Category: Automotive Technology

  • Electrification and Millennial Preferences Drive Hands-Free Power Liftgate Market, Predicted to Reach $1.9 Billion by 2028

    Electrification and Millennial Preferences Drive Hands-Free Power Liftgate Market, Predicted to Reach $1.9 Billion by 2028

    Dublin, Oct. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Hands-Free Power Liftgate Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2023-2028” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global hands-free power liftgate market has demonstrated remarkable growth, reaching a size of US$ 1.3 Billion in 2022. Projections from industry experts indicate continued expansion,…

  • Bangor automotive instructor earns Maine educator lifetime achievement award

    Bangor automotive instructor earns Maine educator lifetime achievement award

    BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – United Technologies Center in Bangor is celebrating one of its instructors and his recent major accomplishment. Paul “Butch” Jones started working on cars back when he purchased his first. “[It was a] ‘64 mustang convertible,” Jones explained. “It was pretty rough, though. Paid 300 bucks for it. Spent all summer fixing…

  • UPS opened a $22 million, 172,500 SF facility in Skokie

    UPS opened a $22 million, 172,500 SF facility in Skokie

    UPS, the parcel delivery company, opened a 172,500-square-foot processing facility in Skokie in late September, which a spokesperson said would facilitate package deliveries during the holiday season. The $22 million package center, located on Austin Avenue, is able to process up to 12,000 packages an hour. UPS spokesperson Karen Tomaszewski Hill said the facility also…

  • Blue Hills Regional Technical School Hosts Second Successful Reverse Career Fair

    For immediate release CANTON — Superintendent Jill Rossetti and Co-op Coordinator Kimberly Poliseno are pleased to share that Blue Hills Regional Technical School hosted its second successful “reverse” career fair this week. The “reverse” career fair was held on Monday, Oct. 23 during regular school hours. During the event, more than 40 professionals from 24…

  • Texas Instruments forecasts fourth-quarter below estimates

    Texas Instruments forecasts fourth-quarter below estimates

    Oct 24 (Reuters) – Texas Instruments (TXN.O) on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit below estimates, as the analog chipmaker was forced to slash some production after demand across its key industrial market worsened. Shares of the Dallas, Texas-based company fell 4.5% in trading after the bell. Sales from the industrial market – Texas Instruments’…

  • AUTOVATE 2023 Announces Daymond John, Star of ABC’s Shark Tank, as Featured Speaker

    AUTOVATE 2023 Announces Daymond John, Star of ABC’s Shark Tank, as Featured Speaker

    #inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct 24, 2023– AUTOVATE, the leading automotive retail industry conference, is excited to bring award-winning entrepreneur Daymond John as the featured speaker for the 2023 Scottsdale conference. The 7 th annual AUTOVATE conference, created by Cliff Banks…

  • Cruise’s Driverless Taxi Service in San Francisco Is Suspended

    Cruise’s Driverless Taxi Service in San Francisco Is Suspended

    California’s Department of Motor Vehicles cited safety concerns for the suspension, about three months after the state allowed an expansion. California regulators on Tuesday ordered Cruise, a General Motors subsidiary, to stop its driverless taxi service in San Francisco after a series of traffic mishaps, including one this month when a Cruise car dragged a…

  • Review: A Tech Twist on License Plates

    Review: A Tech Twist on License Plates

    We received a complementary RPlate to review and we must say, license plates are getting a futuristic upgrade. Fisker Ocean with Reviver RPlate displaying California temporary license plate. Today, we’re taking a look at what could be the future of license plates. In the world of cutting-edge technology, even license plates are getting an upgrade.…

  • Seniors plan medical, automative and construction careers with Launch grants

    RATHDRUM — Seniors applying for their portion of the $75 million Idaho Launch funds say applying is not difficult with the help of parents and school counselors. <img data-attachment-id="85182" data-permalink="https://www.idahoednews.org/top-news/seniors-plan-medical-automative-and-construction-careers-with-launch-grants/attachment/img-1190/" data-orig-file="https://www.idahoednews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-1190-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="1890,2560" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1697797747","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.0166666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Kamryn Wixom" data-image-description data-image-caption=" Kamryn Wixom: “I am looking forward to growing and evolving my knowledge with cars and my…

  • EXPO NEWS | Day 1: Interface highlights growing role of wireless and mini torque transducers in auto testing

    EXPO NEWS | Day 1: Interface highlights growing role of wireless and mini torque transducers in auto testing

    Interface has been an annual participant in Automotive Testing Expo for many years. According to the company’s US sales director, Elliott Speidell, the show is a great opportunity to connect with the expanding vehicle test market. “This year, our goals are to meet with several key customers about new automotive-focused product lines, including our calibration…