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Automotive Industry Hot Topics with Center for Automotive Research President and CEO, Alan Amici

Automotive Industry Hot Topics with Center for Automotive Research President and CEO, Alan Amici

On a bi-weekly basis, Center for Automotive Research (CAR) welcomes our audience to decompress with our President and CEO, Alan Amici, as he covers and shares his thoughts on the latest Hot Topics happening in the automotive industry. While the biweekly newsletter primarily covers three topics, this feature story previ ... Continue reading

Lexus Is the "Class" of Luxury, Yet Strong Moves From Acura and Infiniti Make It a Race, ACSI Data Show

Lexus Is the "Class" of Luxury, Yet Strong Moves From Acura and Infiniti Make It a Race, ACSI Data Show

Satisfaction with the auto industry is moving in reverse. Overall customer satisfaction with automobiles slides 1.3% to a score of 77 (out of 100), according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®) Automobile Study 2021-2022. ... Continue reading

ESG Understanding From C A R

ESG Understanding From C A R

Aug 17, 2022 | Feature Story Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) programs grew throughout the corporate world in 2021. As ESG became a more central part of many organizations, auto manufacturers continued delivering and expanding their sustainability reporting practices. ... Continue reading

Automotive Supply Giant Mahle Recognizes ICE Power As Solution in Fighting Climate Change

Automotive Supply Giant Mahle Recognizes ICE Power As Solution in Fighting Climate Change

the reality that climate-warming emissions could increase if internal combustion does not feature in the drive for lower CO2. Paul Myles | Apr 28, 2022 Automotive supply giant Mahle believes that while electric mobility is the industry’s natural future course, internal-combustion-engine technology will play a vital r ... Continue reading

Cummins Completes Acquisition of Jacobs Vehicle Systems

Cummins Completes Acquisition of Jacobs Vehicle Systems

COLUMBUS, Ind.--Cummins Inc. today announced that it has closed on its acquisition of Jacobs Vehicle Systems (JVS) from Altra Industrial Motion Corp. Jacobs Vehicle Systems is a supplier of engine braking, cylinder deactivation, start and stop and thermal management technologies. The addition of JVS brings new technolo ... Continue reading

EIA explores effects of not building future interstate natural gas pipelines

EIA explores effects of not building future interstate natural gas pipelines

April 4, 2022 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022) In our Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022), Issues in Focus: Exploration of the No Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Builds, we analyze the effects on the energy market if no additional U.S. natural gas pipeline capacity i ... Continue reading

This Week at EIA - 03/31/2022

This Week at EIA - 03/31/2022

This list provides a summary and link for every product the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released this week. Would you like to receive a notification when an EIA product is released? Visit our email subscription page where you can sign up to receive notifications for specific product releases. ... Continue reading

Renewable Energy Group Launches Branded Fuel Product Line to Help Customers Transition to Sustainable Fuels, Lower Emissions

Renewable Energy Group Launches Branded Fuel Product Line to Help Customers Transition to Sustainable Fuels, Lower Emissions

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REG), a leading bio-based diesel producer in North America, announced today the introduction of a line of branded fuel solutions, EnDura Fuels™. This branded product launch supports Renewable Energy Group’s ongoing efforts to help the transport industry meet its sustainability and busi ... Continue reading

Chick-fil-A Good to Eat, Good To Drive - Chooses Darling Ingredients to Turn Used Cooking Oil into Renewable Fuel

Chick-fil-A Good to Eat, Good To Drive - Chooses Darling Ingredients to Turn Used Cooking Oil into Renewable Fuel

IRVING, Texas, March 21, 2022 -- Darling Ingredients Inc. , the world's leading company turning food waste into sustainable products and producer of renewable energy, today announced Chick-fil-A, Inc. has chosen Darling Ingredients to convert its used cooking oil into cleaner burning renewable transportation fuel. Darl ... Continue reading

SCAM: Biden Using Your Money to Insure Radical Dem's Electric Mobility Monopoly

SCAM: Biden Using Your Money to Insure Radical Dem's Electric Mobility Monopoly

President Biden's infrastructure plans to invest $174 billion in the EV market, including a national network of 500,000 EV charging locations by 2030.1 However, 81% of respondents report that barriers remain, obstructing the path to purchase.1 ... Continue reading

Weekly Energy Report - January 13, 2022

Weekly Energy Report - January 13, 2022

latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we expect regular gasoline retail prices to average $3.06/gal in 2022, up from $3.00/gal in 2021, and then down to $2.80/gal in 2023. We expect on-highway diesel prices to increase to average $3.33/gal in 2022 before decreasing to $3.27/gal in 2023. ... Continue reading

Toyota's Proprietary Operating System "Arene" Will Be The Game Changer To Improve Operation and Production Of Future Vehicles

Toyota's Proprietary Operating System "Arene" Will Be The Game Changer To Improve Operation and Production Of Future Vehicles

TOKYO/NAGOYA, Japan January 4, 2022 -- RYO ASAYAMA and YUKI FUKUMOTO, Nikkei staff writers reported that Toyota Motor plans to develop its own automotive software platform by 2025 that handles everything from basic functions to advanced applications like autonomous driving, Nikkei has learned. With the Arene operating ... Continue reading

Faith group celebrates new clean cars rule

Faith group celebrates new clean cars rule

Interfaith Power & Light Statement Celebrates EPA Finalization of Clean Cars Rule Washington, DC - The EPA finalized the new rule to cut pollution from new cars and light-duty trucks, a measure which will cut millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other pollutants from the atmosphere. The standards from model years ... Continue reading

CAFE Lives! - Biden Doubles Down Orders EPA To Re-raise Emission Standards

CAFE Lives! - Biden Doubles Down Orders EPA To Re-raise Emission Standards

Washington DC December 20, 2021; Seeking Alpha Reported that The battle over auto industry emissions is back on after the Biden administration raised fuel-efficiency standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks to a fleetwide average of 55 miles a gallon by model year 2026. That mark is up from the 43 mpg standar ... Continue reading

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