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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.
Power Acoustik Ships Low Priced CarPlay/Android Auto Deck
Power Acoustik is adding Android Auto to its decks for the first time with the new low priced...
12 Volt Trends for 2020
A number of product trends for 2020 were apparent at the recent CES in Las Vegas and KnowledgeFest...
Diamond Intros Tesla Speakers
Diamond Audio is aggressively adding vehicle specific audio systems with new drop in speakers for Tesla, Audi and...
New National Rep Firm Launches
A new national manufacturer’s representative firm has launched called Vault 12V Marketing. The firm is led by three...
Oz Audio For Sale
Atrend, a maker of speaker enclosures and owner of the Oz Audio brand of speakers and amplifiers, is...
Nissan’s New Sound Damping
Nissan announced a new type of sound damping that is ultra lightweight but just as effective as standard...
JL Audio Ships New JD Amps & More
JL Audio recently began shipping a new entry level line of JD car audio amplifiers joined by new...
Harman’s Latest OEM Audio Switches Direction
For years, the trend was to add more speakers to high end OEM sound systems, to the point...
Focal Launches ‘Focal Inside’
Focal has rebranded and vastly expanded its plug and play speaker systems that custom fit into specific vehicles....
Samsung Intros New Foldable Galaxy Z Flip
The new Samsung Galazxy Z Flip folds in half on a hinge into a square pocketable size. As...
Samsung Intros Telescope Quality Camera
Samsung introduced a line of new S20 phones that include a new Ultra model with zoom the equivalent...
Alpine, JVCKenwood Report on Q3
Alps Alpine and JVCKenwood saw declines in profits for the first three quarters of the Japanese fiscal year....
JVC, Kenwood to Intro Lower Priced CarPlay Decks
At KnowledgeFest in Long Beach, CA this weekend, JVC showed a new wired CarPlay and Android deck that...
iPhones May Independently Act as Car Keys
According to 9to5 Mac, Apple released a beta iOS to developers that would allow the iPhone and Apple...
DD Audio Hires Reps For First Time
For the first time in over 20 years, DD Audio has partnered with manufacturer reps. It announced it...
China’s Coronavirus Starts to Delay 12 Volt Product Shipments
Car audio companies are beginning to report product shipment delays due to the Coronavirus as it spreads across...
VOXX Buys Rostra Assets
VOXX International Corporation has purchased the assets of the parent of Rostra Brands in a deal valued at...
Introducing Soundstream Reserve
Epsilon Electronics, maker of Soundstream head units, amplifiers and speakers, is launching a higher-end and protected version of...
Suddenly, This Dashcam Sweeps High End
There are dashcams and then there are 'Ring Video Doorbell' type dashcams that let you peer in and...
New 12 Volt Lighting Company
Lucas Lighting, a three-year old company launched by 12 volt industry members, says its lights offer higher quality...