Automobile Industry News--4.13.12

Auto industry enjoys a good March NorthJersey.com Ironically, a new pocket of hard-to-fill vacant jobs has formed – in Michigan, no less, for the newly thriving automobile industry – which sought to sign at least 1000 engineers in various specialties at a recent job fair in Detroit, and came up almost ... See all stories on this topic »

Green Car Diaries Part 1: Toyota's Hybrids In The Driver's Seat Forbes Green cars are the next big thing for major automobile companies. With oil prices shooting higher and concerns of exorbitant gas prices at the pump, almost all major automotive companies have started rolling out their versions of electric cars. See all stories on this topic »

U.S. auto industry drives revenue Windsor Star By Grace MacAluso, The Windsor Star April 13, 2012 The US auto industry generated more than $135 billion in federal and state revenue in 2010, according to a study by the Center for Automotive Research. Of that amount, state government received $91.5 ... See all stories on this topic »

Sales of Passenger Cars Worldwide to Reach 86.5 Million Units by 2017 ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) In an era where the modern automobile industry is being driven almost exclusively by innovations in electronic gadgetry, software is currently at the core of most functions, and systems in an average vehicle. The importance of software in the auto ... See all stories on this topic »

Auto exhibit opens today in Richmond with reception Palladium-Item The first company to join the automotive industry, it would later become known for its bus manufacturing, an industry that continued until about 1992. • "Sedgewick" by IH Sedgewick Co., 1901. Isham H. Sedgewick built the car in his barn near the ... See all stories on this topic »

Global Automotive Plastics Market Prospects Discussed in New In-Demand Report ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) New research report "Plastics for Passenger Cars: Global Trends & Forecasts to 2016 - By Types & Geography" worked out by MarketsandMarkets has been recently published by Market Publishers Ltd. The report states that the global automotive plastics ... See all stories on this topic »

China Automotive Systems: A Good Play On China's Consumption Growth Seeking Alpha Another fast growing company with low valuations is China Automotive Systems, Inc (CAAS). This is a company that is constantly expanding, and has a foothold in the competitive China automobile industry. China Automotive Systems, Inc manufactures and ... See all stories on this topic »

Car Designs Hinder Child Safety Seat Installation Technorati Every parent who has taken their child in another person's car knows that child safety seats can be hard to properly install in a strange car. It's not you, it's the car that has the problem, according to an insurance industry research group. See all stories on this topic » Technorati

Chery-Jaguar Land Rover JV expects sales boom China Economic Net However, upon closer contemplation, these simple words, once properly executed and implemented, may become a brand-new commentary of the nearly 30 years' JV experience of China's automobile industry: from "market in exchange for technology, ... See all stories on this topic » China Economic Net