 32 Domain Controller Vendors and 1 International Vendor, Tesla

DUBLIN, July 25, 2023 -- The "China Autonomous Driving Domain Controller Research Report, 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The computing power distribution and evolution strategies for driving-parking integrated domain controllers have become clear Typical driving-parking integrated dom ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Group and Seoul National University Open Joint Battery Research Center

Hyundai Motor Group and Seoul National University Open Joint Battery Research Center

This collaborative effort between the Group and SNU aims to advance battery technologies and foster industry-academia cooperation to establish global leadership in the battery field. The opening ceremony of the Joint Battery Research Center took place at Seoul National University’s main campus and was attended by est ... Continue reading

OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL SUMMARY JULY 24, 2023

OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL SUMMARY JULY 24, 2023

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap-up Week Ending July 22, 2023

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap-up Week Ending July 22, 2023

Here are Larry's picks among the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets ... Continue reading

New EV Battery Revealed Could Be A Game Changer

New EV Battery Revealed Could Be A Game Changer

After four years of design, modeling and simulation, a team of 25 people comprised of CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), Stellantis and Saft engineers and researchers today unveiled an innovative prototype of an energy storage battery that integrates the inverter and charger functions. Integrating t ... Continue reading

Mobility for All, Thinking Out of the Box

Mobility for All, Thinking Out of the Box

A Conversation with Gabriel Plassat of the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) July 12, 2023 During the Freedom of Mobility Forum’s live debate on March 29, 2023, panelist Carlos Tavares opened the door to lighter mobility devices to partially cover mobility needs and respond to climate related issues. Th ... Continue reading

Stellantis Reveals STLA Medium Platform +VIDEO

Stellantis Reveals STLA Medium Platform +VIDEO

Stellantis N.V. unveiled STLA Medium, a global BEV-by-design platform with state-of-the-art features including best-in-class range of 700 kilometers (435 miles), energy efficiency, embedded power and charging power. The STLA Medium platform offers long range combined with designed-in flexibility to host a variety of ve ... Continue reading

Ford Passing Manufacturing Savings To Customers, Nice!

Ford Passing Manufacturing Savings To Customers, Nice!

Ford is taking advantage of increased plant capacity, continued work on scaling production and cost, and improving battery raw material costs to help lower the MSRP of F-150 Lightning® for all customers. The Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan is temporarily closed to complete final plant upgrades to triple the ... Continue reading

OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL SUMMARY JULY 17, 2023

OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL SUMMARY JULY 17, 2023

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

The EV Baby and Its Bathwater Gone

The EV Baby and Its Bathwater Gone

(Reuters) - For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents, forcing insurance companies to write off cars with few miles - leading to higher premiums and undercutting gains from going electric.And now those battery packs are piling up in scrapyards in ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up July 9-16, 2023

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up July 9-16, 2023

Here are Larry's picks among the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets ... Continue reading

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