MARCH 7, 2022

New Postal Service Fleet Favoring ICEs Under Fire

Of the 50,000 to 165,000 new delivery vehicles USPS plans to purchase, 90% would be ICE-powered and 10% would be electric. Environmental critics say the ICE vehicles’ emissions are unacceptable and the UAW objects to the contractor’s use of non-union labor.

Autoline Daily 2022: Top Industry News for March 7

U.S. Gasoline Prices Soar; Elon Musk Demands More Oil & Gas Production; Detroit 3 Profits Threatened

U.S. Auto Sector Weighs Anti-Impaired-Driving Technologies

The Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety program, a public-private partnership, advocates for breath or touch sensors that can detect when a driver is impaired with a blood-alcohol concentration at or above 0.08% (the legal limit in most U.S. states) and prevent a vehicle from moving.

Sourcing to Mexico: Benefits and Pitfalls

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GlobalAutoIndustry.com talks Mexico supplier sourcing with Mike Wynn, vice president and leader of the Sourcing Optimization practice for Advanced Purchasing Dynamics.

Making Sense of the Automotive OTA Business Model

From TU Automotive
With Apple’s software-based services offering up 70% of its profit margins, the question is whether this over-the-air (OTA) business model will ever work in cars.

February U.S. LV Sales Weaken from January, But Q1 Tracking to Best Quarter Since Q2-2021

Despite February’s downturn from January, sales in the first two months of the year on an annualized basis have the first quarter heading to the highest quarterly SAAR since Q2-2021.

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