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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.
First Digital Radar Detector From Cobra
Cobra Electronics Corporation is shipping its first digital radar detector, which is able to weed out most of...
New President at Car Audio Startup
CT Sounds announced the appointment of industry veteran, Heath Lunsford, as President. Lunsford most recently served as National...
Audison Intros Passive Mixer; HD Amp
Audison will ship a new car audio passive mixer and a new HD amplifier this fall, it said....
Smallest Upscale 12V Mini Amp Debuts
Mosconi is now shipping what it calls the world's smallest high quality car audio amplifier. The 2-channel PICO...
Pioneer Widens Loss in Recent Quarter
Despite higher consumer sales of its car audio products in North America, Pioneer Corporation's net income continued to...
12V Best of Innovation Radio Pulled From Aftermarket
It won the Best of Innovation 2015 Award for in-vehicle Audio/Video at CES in January, but the ultra-advanced...
30 Percent of Aftermarket Radios Have This Feature
Close to a third of aftermarket car radios this year include Internet radio capability, such as control over...
First 12V Distributor Group Changes Ownership; Name
The first car stereo distributor buying group announced that it is now owned by its distributor members and...
Harman Radios Under Investigation by Fed
Updated! Harman radios are being examined by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in the wake of...
JVCKenwood Posts Lackluster Q1 Results
JVCKenwood reported a small increase in overall sales, while net income remained in the red. Total sales for...
Now OnStar is Hacked
A hacker has created a $100 device that lets him track a vehicle equipped with OnStar, as well...
This Car Stereo Guy Went Totally Upscale
Back in the 1990’s Matthew Figliola stopped working at local car audio shops and opened a restyle store...
Volkswagen Rolls Out CarPlay, Android Auto This Week
Volkswagen of America announced Wednesday a new infotainment system to be available starting this week offering Apple CarPlay,...
CarPlay May Get Big Boost
Apple, the most valuable company in the world, has a lot of advertising clout. So if it decides...
12V Retailers Finally Take up Driver Safety
Advanced driver safety products such as lane departure warning systems have picked up over the past year, mainly...
Directed Teams With Verizon on Remote Start
Directed announced new remote start SmartStart Digital Systems that now operate on the Verizon CDMA/3G network for faster...
Chrysler Hack Leads to 1.4 M Vehicle Recall
Fiat Chrysler will recall 1.4 million vehicles that were found to be open to attack from hackers through...
Honda Finally to Get CarPlay, Android Auto
Honda announced that it will add Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to its upcoming cars starting with the...
Here’s Alpine’s TV Ad for Truck Audio
As promised, Alpine Electronics released a 30-second cable TV ad for its truck radios. The ads feature a...
The Truth About Car DSP: Editorial
By Andy Wehmeyer, Audiofrog Seems there’s lots of confusion and plenty of hoopla surrounding digital signal processing (DSP)...