Automobile Industry News--3.22.12

'The Road We've Traveled' With Obama Wall Street Journal He accomplished this in part, so the film says, by bailing out the auto companies—deciding not to just "give the car companies" or "the UAW the money" but to force them to "work together" and "modernize the automobile industry. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Interest rates, fuel prices dragging auto sector, says Govt Zee News New Delhi: The government Thursday said high interest rates and fuel prices have affected the growth of the domestic automobile sector during the recent months. "Factors like rising interest rates and hike in fuel prices have affected the growth of ... See all stories on this topic » Zee News

GM to Keep Australian Presence for 10 Years BusinessWeek "It would have been a knockout blow for manufacturing, given the importance of the auto industry." Holden will invest more than A$1 billion in production to make two new models, in return for the investment, she said. The value of Australia's ... See all stories on this topic »

Interest rates, fuel prices drag India's auto sector: Govt Firstpost New Delhi: The government today said high interest rates and fuel prices have affected the growth of the domestic automobile sector during the recent months. in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. The govt has taken various steps including implementation ... See all stories on this topic » Firstpost

Growth of Automobile Industry Press Information Bureau (press release) Factors like rising interest rates and hike in fuel prices, among other factors, have affected the growth of the automobile sector, thereby showing marginal growth during the recent months. Various steps have been taken in pursuance of the Automotive ... See all stories on this topic »

Ford lays the foundation for a new $1B factory in India Washington Post Ford's passenger vehicle sales for the April to February period fell 5 percent from a year earlier to 83639 vehicles, according to the latest data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, an industry group. The slowdown comes after a period ... See all stories on this topic »

Carmakers flag problems, but US seeks bigger fines Reuters Since the Toyota case, US auto regulators have become more aggressive in launching safety investigations and have gotten tougher with automakers about their recall and disclosure practices. Strickland said after the hearing that car companies have ... See all stories on this topic »

The Nightmare Of The European Auto Industry Forex Rate It! Europe with its relatively affluent population of 500 million has turned into a nightmare for the auto industry. And the R-word—restructuring—unpalatable and almost illegal as it is in Europe, is being bandied about, this time by Fiat-Chrysler CEO ... See all stories on this topic »

Panel: Safety standard could disrupt MEMS in automotive Embedded.com He said the market for automotive MEMS sensors had grown 28 percent in 2010 and, more surprisingly, by 15 percent in 2011 to a value of $2.2 billion. For the period 2010 to 2015 the industry is entering a faster growth phase with a CAGR of 10 percent ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft Builds High Tech Ford Mustang Zunited By Cristian Reyes Microsoft isn't new to the automobile industry, in fact Microsoft has been providing Ford with Sync technology that enables users to make hands-free telephone calls, control music, and other functions using voice commands. See all stories on this topic »