The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has strict rules about safety and signaling features on vehicles, and for good reason. But these rules can…
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In Cars, Technology Lags Consumer Expectations
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A new survey undertaken by software giant Cisco suggests that technological improvements and innovations in vehicles are lagging behind consumers’ expectations. The survey not only…
Detroit and the Chinese Dream
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Chinese companies have seen potential in the unemployed capital of Detroit, and are investing in American businesses and technology and employing laid-off designers and engineers.…
Sensor Technology and Smart Cars
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In the coming decades, new high-tech sensors will become ubiquitous—embedded in all devices and structures, constantly collecting data about things from earthquakes, to road…
Tesla Turns Profit; Looks to Future
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Tesla Motors has finally reported a quarterly profit, and its stock is up 40% this week. Despite the electric carmaker having sold just fewer than…
A Reputable Dealership? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued subpoenas to several “buy-here, pay-here” auto lenders, citing the sale of financial products such as…
Emerging Markets Hold Promise for Auto Industry, but Technology Must Keep Improving
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As seen in the chart above, sales of automobiles have been growing most in China and as even more consumers in China’s vast interior are…
The cost of the auto distribution system in the United States has been estimated as averaging up to 30 percent of vehicle price, with 15 percent on the end of the manufacturer (in the form of advertising, loans, and rebates) and the other 15 percent solidly on the side of the retailer, or dealer. This 15 percent of the total price of a given vehicle is due to the cost to dealers of financing inventory, paying for insurance, advertising, and paying commissions.1