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Automakers Announced $4.8 billion in North American Investments in 2018
A Summary of the CAR Book of Deals Annual Report Since 2002, the Center for Automotive Research’s Book of Deals database has served as the definitive inventory of North American automaker and supplier investment announcements. This proprietary database...
Vehicle Automation is cool but will it save energy?
We’re in a new era of rapid advances in vehicle technologies. Safety, mobility, and convenience benefits are spurring the development, for example, of connected and automated vehicles or CAVs. Sure, the cars of the future sound cool, but what will they...
Wallace Retires
Richard Wallace retired from the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) at the end of March 2019. Wallace, who most recently served as Vice President of CAR’s Transportation Systems Analysis group, will continue to work with CAR as a consultant and will...
Opinion: If Trump closes the border with Mexico, the U.S. auto industry would shut down in days
President Donald Trump’s threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border to all trade would have an almost immediate and devastating impact on U.S. automotive and auto parts production and employment. The North American auto industry is highly integrated, and U.S....
Advancing Additive Manufacturing into the Mobility Industry
Future cities will likely be dominated by automated, connected, electrified, and shared (ACES) vehicles. According to The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) research, by 2035 there will be worldwide adoption of robotaxis and automated shuttles in mixed...
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,...
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