Austrian government agrees to help automotive industry - Summary
Vienna - Austria's government and the country's automotive industry on Thursday agreed on measures to alleviate the effects of the crisis gripping the global car industry. The measures include prolonging the time that short-time work is subsidised wi...

Inilex Acquires SkyWay Systems, Expanding Its Telemetry Automotive Solutions
Inilex , a leading provider of intelligent telemetry solutions, today announced the acquisition of SkyWay Systems ? automotive telemetry business. SkyWay provides telemetry safety and security features for the commercial consumer automotive and enterprise fleet markets. The completed acquisition means expanded capabilities for in-vehicle safety and security services and positions Inilex at the ...

Austrian automotive industry calls for government support
Vienna - Austria's automotive industry on Thursday called on the government to help alleviate the effects of the current crisis which has gripped the global car industry. The crisis has fully hit us. More than 7,500 are already working short time, ...

Embedded Security Leader Discretix Showcases Automotive Security Solutions During CES 09
Discretix, the leading global provider of embedded security solutions, today announced it is presenting its innovative security technologies to the automotive industry during the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show, January 8-11 in Las Vegas. Unique within the digital security realm, Discretix offers a range of solutions that can ensure world-class security for vehicle control systems ...

James Huffines Jr., automotive businessman and philanthropist, dies at 85
James Lecil ?J.L.? Huffines Jr. built his family?s automotive business into a highly recognized retail brand in North Texas. Along the way, he distinguished himself as a civic leader and philanthropist.

CNN's 2008â?™s Automotive Winners and Losers
Washington DC January 7, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that even as grateful manufacturers and dealers bid goodbye to 2008, the worst year for sales in decades, CNN was looking back and compiling a list of automotive winners and losers for the year.

Unipart Automotive Launches Type Approval Awareness Campaign
OXFORD, United Kingdom ? January 7, 2009: Unipart Automotive, the UK?s largest independent supplier of car parts, is launching a campaign to help the trade understand and promote the benefits of Type Approved exhaust systems to the consumer.

Another plan to save the automotive industry
Dear Editor, The crises in the automotive industry puts five percent of the North American economy at immediate risk. At stake are not just the [...]

Cockrel: Auto industry will survive
While touring the floor of the 2009 North American International Auto Show, which is still under construction at Cobo Center, Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. today said he had complete confidence that Detroit's automotive industry would survive into the future.

MORNING AUTO REPORT: Ford brand No. 3 in Consumer Reports; entertainment-based Scion xB coming to Detroit show
The best of today's automotive news, reviews and commentary -- as well as the cool and weird -- from Freep.com and other Web sites. Check back for updates throughout the morning.

8.1% decline in automotive sales expected
KUALA LUMPUR: Research company Frost & Sullivan expects local automotive sales to decline 8.1% to 501,500 units this year.

Middleware is designed for automotive industry.
QNX® Aviage® Multimedia Suite, v1.1.0 helps build head units, rear-seat entertainment systems, multimedia radios, and infotainment products for automobile. It includes iPod 1-wire support, which enables delivery of audio and video through single USB cable, thereby eliminating need of multi-cable or special split-cable solution. Multimedia suite also includes intelligent multimedia engine, along ...

Ssangyong board meets amid strike threat
Troubled Ssangyong Motor Co.'s board of directors met in China on Thursday as the company's labor union mulled when to count ballots that could lead to a strike. Ssangyong, which is majority owned by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., is believed to be...

BERNIE'S PAL MERKIN NEEDS TO LEAVE GMAC: ANALYSTS
The cry for money manager Ezra Merkin's immediate ouster as chairman of troubled automotive outfit General Motors Acceptance Corp. is gearing up. The move to oust Merkin comes in the wake of GMAC scoring a $6 billion injection from the federal...

AutoWired - Automotive news and information. Live
According to EurotaxGlass's, the average monthly drop in used car values during 2008 (3.5 per cent) was almost double that recorded during 1992 - the low point of the last recession.

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Provides 2008 Year-End Update
TULSA, Okla., January 6, 2009: Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. today announced that, based on preliminary estimated results, it ended the year with an unrestricted cash balance in excess of $210 million, approximately the same balance the Company reported on September 30, 2008. During the fourth quarter, operating losses and changes in working capital were offset by the benefit of a $100 ...

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The UK motor industry has been offered its first formal meeting with the Government since November, as ministers come under increasing pressure to offer a multi-billion pound support package to ease the sector's financing squeeze.

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'The Government's reliance on interest rate reductions to stimulate the economy should be part of a wider package of measures, and we urge that more direct approaches are used as soon as possible,' said Sue Robinson, Director of the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF), representing 8,000 businesses in the UK's retail motor sector, commenting on the announcement today (Thursday 8 January 2009).

Plastic Overmolded Transponder measures 12.6 x 3.5 x 3.7 mm.
Supporting automotive applications such as passive keyless entry (K-GO o PKE) and tire pressure monitoring systems, model TOM1203 is totally protected with plastic overmolding to resist shock impacts, vibrations, and possible PCB deformations. Transponder coil is optimized for 20, 125, and 134 kHz low frequency operation, offering inductance customizable range from 340 µH up to 16.2 mH, and ...

Buck and Boost Regulator operates from 2.5-36 V.
Suited for load dump and cold-crank conditions found in automotive applications, LT3570, 36 V, 1.5 A (ISW) buck and boost regulator combined with linear controller is available in 4 x 4 mm QFN or TSSOP-20E package. Synchronizable up to 2.5 MHz, product has minimum output buck voltage of 0.8 V, and maximum boost output voltage of 38 V. Other features included are programmable switching frequency ...