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Maven Gig Expands to San Francisco
By 2020, an estimated 43 % of the U.S. workforce will be made up of freelance workers. The nature of employment is changing, as corporations continue to shed middle class jobs. Maven Gig claims it is a “nimble platform that will grow and adapt with the shift.” Continue reading
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Magna to Make BMW 5-Series Plug-in Hybrid
BMW’s new 530e plug-in hybrid will be produced at Magna’s contract manufacturing plant in Graz, Austria, starting in summer 2017. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, BMW530e plug-in hybrid, Graz, Ken Zino, magna
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Truck Sales Can’t Pick Up Slack from Sliding May Car Sales
While trucks are hot, up 6% from a year ago, May car sales are not at, -9.3%, a continuing negative trend. The seasonally adjusted annual rate (aka SAAR) in the U.S. for May 2017 was 16.66 million units sold, a significant slide from 17.17 million units a year ago. Total light vehicle sales declined -0.5% compared to last May despite inexpensive fuels and low interest rates. Continue reading
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Owners Sue GM
he suit alleges that GM knowingly sold defective Z06 models that, while marketed as having “track-proven structure and technologies,” cannot be operated safely on a racetrack because they enter a performance-limited “limp mode” when the cooling system can’t keep up with the heat generated under hard driving. This happens on public roadways, too, according to Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, one of two law firms attempting to get a large and – potential lucrative – class action suit initiated. Continue reading
Automotive CX Summit – Dual Style to Customer Development?
“People liked going into the Apple Store, they liked to go somewhere to talk to a person face-to-face for support or to explain something. this is complex technology, it strikes me that’s the analogy the [automotive] industry should look at and say, “Ah-ha,” Munzel told AutoInformed during a phone interview. Continue reading
Posted in customer satisfaction, marketing, news analysis, sales
Tagged apple, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, CX Summit, Erick derr, john munzel, Ken Zino, WardsAuto
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First Non-Toxic Garage Floor Coating Claimed
Rainguard has released a garage floor coating that it claims is the automotive industry’s first non-toxic technology. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, garage floor coating, Ken Zino, Rainguard Water Sealers
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Kiss Your Privacy Goodbye as Mastermind Grows
More than 6,000 dealerships now have access to the Mastermind technology that uses thousands of data points, gathered from the dealer management system (DMS) and combines it with Big Data – social media profiles, financial records, product and consumer life-cycle information, socio-demographics among other privacy invasion data – to calculate when a customer is ready to buy and why. Continue reading
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Canada Moves Ahead on Fuel Cell Vehicles
The Ride-n-Drive coincides with Canada’s hosting of the United Nations World Environment Day and Canada’s Environment week, “in the spirit of raising awareness of the substantial environmental benefits of zero-emission FCEVs powered by hydrogen.” Continue reading
Eleven Japanese Firms to Share Building of Hydrogen Stations
While nit-twit tweet Trump is bellowing about infrastructure with no plan, no bills, no timeline, Japan is building – not talking – as illustrated by 11 Japanese companies signing a memorandum of understanding aimed at the acceleration of the construction … Continue reading
Lawsuit Claims Emissions Cheating in GM Duramax Diesels
The suit also names Bosch as a defendant, adding that “GM did not act alone.” Bosch developed, manufactured, and tested the Electronic Diesel Control unit that allowed GM to implement the defeat devices, according to the suit. Bosch control units are found in almost all the vehicles found or alleged to have been manipulating emissions, including Mercedes, Fiat Chrysler and Chevrolet. Continue reading
US v Fiat Chrysler on Diesel Emissions Defeat Devices
The complaint alleges that the undisclosed software functions cause the vehicles’ emission control systems to perform differently, and less effectively, during certain normal driving conditions than on federal emission tests, resulting in increased emissions of harmful air pollutants. In other words, Volkswagen – the American-Italian sequel. Continue reading
Mark Fields Out, Jim Hackett in as Ford Motor CEO
Hackett led Ford Smart Mobility – arguably the future of the industry with ride sharing, electric vehicle, sales of big data and autonomous cars thrown in – since March 2016. Continue reading
Milestones – One Millionth Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 arguably created a new category and remains a premium sports car despite its rear engine design – that critics pointed out was like a trying to throw a dart backwards at high speeds. Continue reading
Posted in milestones, news analysis, people, performance, racing
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, ferdinand alexander porsche, Ken Zino, le mans, porsche 911, racing, Wolfgang Porsche
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William Berman COO of AutoNation Resigns
The lack of a succession plan is not good news for stock holders. At the end of March 2017, AutoNation owned and operated 372 new vehicle franchises. AutoNation has sold more than 10 million vehicles, possibly the first automotive retailer to reach this milestone. Continue reading
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Toyota R&D Centers Expand in Michigan
Clearly in the gun sights of nit-twit Trump, Toyota claims to have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of more than 33 million cars and trucks in North America. It currently runs 14 manufacturing plants – 10 in the U.S., but with Mexico and Canada left out of the exact count. Continue reading