Car News

backup cameras
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Backup Camera Law Delayed; Tactics May Change

Legislation that would require backup cameras in all cars has been delayed yet again, until 2015.  Instead federal...

alcoholi ignition interlock device
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Fed Seeks Consumer Input on In-Car Alcohol Detection Devices

Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it will conduct a  survey to find out...

JD Power 2013
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Most Hated Features of Radios: JD Power

According to the new J.D. Power & Associates study on car quality the things that new car owners...

Ford makes FordPass Free For Life
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Ford Tests Intelligent Brake Lights

Ford has been testing “Electronic Brake Lights” that can alert many cars behind you, so they can begin...

Best Buy
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Best Buy Launches iPhone 5 Trade In Promo Today

Best Buy’s first iPhone 5 trade-in promotion earlier this month worked so well, the company is launching a...

car audio
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The Car Audio Solution: Editorial (Part 2)

By Barry Vogel The car audio industry at its height was the profit darling of consumer electronics. It's...

SiriusXM OnDemand
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Ford First With SiriusXM Internet Radio Control

Ford is the first radio supplier and car maker to offer control over SiriusXM Internet Radio so that...

Barry Vogel
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Car Audio Industry’s 4 Blindspots

By Barry Vogel Working at a car dealership has put in clear perspective a lot of what I...

CEA
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CEA Launches Distracted Driving Standards Group

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced today that it is forming the Driver Device Interface Working Group to...

Clarion NX603 HDMI
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Clarion: iOS 7 is Car Audio Friendly So Far

Clarion said many of its late model radios work well with the beta version of Apple's new iOS...

Ford lowers price on Sync
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Ford Brings Back Knobs On MyFord Touch

Ford will return to using buttons and knobs on its MyFord Touch radios, following years of complaints that...

Tint World
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Car Audio Continues to Grow at Tint World

Tint World, with over 24 franchise locations says it expects to grow car audio  by another 5 or...

GM Ditching CarPlay Impact on Aftermarket
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Most GM Cars Will Offer 4G by 2015

In a speech Thursday, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson said most GM cars by 2015 will include 4G...

C3 Connected Car Summit
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Car Electronics Summit Held This Month

This year’s CE Week- a “mini CES” event held each June--will include a Connected Car Conference (C3) on...

Custom Sounds
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A Leading 12V Retailer’s Secret Sauce

Custom Sounds, Austin, TX with 16 stores, is proud of one of its major investments. Over the last...

phone in truck
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NJ: Police Could Confiscate Cellphones After Accident

A new law has been proposed in New Jersey that would allow the confiscation of cellphones after a...

Samsung S4 Zoom
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Samsung Intros Combo Camera/Phone

Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 Zoom smartphone sports an actual zoom lens camera on the back. The Zoom is...

Aamp PIE
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Aamp of America Buys PIE

Aamp of America, Tampa, FL, has purchased the brand, assets and certain intellectual property of Precision Interface Electronics...

CEA
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CEA Speaks Out on Voice Activation in Cars

Confronting an AAA study on the dangers of voice activated tasks in cars, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)...

AAA
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In-Car Verbal Email, Facebook Slammed

Voice activated or verbal email in the car is still a huge  distraction to drivers, even when they...