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 | | | | A WardsAuto forecast calls for U.S. light-vehicle sales to reach a 16.9 million-unit seasonally adjusted annual rate in July, following June’s 16.4 million SAAR and resulting in a 5-month streak of sub-17 million figures. July’s SAAR would be significantly lower than the 17.8 million recorded in same-month 2016. The report is calling for 1.42 million light vehicles to be delivered over 25 selling days in July. The resulting daily sales rate of 56,893 units represents a 2.5% ... Read More |
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 Researchers Pursuing Ultra-Fast Battery Charging Engineering researchers at Drexel University, working with colleagues in France and Israel, say finding time to stop, plug in and recharge could become history as their new electrode design could charge EV batteries in seconds instead of hours. Read More |
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 | | | WardsAuto has published its “2017 U.S. Light-Vehicle Equipment Report” a look at five-year trends in factory installation rates in multiple areas of the vehicle, segmented by vehicle type, segment, company and brand. Highlights include:
Powertrain
• 3-cylinder engines have gained acceptance after largely being rejected 2 decades earlier.
• Increased demand for large pickups and full-size SUVs has breathed new life into a new generation of more fuel-efficient V-8 engines.
• Demand for hybrids has weakened as lower fuel prices have given the consumer other options.
• Forced-induction intake systems have grown dramatically on gasoline engines, increasing from 9.3% in 2012 to 21.7% in 2016.
Comfort and Convenience
• Automatic air conditioning continues to grow in popularity, up from 44.5% in 2012 to 62.4% in 2016.
• Power, memory, leather and heated seats all witnessed modest increases in the 2012-2016 timeframe, and now account for 62.6%, 24.1%, 43.9% and 40.1% of the light vehicle market respectively.
• Remote start remains at a relatively low installation rate, growing from 19.8% of the LV market in 2012 to 2016’s level of 26.3%.
• Keyless enter/go and keyless entry installations were found on 45.2% and 51.7% of light vehicles respectively in 2016. This resulted from a growth in keyless enter/go systems from 25.4% in 2012, but a sharp drop in keyless entry systems from 94.3% in 2012.
Safety and Other Technology
• Rearview cameras, which will become standard during the 2018 calendar year, can now be found on 86.9% of all LVs produced, up from 22.2% in 2012.
• Front cameras, which WardsAuto didn’t track until the 2015 model year saw its installation rate increase to 5.6% from 2.3%
• Similarly, the 360 degree camera was installed on 5.5% of all light vehicles for 2016.
• Blind spot monitoring continues to gain in popularity, increasing from 9.8% in 2012 to 31.1% in 2016.
• Lane-departure warning systems more than tripled in installation rates from 2013, now totaling 19.8% of all LVs, up from 6.1% WardsAuto’s new report provides much more detail among systems which are largely mature to new safety technology, much of which is very recent. For more information, please follow the attached link. Learn More |
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