Consumers & dealers share similar concerns with costs, battery life and charging infrastructure Study finds dealers need more education, marketing and sales support from automakers to ensure preparedness to sell and service EVs EV shoppers surveyed showed interest in future…
From Consumer Reports Ford is recalling 103,374 of its 2015 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ cars because the seat-belt anchors may not work properly. A device called a pretensioner rapidly locks a seat belt in place when the car detects a…
Investor’s Business Daily (IBD), a leading financial news and research organization, and TechnoMetrica, a nationally recognized research firm, today announced the results of the 2019 Investor’s Business Daily/TIPP Electric Vehicle Outlook Study.
Motus, the premier vehicle management and reimbursement platform, today released its 2019 Mobile Workforce Benchmark Report, which identified rising costs, increased business mileage and volatile fuel prices as key trends that affected the mobile workforce in 2018.
Lang Marketing estimates that the car and light truck population on U.S. roads will grow more than 22 million during the next four years (2018 to 2022) as the total light vehicle VIO (vehicles in operation) climbs from 279 million nearly 302 million.
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The Cox Automotive Mobility Group white paper entitled Ready or Not, Mobility Is Transforming the Automotive Industry shares industry-leading research and insights on how dealers can capitalize on a variety of new mobility services.
iSeeCars.com analyzed more than 2.3 million sales of 10-year-old cars to identify the top 13 vehicles with the highest annual mileage, which were all at least 12 percent above average. (If you can't see the photo gallery on your…
College starts back up soon, but your kid isn’t the only thing you’ll be shipping back to campus.
By Julie Blackley / iSeeCars.com The cars that owners drive the most annually are predominantly full-size SUVs, according to a new study by car search engine iSeeCars.com. While the average 10-year-old-vehicle is driven 11,987 miles per year, these vehicles surpass the…
The IRS is encouraging everyone to use the Tax Withholding Estimator to perform a quick “paycheck checkup.” This is even more important following the recent changes to the tax law for 2018 and beyond. As part of a continuing effort…
Dealers and riders were not warned about Harley-Davidson's allegedly defective anti-lock braking system.
The transportation industry's promise of a future that moves people and products in a safer, more efficient and connected way has spiked a talent war for a new kind of workforce – one with the skill sets necessary to develop autonomous and electric vehicle technologies.
"The $12.5 billion surge in car and light truck Do-It-For-Me (DIFM) product sales over the past five years (2013 to 2018) was not generated equally by the five major distribution channels supplying the light vehicle U.S. aftermarket. "Two channels accounted…
https://youtu.be/akyWT6oz3Fc Safeairbags.com has launched a consumer awareness campaign aimed at reaching more than 41 million vehicle owners in America who have been impacted by the Takata Airbag Recall. The effort features actor Morgan Freeman. According to experts, a part inside…
From Euronews.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump blasted the European Union for its use of trade barriers and revived his threat to impose U.S. tariffs on European automobiles if he does not see progress in stalled negotiations between the…
Deloitte Automotive Supplier Study Amid the Transformative Disruption, Billions in Opportunity Remain for Automotive Suppliers Key takeaways Four disruptive mega-trends – shared mobility, electrification, technology convergence and new market entrants — are driving the transformation of the automotive value chain and…
By Phoebe Wall Howard / The Detroit Free Press DETROIT - Ford Focus and Fiesta owners from around the country say they experienced new rejection at Ford dealerships when they took their cars for repair after the automaker quietly issued…
