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Bloomberg: Carmakers Want Silicon Valley’s Tech Without Its Patent Wars
As automakers turn their vehicles into app-laden computers on wheels, there’s one habit they don’t want to acquire from Silicon Valley: fighting over patents in court. Manufacturers from BMW AG to Hyundai Motor Co. to Ford Motor Co. are trying to learn from the smartphone wars, which cost technology companies hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees, as they prepare to revolutionize… Continue reading Bloomberg: Carmakers Want Silicon Valley’s Tech Without Its Patent Wars
REPORT: Steady Economic Growth Expected in 2018
Economic growth in the U.S. will continue in 2018, according to the nation’s purchasing and supply management executives in the December 2017 Semiannual Economic Forecast…
PHOTO ESSAY: LA Auto Show Highlights
*Start Photo Essay by clicking the gallery above California certainly is car crazy and a great place each December for industry members and car enthusiasts alike when the LA Auto Show comes to town at the Los Angeles Convention Center. All the major auto manufacturers worldwide are represented in the show, and for those that… Continue reading PHOTO ESSAY: LA Auto Show Highlights
Performance SUV Market Keeps Growing
Automobili Lamborghini launched the Lamborghini Urus at the LA Auto Show as the company’s first Super Sport Utility Vehicle…
Average New-Car Prices Rise, Set Annual High
The analysts at Kelley Blue Book reported the estimated average transaction price for light vehicles in the U.S. was $35,870 in November, an increase of…
U.S. Manufacturing Backlog Grows as Strong Sales Persist
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November, and the overall economy grew for the 102nd consecutive month…
New Social Media App Drives Auto Enthusiasts Together
A mobile app called PEDAL was recently created for the auto enthusiast community…
ANALYSIS: Cyber Monday Outperforms Black Friday by Wide Margin
Cyber Monday online shopping outperformed Black Friday retail sales by 68 percent…
Why Nobody is Fretting the November New-Car Sales Drop
Kelly Blue Book expects new-vehicle sales to fall 1 percent year-over-year to a total of 1.36 million units in November…
Who Do You Love?
Toyota rated most-loved automotive brand in the U.S…
REPORT: Five Rapidly Appreciating Collector SUVs
The experts at ClassicCars.com have identified a selection of affordable domestics and imports that are also earmarked as future collectibles. The site’s new Want This/Get That list features a selection of vehicles that are certain to address the desires, needs and, most importantly, passions of enthusiasts and collectors. SUVs picked as Get That recommendations represent… Continue reading REPORT: Five Rapidly Appreciating Collector SUVs
Top Five Most Expensive States for Auto Insurance
CarData, a vehicle reimbursement solution company, has reviewed the states with the highest premiums and discusses the reasons behind the rates below…
Lease Credit Approval Rates Hit Annual Low in Wake of Damaging Hurricane Season
Swapalease.com reports car lease credit applicants registered just a 47.6-percent approval rate for September…
NFIB: More than Half of U.S. Businesses Have Experienced Cyber Attack
Of the hacked companies in the last 12 months, 72 percent spent over $5,000 to investigate…