In this interview, Matthew Beecham talked with Paul E. Vickery, business manager for Transense Technologies. Transense Technologies and subsidiary Translogik offer both battery based and battery-less tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) solutions. However the focus of the company is not main stream passenger cars but motorsport, truck and OTR where its solutions either have a technological advantage or offer more than a simple TPMS solution.
New vehicle sales in Vietnam fell by over 40% to 3,679 units in February, from 6,197 units in the same month of last year, according to data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association (VAMA).
Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn has told just-auto that the next 2-3 years will be mediocre for the European car market with little growth, but that he believes Europe's economy will be in a growth phase after that.
Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn has told just-auto that the next 2-3 years will be mediocre for the European car market with little growth, but that he believes Europe's economy will be in a growth phase after that.
Just days before showing the latest version of its upcoming New York taxi at the city's international auto show, Nissan Motor Co. is still working its way through the political and legal thickets of the venture.
General Motors has done an ambitious make-over of the Chevrolet Impala for its 10th generation, transforming the car from basic transportation for value-conscious buyers and rental companies to a stylish flagship.
A small but growing group of dealers switching to LED lights, particularly for outdoor lighting, because of their low operating costs and natural-looking light.
Volkswagen AG is building the business case for a large SUV in the United States, top VW executives said last week. The vehicle is a key to the company's plan to nearly double the VW brand's U.S. sales to 800,000 units by 2018.
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn achieved the company's goal of surpassing rivals GM and Toyota in profit in 2012 but this year's race will be tighter as Toyota bounces back.
Mitsubishi executives in the United States and Japan are evaluating plans to bolster the brand's U.S. lineup with new vehicles, including a mid-sized sedan and a crossover or SUV larger than the Outlander compact crossover.
New-vehicle retail sales for the top 125 dealership groups grew a collective 19 percent in 2012, while the whole U.S. market rose 13 percent.
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn achieved the company's goal of surpassing rivals GM and Toyota in profit in 2012 but this year's race will be tighter as Toyota bounces back.
Many automakers used to view Hispanic-oriented marketing as a way to drum up extra sales when their marketing budgets allowed.
Chrysler will cut in half the mid-sized 200 sedan's 2014 model year to make room for a redesigned version scheduled to arrive in January.
Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn supports scrapping incentives to mitigate falling demand for new cars in Europe, which is headed toward a sixth straight year of decline as austerity measures keep customers out of showrooms.
As dealers in some states try to tighten franchise laws to block factory-owned dealerships, Tesla is aggressively lobbying policymakers, reaching out to fans to foster public support and even countering with its own franchise law proposals.
Proposed European legislation to cut CO2 emissions from Europe's new cars to 95g/km could create about 400,000 jobs and save tens of billions of euros in fuel costs, a study said. The European Parliament will vote on the proposals on Tuesday.
The good things about the Renault Zoe electric car #8211; it's quiet, comfortable and affordable #8211; outweigh the bad, especially for people who drive short distances everyday and have a way to charge the battery at work and home.
What happens to Fisker Automotive now that Henrik Fisker is gone? Having produced no cars since last summer and scrambling to find new investors, Fisker's fate may be to pawn its technology and assets to Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely.
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