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Car audio, 12-volt, EV and marine aftermarket news, reported for the people who run the business. Market shifts, brand moves, retail trends and what they mean for dealers, reps and manufacturers, from CEoutlook, covering the industry since 2012.
Update on Wireless CarPlay
The launch of the new iLX-107 from Alpine, the first aftermarket wireless CarPlay deck, won the kind of...
Car Audio Dealers Hitting 50 Percent Milestone
More dealers say they have hit or will soon reach a new milestone in car audio installations. Many...
Automotive Electronics is Now a Top 5 CE Money Maker
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), in its semi-annual review, announced that automotive technology from the factory is now...
Amazon Store-in-a-Truck Coming to More Cities
Amazon Treasure Trucks, which are filled with a daily deal, are now spreading beyond Seattle to up to...
Scosche Intros First Dual Screen Dash Kits
SCOSCHE Industries announced the availability of a what it calls the first car radio dash kit to include...
Phoenix Gold Ships WiFi Car DSP
Phoenix Gold announced it is shipping its WiFi DSP to dealers this week, with Ultimate Auto in Orlando,...
Directed Intros New Firmware
Directed announced Monday the release of 2 new firmware solutions for the 2014 – 2017 Nissan Rogue regular...
Some Unexpected Retail Facts
Nearly half of consumers (46 percent) now prefer to shop online instead of in a store, but there’s...
Pioneer Intros Low-Priced Android Auto
Pioneer Electronics (USA) announced the first Android Auto deck to hit a $400 suggested retail price in a...
Rockford Intros Bag Lid Audio
Rockford Fosgate announced new "Bag Lid" motorcycle audio that turns the storage "bags" on the rear sides of...
Here’s a Super 4G DashCam
One of the first single dash cams with full 360 degree, plus real time 4G monitoring will be...
Best Buy May Move Part of Car Audio Department
Best Buy is considering moving part of the car audio department to a space next to the mobile...
How to Handle Bad Online Reviews
A full 90 percent of customers say their purchases are influenced by online reviews. And increasingly, consumers are...
Some News for Expeditors
Car Audio expeditors who sell to car dealers have been riding the tsunami of record high car sales. ...
Kenwood Intros 8 AV Radios That Work With Dash Cam
Kenwood said it will ship 8 new multimedia receivers in July and August, all of which support Kenwood's...
Unboxing of Alpine iLX-107 With Wireless CarPlay
Here's an unboxing of the Alpine iLX-107, the first wireless CarPlay deck for the aftermarket. Click the link...
Kicker and SSV Works Ship Audio for Polaris
KICKER Performance Audio (Stillwater, OK) and SSV Works (Oxnard, Calif.) have collaborated to offer a new pair of audio...
Finally! Wireless CarPlay Radio Approved by Apple
Alpine Electronics has finally received Apple certification for the first wireless CarPlay deck to work in any car,...
This Could Replace the Car Speaker
There’s no need for a traditional woofer and tweeter in a new type of sound system developed by...
Aftermarket Co. Buys High Tech Camera Company From Apple Execs
Yesterday we wrote about a report that the high tech camera company started by ex-Apple engineers, Pearl Automation,...