Author: Lindsay Chappell
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Japanese company plans amphibious electric car
Japan’s behind-the-scenes electronics producer Funai is getting serious about the car business.
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As product mix shifts, loyalty dips
Shifting consumer preferences last year halted a five-year run in improving brand loyalty across the industry.
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Power analyst: There’s gold in used
At a time of falling industry sales and softening margins, used vehicle sales may offer franchised new-car dealers a big opportunity, says J.D. Power executive Thomas King.
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The man who would spoil the incentives party
Economic gadfly Greg LeRoy says giving automakers tax breaks doesn’t work.
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Tesla’s growth needs have developers salivating
Tesla remains a low-volume manufacturer, but it is keeping economic development officials guessing what it’s next production needs might be.
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Consumer electronics know-how helping automakers
Automakers are getting help from consumer-oriented software firms in improving their cockpit graphics.
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Bosch pounds out an Internet of Things future
Robert Bosch is plunging deeper into a new world of Internet-based technologies and vehicle services in a bid to remake itself as what it calls “an IoT company.”
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Magna vet plans to transform IAC
Manfred Gingl helped build Magna. Now he’s preparing to jolt IAC to a new level.