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Metra introduces new Axxess steering wheel interface at SEMA 2024
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Metra Offers New DSP for Hyundai/Kia

Metra announced a new Axxess DSP package for select 2020 and up Hyundai/Kia vehicles that allows installers to...

VAIS offers car lighting control kit with Apple CarPlay.
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VAIS Adds CarPlay Support to Lighting Add-On Kit

VAIS Technology, Englewood, CO has introduced Apple CarPlay support for its Ambient Lighting Kit p/n AL6-K01.  The kit...

Audio Dynamics Expands Into SPL and Motorcycle Audio
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Audio Dynamics Expands

Audio Dynamics has been expanding beyond its long-time domain in premium sound quality product into SPL and motorcycle...

SMD by DS18 car amplifiers
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DS18 Joins With Steve Meade in New Amplifiers

DS18, known for its car audio SPL and Pro Audio products, has teamed with Steve Meade Designs (SMD),...

Linkswell T-Style 18.5-inch radio
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Linkswell’s Largest Tesla-Style Radio to Date

Linkswell will introduce at the SEMA Show in November a Tesla-style radio with an 18.5-inch screen. The vehicle...

SmartStart's new portable calibration station for breathalyzers.
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SmartStart to Intro Portable Calibration Station

SmartStart unveiled a portable calibration station for its alcohol ignition interlock devices that will no longer require a...

2025 winter weather long range forecast
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Winter Weather Forecast for Remote Start Season

In anticipation of the remote start season, we bring you the long range weather forecast for the 2025...

New 5 Axis Digital Salesperson
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5 Axis Launches Digital Salesperson

As we reported, it’s not easy to find well-motivated 12 volt salesperson these days, and many salespeople see...

Concrete Car Audio enters motorcycle audio
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 Concrete Audio Enters Motorcycle Audio

Concrete Audio is a 10 year old car audio speaker and amplifier company that does most of its...

MESA announces vendors
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The Salesperson Problem

Over the past ten years, the nature of the car audio salesperson has changed, said industry members. In...

New Car Security
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The New Car Security

By Mr Retail Many of us have seen the spike in vehicle thefts, noticed all the buzz around...

JBL, Infinity car audio subwoofer enclosures
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JBL, Infinity Ship New Enclosures

JBL and Infinity are each shipping new prefabricated, shallow subwoofer enclosures loaded with 10- and 12-inch subwoofers. The...

mObridge amp kits for F150s
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mObridge Intros A2B Amplifier Kits for F150s

mObridge added a new kit to its line of vehicle specific A2B DSP/amplifier packages, this one for Ford...

SeirenHD A2B amplifier interface for 2024 Harley motorcycles.
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SeirenHD Advanced Interface Company Debuts

A new high tech, high end, 12 volt interface company has launched called SeirenHD to offer motorcycle and...

AudioControl Epic introduces amplifiers
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AudioControl Intros Epicenter-Ready Amplifiers

Updated: AudioControl announced a new series of car audio amplifiers that plug directly into its popular Epicenter digital...

Safe Drive Solutions sells only dashcams
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Killing it in Dashcams

By James Chevrette Experts are advising car audio retailers to expand into other categories such as window tint,...

Port strike suspended
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Port Strike Suspended Until January

Dockworkers and the Maritime Alliance reached a tentative agreement late yesterday that postpones a port strike for 90...

Cicada appoints new manufacturer representatives for its motorcycle audio lines.
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Cicada Developing 2024 Harley A2B Interface

Cicada, a motorcycle audio company, is developing an A2B amplifier interface that would allow installers to add an...

Top story CEoutlook September 2025
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Top Story September 2024

The month of September saw some announcements that may impact car audio in the future.  These included the...

Tariff refunds are coming but new tariffs may be imposed.
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Port Strike Impacts Aftermarket

As port workers on the East Coast and Gulf Coasts went on strike early Tuesday, aftermarket car audio...