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Feb 02, 2021 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time Duration: 1 hour In February 2021, Ward’s Intelligence released new market research that underscores why it is critical for vehicle manufacturers to redefine operating strategies. An extremely expanded ecosystem, new software-based architectures, broadly deployed connectivity and the ability to identify and monetize data are increasingly impacting automotive OEMs’ business models and profit pool. The development of a reliable and complete...

Tom Murphy Volvo’s Polestar 2 BEV uses Google’s Android Automotive operating system. Google purchased Android in 2005. Android Automotive OS Hints at Advances in UX Android Automotive OS’s on-screen controls need to be intuitive and the displays need to provide only necessary information with minimal distraction, says Rightware marketing chief Derek Sellin. The Polestar 2 is the first production vehicle powered by Android Automotive OS. What we see in this part...

“Customers have an expectation of wanting everything, everywhere,” says Pete Wood of Sony. Scott Lyons says that when he joined Ford years ago, in-vehicle entertainment “was not really understood, beyond the radio and CD player.” Today, Ford and other major automakers realize consumers want an array of in-vehicle entertainment. Their buying decisions often are influenced by such offerings. “Customers have an expectation of wanting everything, everywhere,” says Pete Wood, seni...

Wards Intelligence and Ally surveyed dealership owners, managers, sales and service staff about digital retailing.

Startup EV Maker Arrival Shuns Traditional Assembly “We don’t see ourselves as an auto company, but as a tech company designing (and making) vehicles,” says Arrival’s Chief Design Officer Jeremy Offer. Jeremy Offer heads electric-vehicle maker Arrival’s design team, but he notes his prior work experience is devoid of auto designing. The same goes for most members of his design team. “We’re industrial designers,” Offer says, contending that area of expertise is more in lin...

Paul La Monica is a weekly guest on #PreMarket Prep, a daily trading idea radio show hosted by Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick. Tune in to the daily broadcast live Monday-Friday at 8 a.m. ET here. Discussing tech stocks during Fridays edition of Benzingas #PreMarket Prep, Paul La Monica argued that... Read More...

High-Tech Training Key to ’22 Acura MDX Production Associates trained for new tasks in a virtual environment using touchscreens that allowed them to practice on virtual elements before handling physical parts to install, says Acura training director Joey Sippel. In an effort to ensure quality for every 2022 Acura MDX rolling off the assembly line in East Liberty, OH, Honda is using new tools to train associates as they prepare to build the brand’s redesigned flagship. Bill Ramsey, eng...

Author Bio Rich has been a Fool since 1998 and writing for the site since 2004. After 20 years of patrolling the mean streets of suburbia, he hung up his badge and gun to take up a pen full time. Having made the streets safe for Truth, Justice, and Krispy Kreme donuts, he now patrols the markets looking for companies he can lock up as long-term holdings in a portfolio. His coverage reflects his passion for motorcycles, booze, and guns (though typically not all exercised ...

2021 Nissan Armada: More Family Than Adventure Nissan’s strategy, as it so often is in the fullsize SUV segment, is to give the ’21 Armada more power and towing capacity, along with exterior changes. The Nissan Armada isn’t the most popular fullsize SUV, but it’s ready to prove itself capable of the heavier-duty tasks for which people say they buy these big rigs. For 2021, Nissan made sure the Armada offers best-in-class standard towing capacity and horsepower. Yet the beast also ...

2021 Mazda3 No Hot Hatch But Spools Up Loads of Fun The smooth, refined 2.5L turbo-4 from the larger CX-9 is well suited for the Mazda3, especially with AWD. Spend a couple days behind the wheel, and it becomes apparent why Mazda product planners think of the Audi A3 and Acura ILX as competitors. With or without a pandemic, the market for small cars has been challenging, to say the least. Through the first three quarters of 2020, sales in the Upper Small car segment as tracked by Wards In...