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Ambient Lighting Hot Interior Trend
Using tiny LED lights to personalize interiors and enhance styling is becoming a mainstream trend.
By Drew Winter • Jan. 7, 2007 -
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Toyota to Sell Flex-Fuel Tundra Late Next Year
Lentz says Toyota hopes to reduce the number of vehicles it imports to the U.S. in 2007, as most of the models it debuts this year are built here.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Jan. 7, 2007 -
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Automakers are evaluating their long-term strategies, revisiting their product mix, and approach to both retail and manufacturing approach along the way.
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JCI Integrates GM CUV Interiors
The Saturn Outlook and GMC Acadia stand among the few GM vehicles to benefit from the auto maker’s on-again off-again strategy to outsource full interior development.
By Tom Murphy • Jan. 7, 2007 -
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New Software Makes Connecting With Nomadic Devices Easy
Microsoft introduces a new software platform that makes it easier for consumers to operate cell phones and other devices via voice commands.
By Drew Winter • Jan. 3, 2007 -
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Powertrain Outlook
More than 100 North America-based automotive powertrain experts foresee mostly gradual evolution of engine technology between now and 2020, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
By Bill Visnic • Jan. 1, 2007 -
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Malcolm Bricklin, Visionary Vehicles Switch to Plan B
Plans by Malcolm Bricklin's Visionary Vehicles LLC to form a joint venture with China's Chery Automobile Co. Ltd are canceled, and he instead wants to contract production with three Chinese OEMs.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Jan. 1, 2007 -
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Ward’s 10 Best Engines 2007
The 13th year of the Ward's 10 Best Engines competition finds the auto industry and its powertrain sector in acute transition entering 2007.The U.S. domestic auto industry is undergoing a transformation to align its manufacturing capacity with new market realities. Likewise, consumers are indicating they, too, are shifting their tastes and questioning their vehicular needs in the wake of a protracted period of higher fuel prices.
By Bill Visnic • Jan. 1, 2007 -
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Growing Array of Readouts Marry Motorist, Motor
Displays citing real-time fuel efficiency could make motorists slow down, which would please driving instructors.
By Eric Mayne • Dec. 20, 2006 -
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GMDAT Introduces Diesel Tosca
The diesel-equipped Tosca has a modified grille and distinctive twin tailpipes that distinguish it from its gas-powered sibling.
By Vince Courtenay • Dec. 7, 2006 -
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Electronic Menus, e-Credit Applications Are Streamliners
Electronic menus and online customer credit applications are being touted as streamliners and regulatory compliers for the dealership finance and insurance process. But an estimated two-thirds of dealers are still reluctant to use electronic menu selling, says Chris Morris, senior director of F&I solutions for dealer management systems provider Reynolds and Reynolds. The interactive approach has been
By Mac Gordon • Dec. 1, 2006 -
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Software Soaring
New functions fueling the growth of European automotive electronics depend more on software than hardware, and in the next decade software likely will pass wiring harnesses as the second most expensive component of a car after the engine, industry experts say.
By William Diem • Dec. 1, 2006 -
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Lending Helps Imports
While it is clear that many Americans are giving up their long-time commitment to domestic vehicles in favor of Asian and European competitors, not all of the forces driving the change are understood. It is commonly thought that American consumers are choosing imports with greater frequency due to real or perceived advantages of quality, value, and fuel efficiency. Whether these advantages are real
By Dale Pollak • Dec. 1, 2006 -
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Ford to Demonstrate Fuel-Cell Explorer With 350-Mile Range
The SUV set a world record in Dearborn, MI, when it was driven 1,556 miles in a single 24-hour period, Ford says.
By Byron Pope • Nov. 29, 2006 -
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Prius Engineer’s Influence on Auto Industry to Live On
David Hermance was the early point man for hybrid-electric vehicle technology in America, a familiar face at auto industry conferences around the country.
By Barbara McClellan • Nov. 29, 2006 -
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Aura HEV Priced as Mid-Level Hybrid
The Green Line will improve Aura fuel economy 25%, GM says.
By Scott Anderson • Nov. 29, 2006 -
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G35 Prepped for Luxury-Sport Battle
With expressive yet subtle styling, sterling interior and a world-class powertrain, Infiniti G35 does everything asked of it – and more.
By Tom Murphy • Nov. 6, 2006 -
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Biofuel Crossroads
Oil prices may have retreated from recent record highs, but that has not stalled a sudden consumer shift away from gas-guzzlers and toward smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.The panic at the pump, along with growing alarm over the role vehicles play in global climate changes, has prompted major auto makers and government policy makers in 2006 to turn their mutual attention to a variety of alternatives to crude oil.
By Barbara McClellan • Nov. 1, 2006 -
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CPI Lands Lithium-ion Contract
The development of the hybrid-electric vehicle moves forward as Compact Power Inc. announces a $6.3 million contract with the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) to develop lithium-ion battery technology for HEV applications.
Nov. 1, 2006 -
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BP, NextEnergy Open New Hydrogen Station in Detroit
The refueling station, located at the NextEnergy Center, will serve as a test bed for hydrogen infrastructure developments and a fuel depot for fuel-cell vehicles in the area.
By Mike Sutton • Oct. 25, 2006 -
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Auto Makers Disagree on Future of Common Electrical Architectures
A panel at the Convergence conference signals the pulse of ongoing attempts to standardize automotive electrical architectures.
By Bill Visnic • Oct. 17, 2006 -
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ZF Improving Automatic Transmission With ‘Smart’ Features
New mechatronic improvements will increase the fuel efficiency of ZF's next-generation automatic transmissions.
By Bill Visnic • Oct. 17, 2006 -
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Michigan Company Announces Lithium-ion Battery Contract
Compact Power announces a $6.3 million contract awarded by the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium to develop lithium-ion battery technology for HEV applications.
By Drew Winter • Oct. 17, 2006 -
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NEC Aims to be No.1 in Automotive MCUs
NEC Electronics is aiming to leapfrog two major competitors to become the No.1. automotive MCU supplier by 2010.
By Drew Winter • Oct. 16, 2006 -
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Altima Hybrid Sets Sights on Camry
Nissan says the Altima Hybrid will be priced near its primary competitor, the Camry Hybrid, although Toyota will have a slight fuel-economy edge.
By Tom Murphy • Oct. 13, 2006 -
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Ford, PSA Developing HCCI Diesel
The experimental diesel uses a combination of Homogeneous Charge Combustion Ignition cold combustion and ordinary diesel combustion.
By William Diem • Oct. 11, 2006
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