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Denso Sensor Teams With Radar to Aid Night Vision
The vision sensor allows automobiles to automatically activate emergency braking when obstacles are identified, the supplier says.
Feb. 1, 2018 -
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Automotive Modules Get More Complex to Meet OEMs’ Requirements
In a WardsAuto Q&A, the new president of HBPO North America discusses what goes into a vehicle’s front end these days.
By Steve Finlay • Feb. 1, 2018 -
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Production strategies are changing rapidly as tariffs and shifts in consumer buying patterns affect the industry.
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First-Quarter 2018 N. American Production Set for 2.6% Decline
Manufacturers anticipating increases mostly are those that have added capacity and new products to their North American footprint since last year.
By Haig Stoddard • Jan. 31, 2018 -
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Zero-, Low-Emissions Vehicles Scarce in Spain
Only 53% of vehicles registered in Spain, some 18.5 million, are considered zero-emissions or relatively low-emissions. The country’s remaining 16.4 million vehicles are considered “very pollutant.”
By Jorge Palacios • Jan. 30, 2018 -
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Retiring CEO Says J.D. Power to Keep Pace With Industry Changes
Mobility, electrification and autonomous vehicles will add pressure and could reshape the industry landscape, but retiring top executive Finbarr O’Neill says there still will be a need for the research arm’s data, no matter who the industry stakeholders are.
By David Zoia Editor • Jan. 29, 2018 -
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Auto Sales Expected to Fall, But Industry Keeps Cool
Not so long ago, when prospective annual sales were off by a few hundred thousand units – let alone 700,000 – headlines would scream, analysts would predict the end of civilization as we know it and automakers would knee-jerk so hard they required arthroscopic surgery.
By Steven Finlay • Jan. 29, 2018 -
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Aluminum Producer Novelis to Expand in Kentucky
The new facility will be in close proximity to Logan Aluminum, a Novelis joint venture in Russellville, KY, and several nearby automotive manufacturing plants.
Jan. 29, 2018 -
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FCA CEO Marchionne Plans to Finish 2018 on High Note
One bonus this year will be the Republican tax cuts. Marchionne says they will be worth $800 million to $1 billion. “That’s a big number,” he says.
By Bob Gritzinger • Jan. 25, 2018 -
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U.S. Tax Cuts Provide Detroit Three Development Cash (They Will Need It!)
The overall automobile business is getting risker. Light trucks are paying their way, but payback on sedans and coupes; electric and hybrid vehicles; and safety, connected and autonomous vehicles looks scary for the Detroit Three.
By Warren P. Browne • Jan. 25, 2018 -
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Original Range Rover Sets Template for High-Zoot SV Coupe
Expect two doors borrowed from the 1970 Range Rover but little else when Land Rover reveals its Range Rover SV Coupe at the Geneva auto show in March.
By Bob Gritzinger • Jan. 24, 2018 -
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Veloster Back, and With High-Performance Spinoff, Too
“Veloster N takes Hyundai to a new level of purchase consideration for true driving enthusiasts in the U.S. market,” says Albert Biermann, who heads the South Korean automaker’s performance division.
By Steve Finlay • Jan. 16, 2018 -
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Chinese Auto Maker Vows to Enter U.S. in Late 2019
To show its determination, GAC stages an elaborate press conference at the North American International Auto Show in the epicenter of the U.S. auto industry.
By Steve Finlay • Jan. 16, 2018 -
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Ram Reloads for Next Round of Truck Wars
FCA’s fullsize Ram 1500 pickup gets a complete makeover for ’19, dropping weight and adding mild-hybridization in a bid to improve fuel economy. The latest Uconnect interface debuts, featuring a 12.0-in. split-screen display.
By Bob Gritzinger • Jan. 15, 2018 -
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Arkamys: How Two Speakers Can Sound Like 16
Leading audio software supplier announces new developments in NXP partnership, discusses latest 3-D sound innovations at CES.
By Erik Derr • Jan. 13, 2018 -
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Large Year-to-Date Gains Posted by All Truck Classes in Canada
Class 8 sales totaled 26,141, 13.5% above 2016.
By Amy Alexander • Jan. 12, 2018 -
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U.S. Big Trucks End Year Up 3.5%
Class 8 sales fall 0.2% in 2017 while all other classes post gains.
By Amy Alexander • Jan. 12, 2018 -
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Rinspeed Snap All About POD-sibilities
Besides Toyota and others, Rinspeed sees a future of skateboard-like chassis carrying any number of pods for personal or commercial uses. Some 30 companies joined in developing the Snap concept. A prototype is on display at CES in Las Vegas.
Jan. 11, 2018 -
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AEye Unveils Next-Gen Lidar System
AEye founder and CEO Luis Dussan tells WardsAuto his company’s iDAR technology mimics how a human’s visual cortex focuses on and evaluates potential driving hazards. It is a step beyond today’s lidar systems, he says.
By Erik Derr 1 • Jan. 9, 2018 -
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TetraVue, Partners Set Sights on Lidar Growth
TetraVue says it offers a richer Lidar dataset than any competitor in the industry, thanks to solid-state 4-D Lidar cameras that can capture multi-megapixel images up to 30 frames per second.
By Erik Derr • Jan. 9, 2018 -
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ZF Advances ProAI Controller, Announces Customer
The 102-year-old German supplier further moves away from its traditional businesses, announcing an unnamed Chinese automaker will install its ProAI supercomputer in a vehicle with Level 3 autonomous driving features for the Chinese market.
Jan. 8, 2018 -
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Outlook on State of Trucking Industry in 2018
A new report from Wards Intelligence provides an in-depth look at the forces that have shaped the medium- and heavy-duty truck market and the even more rapid transformation ahead.
By WardsAuto Staff • Jan. 8, 2018 -
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Canada Record December Sales Hit 2 Million
Record light-vehicle sales in Canada for the fifth consecutive year.
By Amy Alexander • Jan. 5, 2018 -
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Australia’s AAA Warns Old Cars Unsafe
Reducing light vehiclesʼ average age by just one year, AAA says, would save 1,377 lives over the next 20 years. It also would result in a 5.4% decline in road crashes and emissions-reduction benefits worth A$19.7 billion.
By Alan Harman • Jan. 5, 2018 -
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U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales Top 17 Million Third Straight Year in 2017
Trucks surged to 69% of the market in December, lifting total sales for 2017 to 11.06 million units, or nearly two-thirds of total demand.
By Haig Stoddard • Jan. 3, 2018 -
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Thailand New-Vehicle Sales Jump 20.6% in November
Vudhigorn Suriyachantananont, executive vice president-Toyota Thailand, credits last month’s growth to a steady improvement in consumer confidence, along with the popularity of recently launched models and manufacturers’ promotions.
By Alan Harman • Dec. 28, 2017
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