Auto Sector Stocks (Page 78)

It’s amazing how much change an earthquake and tsunami can bring to the parts portfolio management within the auto industry, especially for a world giant like Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM), which currently exports parts for hybrid cars to its factories outside Japan, including America, but talk is easier than action, and world economics have a powerful influence.

The expansion of the Ford three-cylinder 1.0 liter EcoBoost engine at 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show surely shows strength of Ford engineering, but does it help Ford meet customer needs of larger safe vehicles as well as the 2016 and 2025 MPG government expectations?

When Shanghai OnStar Telematics Co., Ltd. opened its second call center in the city of Xiamen, China became a member of the fastest-growing telematics markets in the world.

The Business of Plugging In 2011 conference returns to metro Detroit in October, and will feature a unique blend of global experts who will provide insight into the evolving plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) landscape.

Two types of market incidents led the auto stocks like General Motors (NYSE: GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and Toyota Motors (NYSE: TM) to open higher this morning, European Central Bank (ECB) news and the market reaction to the news starting with futures trading.

Avis Budget Group (Public, NASDAQ:CAR) shared Wednesday that it is no longer attempting to buy out Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (Public, NYSE:DTG). Avis was in pursuit of buying Avis Europe plc (Public, LON:AVE) for $1 billion instead.

Despite an unconfirmed rumor set off by Der Spiegel Online that General Motors and the German automaker BMW are seeking some sort of cooperative arrangement with IC engine and electric propulsion, probability seems high, logical on the surface, but less of a win-win, at least for GM.

Imagine no down payment and extreme short-term fuel surge for parents of high school seniors in their final year before they go off to college.

As the car industry enters the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show the European car makers fear a slowdown in demand due to few reasons.

IBM has for many years seen itself as not only a supplier, but also a powerful partner of the automotive industry; thus it fitting that IBM shows its presence at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA Cars).

General Motors remains the No. 1 innovator among 184 companies ranked by The Patent Board in its quarterly automotive and transportation industry scorecard.

Despite all the news by President Obama, the FOMC and the government committing to more fiscal stimulus, many auto sector stock investors in GM, Ford and Toyota have taken a hard hit with lower highs and lower lows, and are now left in a quandary: Who is best qualified to deal with this kind of market uncertainty, buy & hold investors or short-term traders?

Anyone who heard the names of those lost on 911 ten years ago can still feel cracking of all the hearts of the families left behind, but at no time is this more profound than the trumpet sound of Taps.

For the second year in a row, Dr. Oded Tour, CEO of Tour Engine, will present at the 17th Directions in Energy-Efficiency and Emissions Research (DEER) Conference in Detroit on October 3-6, 2011.

BMW Group has once again been recognized as the world’s most sustainable automotive company - Sector leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for seventh consecutive year.

Altair ProductDesign, a global product development consultancy and wholly-owned subsidiary of Altair Engineering, Inc. in Troy, Michigan, today unveiled the world’s first series hydraulic hybrid transit bus, the LCO-140H.

Scuderi Group today released findings from a computer simulation study conducted by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), an internationally recognized, independent research laboratory, measuring the performance of the Scuderi Engine modeled against the European class of “high economy” vehicles.

This is significant for stock investors. Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced today that it is now a fully-reporting company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) may have reported sales up last week, but there were cracks in the bubble again as GM stock faltered, and Chevy Volts failed to make any sales gains over the Nissan Leaf.

Despite the hopes by many auto sector investors that the 2012 Toyota Camry news might help Toyota stock finally get its mojo back, Toyota stock is found still plunging toward lower price support levels.

Labor Day 2011 in America should reflect a nation filled with free market enterprises unshackled by government abuse, legislative uncertainty, extended tax burdens and the expediency of politics whereby jobs and lives are dealt as pawns.

Contrary to modern belief and all the canned reports by many automotive media types that electrification is the only way to maximize automobile efficiency, the demise of the internal combustion engine is extremely exaggerated, especially as split-cycle engine technology comes of age and challenges the high costs of EVs and hybrid cars.

The BMW is once again showing why it is the Ultimate Driving Machine, as Motorway A9 from Munich to Nuremberg shows the usual high volume of traffic, but despite the stress of the situation, the driver sits calm and relaxed behind the wheel, because the automobile is doing the driving. It's BMW's automated car.

Professor Hubert Hitziger, a leading international expert on IC (internal combustion) engines based in Germany, will advise the Scuderi Group to further the development and commercialization of the SCUDERI™ split-cycle engine.

Although GM and BMW are the only auto manufacturers to have production facilities on the East Coast in the path of Hurricane Irene, all manufacturers have dealerships including some suppliers in the storm’s path.

General Motors media was quick to place this story, and with good reason, as an unmodified Chevrolet Cruze Eco driven by an Australian couple achieved 64.42 MPG over a 23-day, 9,552 mile trip

While the hope of the nation rests in the decisions or indecisions of the Fed at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, so does the hopes and dreams of auto sector investors that the 2012 Toyota Camry will help Toyota stock get its mojo back and retrace three major price gaps in its recent trading.

Despite all the claims by Toyota Motors (NYSE: TM) that the 2012 Toyota Camry is the most American of cars and designed from the ground up, it surely lacked the vision and gutsy marketing with its conservative, single-fuel capability.

The latest report from Pike Research examines the growing global market for electric vehicle charging equipment and provides market analysis and forecasts for residential, workplace, public, and private charge points in the United States by 2017.

While TN writers, Patrick Rall and Hawke Fracassa, cover the automotive details of the 2012 Camry official launch today, Toyota stock investors await news of media and public reaction whether it be one of giant acceptance or disappointment as they look forward and hope for the car's success.