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Audi seeks edge in global premium car sales race

Audi seeks edge in global premium car sales race

In its bid to overtake BMW as the world’s best-selling luxury carmaker, Audi wants to dazzle, not blind using its new Matrix LED system.

Big data in the driver’s seat of connected car technological advances

Big data in the driver’s seat of connected car technological advances

Growth in the automotive industry’s highly integrated and highly saturated connected car systems will yield approximately $14.5 billion in revenue from automotive data assets by 2020, according to a connected car study from IHS Automotive, driven by Polk.

Survey: Autonomous car – Would You Buy One

Autonomous car  - Would You Buy One

Self-driving cars are getting a lot of buzz, and a new survey suggests nine of 10 drivers would consider buying one — if it meant paying a lot less for auto insurance.

Survey: Spot parts shortages looming for 2014

Automakers are likely to face spot shortages of parts next year if North American vehicle production tops 16 million units, a new survey of suppliers concludes.

Twenty-six percent of respondents said they had “difficulty meeting production expectations” this year, according to the survey of 100 suppliers polled in August and September by IRN Inc., a Grand Rapids, Mich., consulting firm.

Automakers turn to adhesives to make cars lighter, tougher

audi-r8-using-adhesives

Many parts on Audi’s R8 are held together by advanced structural adhesives which have also been developed to withstand racetrack vibrations and fierce heat.