The Center for Automotive Research is pleased to announce two members have been added to its Board of Directors. Ami Dotan, CEO and co-founder, Karamba Security and Jada Smith, vice president, advanced engineering and external relations, Aptiv, have joined the...
U.S. light vehicle sales ended 2018 on a surprisingly strong note, and the 2019 outlook is mostly positive for the industry. Most forecasters expect companies to continue to post healthy profits and for U.S. sales and production to remain high, though down a few...
ANN ARBOR – The Center for Automotive Research is pleased to announce that Kirk Steudle joined its board of directors. Mr. Steudle is currently Senior Vice President for Econolite Systems where he is responsible for leading the company’s Transportation Systems Group,...
The U.S. Department of Commerce is currently investigating whether U.S. automobiles and automotive parts constitute a national security threat under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended. The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) estimates that...
CAR’s Carla Bailo gave opening remarks at the 2018 China-U.S. Automotive Industry Summit held in Beijing this week. She highlighted the importance of U.S.-China automotive relations & the close relations between the Michigan-China auto industries. More Info:...
Carla Bailo is one of 19 local women slated to be honored during the Michigan Women’s History Month Leadership in Action Awards on Thursday, March 15, 2018. February 2018 – Carla Bailo, President, and CEO at The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, MI,...
While simple in concept, the question of whether a given vehicle is a domestic product, or just how American a car is, turns out to be very difficult to answer. Is a vehicle domestic or American if: the original nationality of its brand or the location of its ultimate...
While the U.S. political scene is in a time of transition, the automotive industry remains challenged to meet future fuel economy standards. The 2016 CAR study “An Assessment of Powertrain Technology Costs Associated with Meeting CAFE and GHG Standards” investigated...