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Dealer's Sync Seminars help resolve customer gripes
31 July 2017, 08:00Officials at the Jack Demmer dealerships realized they needed to address the frustration of buyers struggling with the technology Ford has been packing into its dashboards. Seminars have been the answer.
STATE OF SUPPLIERS: Nvidia's technology processes trillions of impulses to replicate human thinking
31 July 2017, 08:00To power self-driving vehicles, Nvidia intends to supply a part that replaces the irreplaceable -- the human brain.
Will sales-effectiveness ratings stymie minority dealers?
31 July 2017, 08:00Many dealers argue that broad-based sales effectiveness ratings ignore local market conditions, including income disparities and geographic considerations.
Tesla Model 3 buzz belies U.S. market barely getting a lift from EVs
31 July 2017, 08:00For all the excitement Tesla mustered by starting to deliver its cheaper Model 3, the tall order ahead will be to pull off what no electric car has done to date -- move the needle on the auto market.
Hackett claims early momentum at Ford
30 July 2017, 08:00New Ford CEO Jim Hackett has shortened his top executives' schedules by 30 minutes a day and said morale has already improved.
Which suppliers will survive the electric era?
30 July 2017, 08:00A new industry forecast warns that as many as 75 of the industry's top 100 suppliers will face irrelevance by 2030 unless they establish a niche in the market for electrified cars.
Cartel investigation threatens German collaboration
30 July 2017, 08:00Should evidence emerge that VW, Daimler and BMW colluded on technical issues over the past three decades, it could impair their efforts to gang up against threats from Silicon Valley.
STATE OF SUPPLIERS: Mighty Aisin tackles lowly parking lot
30 July 2017, 08:00Rather than leaping into the high-level fight for highway autonomous driving technology, Japan's Aisin Seiki Co. is aiming at a low-speed market opportunity #8212; the humble parking lot.
Tesla turns over the keys for first 30 Model 3s
29 July 2017, 08:00Tesla handed over the first 30 Model 3 sedans to employees, but the $35,000 mainstream model the automaker has been promising won't be available until later this year.
Mighty Aisin tackles lowly parking lot
29 July 2017, 08:00Rather than leaping into the high-level fight for highway autonomous driving technology, Japan's Aisin Seiki Co. is aiming at a low-speed market opportunity #8212; the humble parking lot.