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20 Automakers Commit to Making Automotic Emergency Braking Standard Equipment by 2022
MCLEAN, Va. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today announced a commitment by 20 automakers to make automatic emergency braking (AEB)...... Read More »
Honda supplier Omron to pay $4.55 million U.S. fine for price-fixing
A Japanese supplier to Honda with sales offices in suburban Detroit will plead guilty in federal court and pay a $4.55 million fine for rigging bids on the prices of power window switches on the Civic for years. ... Read More »Dealer.com Taps Contact at Once!’S Chat and Text Solutions
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Dealer.com, a Cox Automotive brand, has partnered with Contact at Once! to integrate the firm’s chat and text solutions.This is not the first alliance for Contact At Once! and Dealer.com. In 2013, the companies worked together to incorporate...... Read More »
Harlene Doane Brings Operational, HR Expertise to Dealer Summit
TAMPA, Fla. — Organizers of Dealer Summit have announced that Harlene Doane, COO of DealerStrong, will present two sessions at the event, which will be held May 3–5, 2016, at the Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel.“Harlene’s body of work with...... Read More »
Moore & Scarry’s Kerr to Break Down Pre-Roll at Dealer Summit
TAMPA, Fla. — Moore & Scarry Advertising’s Tom Kerr will present a session devoted entirely to video pre-roll at Dealer Summit, organizers announced Wednesday. The event will be held May 3–5, 2016, at the Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel.“In...... Read More »
Women Better Managers of Credit Than Men, Study Shows
COSTA MESA, Calif. — When it comes to credit and financial management, women are better than men. That’s according to a new report from Experian, which showed a notable divide between men and women when it comes to how they handle money, debt and financial...... Read More »
Gen Z Prefers Face-to-Face Interactions, Test Drives, Study Shows
ATLANTA and IRVINE, Calif. — Generation Z — individuals up to 17 years of age — may have grown up with more access to technology than Millennials, but buying online isn’t in the cards for this emerging demographic, according to a joint study...... Read More »
Pact puts auto-braking on fast track, NHTSA says
An industrywide agreement to make automatic emergency braking standard will bring the technology to the nation's new-vehicle fleet at least two years faster than a government mandate would have, the National Highway Traffic Safety... ... Read More »Hyundai to preview Genesis concept, styling direction at New York show
Next week at the New York auto show, Hyundai plans to show a concept car that provides the clearest picture yet of the styling direction for the company's new Genesis brand of luxury vehicles. ... Read More »FTC Obtains Settlement Permanently Banning Vacation Package Pitchmen from Using Robocalls
An Orlando-based telemarketing company and its owner have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made millions of illegal robocalls and calls to numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry to pitch vacation packages. Because the calls were...... Read More »