Study Forecasts Self-Driving Cars to Take Off by 2021
Study predicts nearly 20 million autonomous cars will be on the road by 2025, with consumer adoption set to take off in 2021.
Auto Repair Study Reveals Financial Hardships
Over half (56 percent) of small business owners in the auto repair sector are considering exiting their business by 2020.
Consumer Reports Study Finds Women Know What’s Good When it Comes to Cars
The list of women’s favorite rides is comprised almost entirely of cars that earned top scores from Consumer Reports.
Orange is the New Red for Men and Their Cars
New study reveals men strongly prefer orange and other bright car colors, while women still prefer more neutral colors.
Study Finds Cellphone Notifications Impair Drivers’ Focus
The study found that the simple notification distraction is comparable to the effects seen when users actively use their cellphones to send texts or make calls.
AAA Study Finds Teen Drivers Put Everyone at Risk
While the overall number of teen crashes is down, the majority of people killed (66 percent) and injured (67 percent) in crashes involving a teen driver are people other than the teen themselves.
Update: OEM-Supplier Relations Study Shows Strong Gains for Toyota and Honda
Results of this year’s study show Toyota and Honda clearly on top and continuing to distance themselves from Ford, Nissan, FCA and GM who are headed in the opposite direction.
Concerns Loom Following AAA Headlight Study
AAA’s test results suggest that halogen headlights, found in more than 80 percent of vehicles on the road today, may fail to safely illuminate unlit roadways at speeds as low as 40 mph.
National AutoBody Research Releases Preliminary Results from VRS Procedures & Practices Survey
Introduced in early April 2015, the research sought to measure how often shops got paid for several non-included procedures and how well insurers paid for those.
More Customers Shopping for New Auto Insurance, But Few Switching
Auto insurance rate increases have many customers shopping for a new insurer, but few are actually switching insurers, according to a recent J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Insurance Shopping Study.
Annual Cost to Own and Operate a Vehicle Falls to $8,698
AAA study finds lower gas prices have helped fuel the 2 percent decline from 2014.
Carbon Fiber Projected to Go Mainstream in Automobiles by 2025
Lux Research says this prediction is the result of technology being developed at a faster-than-expected pace.