Car Electronics

Chicago – Cobra Electronics will deliver in September a portable GPS device for truck drivers that will include a database of points of interest...

Laguna Niguel, Calif. – German Maestro, the new brand from the former MB Quart factory in Germany, announced it is releasing an entry-level car...

Rockford Fosgate said it is shipping Power-series car speakers that have been newly engineered from the ground up by a new development team led...

Cars may soon ship with fewer navigation systems, premium radios and other electronics as a result of recession, said industry members, although the forecast...

Directed Electronics is removing the need for a separate analog remote starter on certain vehicles by offering a digital $299 interface that includes a...

Yokohama, Japan – JVC Kenwood Holdings, formed by the recent merger of JVC and Kenwood, will raise as much as 18.6 billion yen ($200...

New York – Navigon said it submitted its U.S. navigation app to Apple’s App Store about two weeks ago and expects approval “in the...

North Andover, Mass. – InstallerNet, which sells installation service through a network of thousands of retailers, plans to purchase car stereo trade group the...

Eden Prairie, Minn. – Facet Technology is launching this month a GPS-ready road-grade map of the continental U.S. in an attempt to break the...

Dallas – Avis Rent A Car will offer AT&T’s Cruisecast service of 22 satellite-TV and 20 satellite-radio channels starting Monday at select locations. Car...

Audiovox, under the Jensen brand, is shipping its first line of retail-aimed stand-alone Bluetooth car kits, including a Works with iPhone kit at a...

With new-car sales down by double digits, Sirius XM is pursuing new ways to find subscribers, but the company is still expected to lose...

Pioneer’s spring launch of a $600 CD-only in-dash navigation device elicited clashing opinions from retailers and Pioneer competitors. Some retailers hope the $600 AVIC-U310BT,...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Shareholders of TomTom NV approved a rights issue aimed at reducing the company’s heavy debt. TomTom shareholders approved to issue...

AT&T CruiseCast officially launched its car satellite service offering 22 channels of video and 20 channels of audio, revealing its final channel lineup for...

Car A/V is battling feast or famine inventory levels as suppliers and retailers try to outguess a fickle economy. Retailers reported shortages on key...

AT&T CruiseCast, the much-anticipated car satellite system, has soft launched its $1,299 device and service at select retail outlets. The company is targeting a...

LandAirSea is shipping a new “passive” GPS car tracker with the longest recording capability to date, said the company. LandAirSea, which sells GPS trackers...

The year is turning out to be better than expected for some car stereo specialists who are hoping 2009 sales close flat or ahead...

Car stereo specialists should start marketing — without investing any money — by holding “parking lot” promotions to win over the next generation of...

TransplantGPS is launching a portable GPS device bearing the NASCAR and Dale Jr. brands aimed at the more than 70 million NASCAR fans, said...

GPS maker Mio acknowledged it recently laid off 60 percent of its workforce after its parent, MiTAC, purchased GPS maker Magellan. “We’ve gone through...

Portable GPS devices are “flat but not out.” Despite the fact sales hit a wall when the economy weakened and a tech war with...

Smaller, ultra-compact digital amplifiers, offered by several leading brands, are quickly replacing larger, heat-sink heavy amplifiers, said many industry members. Ultra-compact amplifiers, which run...

German Maestro said it hopes to sell its new car stereo brand through 150 outlets by the end of the year. Lead by industry...

Another car maker, General Motors, will add Internet access directly to the car, joining Chrysler, which began providing a similar option in October. Starting...

Navigon introduced several portable GPS units that are among the first “intelligent” personal navigation devices (PNDs) that can determine the best route based on...

Hughes Telematics wants to do for the car what the iTunes App Store did for the iPhone. The company plans to deliver media-on-demand —...

BrandSource/AVB has “suspended” its car electronics division, which was launched last March, due to economic conditions, it said. The group has stopped its warehouse...

The Mobile Enhancement Retailers Association (MERA) is creating two task forces to help the autosound industry improve supplier-retailer relationships. A task force for suppliers...

Alpine is launching a new retail merchandising program designed to sell complete car stereo systems rather than individual components. Alpine’s research found that consumers...

Mobile digital TV, the expected live, free TV service to the car and handheld devices, could be available in automobiles early next year, possibly...

Rockford Fosgate launched a new self-contained “bass shaker” designed to add bass-like vibrations to a car’s sound system, to complement a subwoofer system or...

 New York — With sales falling in rear-seat entertainment, some video suppliers are eyeing the vehicle’s front seat, hoping to enter the new market of...