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Phil Biggs covers the automotive industry for NewsTalk 1340 WJRW DETROIT, Michigan – The U.S. automotive industry has been on an impressive five-year run since the 2009 Great Recession, posting substantial profits and break-through technology achievements, all leading to record unit volumes in 2015. Even recurring business issues such as workforce readiness, challenging global market… Read more »
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Phil Biggs covers the automotive industry for NewsTalk 1340 WJRW DETROIT, MI – Cultural changes. Market changes. Ideological changes. As we move through this decade, the one constant we can expect is rapid change. In our current political climate, it has become a given. For the automotive industry, perhaps more than others, change is a… Read more »
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Phil Biggs covers the automotive industry for NewsTalk 1340 WJRW January 22, 2016 OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE SHOW Industry hits record sales volume in U. S. – Cars plus light duty and medium duty trucks topped 17.6 million in sales volume in 2015, which is an all-time volume record. With the arrival of technology… Read more »
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DETROIT, Michigan – During this decade, the automotive industry has been a bellwether in its development of leading-edge technology – offering the world commercial solutions that promote vehicle safety, new mobility platforms, environmental achievements, and measurable energy efficiency. Despite the weight of product recalls and intense global socio-economic uncertainties, the industry has contributed mightily to… Read more »
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee. – The stunning economic rise of China and India over the past decade has changed the financial prospects of many American industries. Coupling this with the United States’ inability to counter its loss of manufacturing jobs, we are staking our future on advanced technology in that sector, and it has brought us to… Read more »
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DETROIT, Michigan – Each day the auto industry readies itself for more culture shock as it embraces technological change by an order of magnitude. What are the innovation factors driving the technology curve in global automotive development? Connectivity, safety, personal mobility, comfort, convenience, and more. With the arrival of technology giants Google, Apple, Microsoft and… Read more »
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DETROIT, Michigan. – For the past seven years the U.S. auto industry has introduced new technologies and product development changes at a blistering rate. The pace of technology adoption has pushed product cadences from 6-year cycles to 2½-year cycles with modifications and vehicle enhancements virtually every year. As technology has proliferated, so today has industry… Read more »
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DETROIT, Michigan. – Is your car safe from hackers? In a word…no. Greater awareness of the seriousness of car-hacking was raised over the past two weeks since two professional hackers – one of whom is a former National Security Agency employee – proved they could wirelessly hack into literally thousands of Fiat-Chrysler vehicles wirelessly and… Read more »