Industry news

SkillsUSA Installer Program Wins Support
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Industry Rallies Around Installer Program

A nationwide contest for young 12 volt installers that we reported on earlier this month has raised well...

BOSS Audio Polaris Kit
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First UTV Kit From This Brand

BOSS Audio announced a new 5-speaker/source unit system for the Polaris RZR, marking its first UTV-specific audio kit....

AAMP Gobal at SEMA 2022
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AAMP Global Acquires AudioControl

Given today's antics, we will preface this by saying this report is not an April Fool's jest. AAMP...

Kenwood EV amp
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KENW00D Intros First Amp for Electric Vehicles

KENWOoD USA announced two new amplifiers with self-contained power cells specifically for electric vehicles. Electric car sales are...

Mike Cofield
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Industry Leader Plans to Retire

Mike COfield, CEO of 20-store Custom Sounds & Tint and President of the MESA buying group,  told CEoutlook...

AAMP Gobal at SEMA 2022
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AAMP Names New President

AAMP Global announced the appointment of Herb Brown as President of its North America division. In addition, former...

Motorcycle audio growth slows
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Motorcycle Audio Keeps Revving

Motorcycle audio sales have steadily climbed over the past several years and continue to gain a larger share...

Alpine
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Alpine Ships New Halo Receivers

Alpine Electronics of America is now shipping two new Hi-Res Halo floating screen receivers: the iLX-F511 11-inch radio...

New tariffs could raise automobile prices
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No Cars, No Problem?

With fewer cars on the lot due to chip shortages, and car sales on the decline, aftermarket audio...

Car Audio Inventory Improving
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Is it Me, or is Inventory Improving?   

By Mr Retail For almost two years now, we have been dealing with tighter and tighter inventory levels...

Transparent A-Pillar Patent Application
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GM Files Patent for Transparent A-Pillar

A transparent A-Pillar may be a feature on future General Motors vehicles, based on a patent application by...

Car audio sales down say retailers
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Are 12V Prices Too High?

Before COVID, industry members complained that car audio prices were too low. But after so many price hikes...

VOXX-Directed
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VOXX Strengthens Online Price Protection

VOXX Electronics announced it has partnered with online price protection and tracking company TrackStreet. Through TrackStreet, VOXX will...

Holoride
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Virtual Reality Comes to Cars This Summer

Earlier this month Audi announced it will offer this summer a new kind of virtual reality gaming for...

Robotics, 3D PRinting, LAser and 12 Volt Retailing
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How to Prepare for the Automated Fab Revolution

“The robots are coming and we have to be ready for them,” said Jason Kranitz of Kingpin University,...

Renesas to Restart Factories After Earthquake
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Chip Maker Renesas to Resume Production

Following up on Thursday's story on Renesas, the car audio and automotive chip maker announced it will soon...

Renesas to Restart Factories After Earthquake
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 Car Audio Chip Maker Impacted by Earthquake

Car audio and automotive chip maker, Renesas, shut its operations due to the earthquake that struck Japan yesterday....

Chip Shortage Update
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Chip Supply Hit By New Challenges

Chip supplies are being threatened once again by world events. A recent outbreak of COVID in China of...

Audiofrog ships car audio amplifiers
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AudioFrog Ships Its First Amps

Audiofrog is now shipping its first 12 volt amplifiers--two Class D high end models, designed for low distortion...

Rockford CEO Bill Jackson
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Rockford CEO Bill Jackson’s Message to Dealers

Bill Jackson, CEO and President of Rockford Corp. told the audience at the recent MasterTech Expo what it...