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Accelerate Implementation of New Vehicle Technologies at LiveWorx
LiveWorx is proud to partner with the Center for Automotive Research on the Automotive & Mobility Track educational track at this year’s event, June 10-13 in Boston. LiveWorx is the definitive event for digital transformation and marketplace for solutions...
Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Regulation in the United States: Change is Coming Part I
Part I: The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026—Setting the Stage for a Decision On August 2, 2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly...
Could Automated Vehicles Be a Friend of Healthcare Industry?
With current improvements in vehicle automation and artificial intelligence (AI), connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) will be an important part of the future urban transportation. Various industries, along with public agencies, universities, and...
Bridging Detroit and Silicon Valley – CAR Industry Briefing Event Summary
Guest Story by Judy Cubiss, Global Industry Marketing Lead, Automotive & IM&C, SAP America, Inc. Last week, SAP was honored to host the first ever Center for Automotive Research Industry Briefing in Silicon Valley. The event was titled “Bridging...
International Women’s Day
As more women take on leadership roles in the automotive industry, we see the same shift within our own organization. In honor of International Women’s Day, we took the opportunity to ask two of the women leading CAR about the challenges they’ve faced,...
On the Radar: Export Controls
Much of the trade news focuses on U.S. policies related to Section 232 national security and Section 301 intellectual property import tariffs and ongoing trade agreement negotiations with China, Japan, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK)....
U.S. Light Vehicles Sales Expected to Take a Dip in 2019
Many Risks to the Forecast CAR’s updated automotive sales outlook forecasts U.S. light vehicle sales at 16.8 million units for 2019. CAR’s forecast includes a continuation of sales declines in 2020 and 2021 down to 16.5 million units in 2021....
Will Piston Engines Get Clobbered by Electrics?
Watch CAR’s Brett Smith on Autoline after hours. Panel includes Phoebe Howard, Detroit Free Press - Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design & Production - John McElroy, Autoline.tv. Topics include the future of electric vehicles, ride-sharing, Tesla,...
Opinion: Year of reckoning for autos in 2019
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,...
Center for Automotive Research Announces Kirk Steudle Joins Board of Directors
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,...
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