Car News
Amazon May Open Electronics Stores
Amazon is already opening bookstores and grocery stores, but it’s ambitions may not stop there. The retail behemoth...
Top 7 Best Selling Car Audio Subwoofers
Leading the top selling subwoofers (by dollars) over the recent 12 month period was JL Audio with the...
Sony Intros Second High-Power Deck
Sony displayed at the MRI Show in Sturbridge, MA this week, its second radio with a built-in high...
Crutchfield Takes on More Upscale 12V Brands
Orca Design and Manufacturing announced that Crutchfield will carry its upscale Mosconi and Illusion Audio brands. Crutchfield already...
Powersports Audio Gets Real
The mass entry of car audio vendors into powersports audio appears to be paying off for some vendors....
Directed Names New CEO From Consumer Electronics Field
Directed has appointed as its new CEO, Robert Struble, who was the founder of iBiquity, the developer HD...
Window Tint Sales Decimated In This State
Window tint sales in New York State are down as much as 80 percent at some dealers. And...
12V Expeditors Embrace New Category
Sales and interest in a new product is signaling the rise of a potential new category for 12...
Mazda Roll Out of CarPlay/Android Auto is Retroactive
Mazda announced it will roll out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in the near future. Additionally, many existing...
12V Distributor Group Names its First Car Radio Supplier
The Elite Distributor Alliance (EDA) named JVC Mobile as its first "in-dash" car radio partner. Effective April 1,...
VOXX Manager Turns Retailer
National Sales Manager for VOXX Electronics for the past 3 years, Pete Muller, has turned retailer, opening a Tint...
Goshers Launches New Blind Spot Detector
Goshers, one of the first companies to sell an aftermarket blind spot detector, announced a new model using...
Mobileye is Purchased For $15 Billion
Chip maker Intel has agreed to buy Mobileye for $15.3 billion. This is the largest buyout ever of...
First Car With V2V Hits the Road
The first car with vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) radios allowing a car to communicate with other cars is the 2017...
Alpine Update on Wireless CarPlay
Alpine Electronics now expects that shipment of its much anticipated iLX-107--the first wireless CarPlay deck for any car--will...
An Aftermarket Electronic Bumper Sticker
The Talelight is an electronic bumper sticker or mini billboard that flashes slogans and signs that may be...
Car Audio in 2030
In the year 2030, with self-driving cars hitting the roads, will car audio simply be your "brought in"...
First Motorcycle DSP Now Shipping
What may be the first digital signal processor/integration device aimed mainly at motorcycles just began shipping from Arc...
HUD Lets You Talk To Other Drivers
CarNote is an HUD prototype that lets a driver flash you a message such as "rushing to the...
How Bad Was Remote Start Season?
For many retailers, the warm winter sent remote start sales plummeting. But others found ways to keep sales...