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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.
Apple Surprises With Strong iPhone Sales
Apple’s recent quarter saw double digit growth in iPhone 11 sales in the US and other regions over...
Pioneer to Offer Blind Spot Detectors
Pioneer Electronics showed at CES this month two blind spot monitoring systems due for release in March. The...
Meet the Uconnect 5
Fiat Chrysler announced today a new Uconnect infotainment system that is so fast it is "instantaneous," it claimed. ...
Precision Power Goes Dealer Direct
Epsilon, maker of Precision Power, Soundstream and Power Acoustik, is pulling Precision Power from the Internet and converting...
JBL Intros ‘Cost is No Object’ System
Harman's JBL and Infinity car audio brands will offer new ultra high end audiophile systems this year, said...
Pioneer Now Adds ESCORT as Well as K40 Radar
It turns out that Pioneer's newest NEX radios due in March, will not only work with K40 radar...
Alpine Intros Halo Sub Enclosures
Alpine Electronics is offering for the first time a full line of pre-loaded subwoofer enclosures. The Halo enclosures...
Alpine Intros Wireless Hi-Res DSP
Alpine Electronics is launching a new wireless digital signal processor (DSP) that processes in Hi-Res Audio, up to...
Pioneer and Metra in New Collaboration
Metra Electronics showed at CES a new line of HVAC and other interfaces, specifically for Pioneer radios. The...
Harman Returns to DSP Market
Following its ground-breaking MS-8 digital signal processor/amplifier, off the market for six or seven years now, Harman is...
Are Tariffs Hurting 12 Volt?
On Wednesday, President Trump signed a partial truce in the trade war with China leading to changes in...
Bose To Close All Retail Stores
Bose will close all of its retail stores in North America as well as Europe, Japan and Australia,...
Pioneer Decks to Work with K40 Radar
Five new Pioneer Electronics NEX decks will work with two K40 radar detectors, when used with an optional...
Top 12 Volt Products of CES
The top car radios and 12 volt products at CES last week, based on clicks on CEoutlook stories,...
Directed to Ship SMARTKEY This Summer
Directed will ship this summer a SMARTKEY system that eliminates the need to carry a car key. Its...
Panasonic and Klipsch to Create Car Audiophile Systems
Klipsch is entering the OEM car audio market in a collaboration with Panasonic Automotive. At CES, Klipsch, a...
One of Alpine’s First Dashcams Works With its Radios
Alpine Electronics announced its first dashcams at CES, including one model that can work with Alpine radios. The...
Pioneer, Boss Get an Alexa First
Have you noticed that nearly all the car radios with Alexa voice control are single DIN? At CES,...
Directed Shows Next Phase of Car Security
Directed is showing what it calls "the future of security"-- live 4G surveillance of the car. It will...
JVC Intros Two Advanced AV Receivers
JVC Mobile Entertainment is introducing two all wireless AV receivers that, like new Kenwood eXcelon Reference decks, allow...