| LII.org (Home) | About LII IPL.org Suggest a Site Subscribe to New This Week Contact |
|
|
 |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|
|||
Industry and Trade
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers 
 This coalition of thirteen car and light truck manufacturers is "committed to improving the environment and motor vehicle safety" using "market-based, cost effective solutions." The site seeks to convey the coalition's position on all relevant issues by providing information and data to the public, government, and media. Included are articles, press releases, news, and statistics covering the auto industry and environmental and safety issues of interest. These include topics such as alternative fuel technology, fuel economy standards, and vehicle safety. There are also links to other related Web sites. http://www.autoalliance.org/ Topics: Automobiles, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Industries Last updated May 16, 2001 Analyst: Big Three Still Lag on Fuel Efficiency
This June 2008 article and accompanying radio program discusses how Detroit's Big Three automakers (Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors) have not anticipated the need for more fuel efficient cars as well as Japanese car companies have. The article notes that "American manufacturers are making more fuel-efficient cars overseas than they are selling here." Also describes planned U.S. innovation such as the Chevy Volt (a gas/electric hybrid plug-in). From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91371638 Topics: Automobiles, Industries Last updated Nov 26, 2008 The Auto Industry's Family Trees
Brief background about the history of the American auto industry. "Of the several thousand auto manufacturers who have operated in the United States, only three remain. But many nameplates that were once well-known are in the family trees of those three surviving auto makers." Discusses contributions of Ransom E. Olds (Oldsmobiles), who was the first to produce cars in Detroit, David Dunbar Buick, Horace Dodge, William Durant, and others. From The Detroit News. http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=176&CFID=10850343&CFTOKEN=23768504 Topics: Automobiles, Industries Last updated Nov 22, 2008 The Car Connection.Com: The Web's Automotive Authority
Take this site for a spin: reviews, news, automotive job boards, message boards, humor, and good collections of car-related links on everything from "green cars" (high-mileage and hybrid vehicles) to collections of articles about classic automobiles. http://www.thecarconnection.com/ Topics: Automobiles, Energy, Industries Last updated Jan 22, 2002 CARS: Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety
This site's focus is on "working to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect consumers from auto-related fraud and abuse." It provides a summary of recent safety legislation, links to government and consumer sources for researching vehicle reliability before purchasing, tips on how to avoid buying a known lemon, and past issues of the California Auto Lemon Index. Note: some portions of the site have not been updated since 2000, but overall the information is current. http://www.carconsumers.com/ Topics: Automobiles, Business & Consumer Law, California: Business, California: Health, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Finance, Industries, Medical Treatments & Devices Last updated Oct 15, 2002 Center for Automotive Research
Website for this Michigan nonprofit organization "focused on a wide variety of important trends and changes related to the automobile industry and society at the international, federal, state and local levels." Features details about research areas (economics, manufacturing and technology, and transportation systems) and publications on subjects such as "The Impact on the U.S. Economy of a Major Contraction of the Detroit Three Automakers" (November 2008) and contributions of international automakers in the U.S. http://www.cargroup.org/ Topics: Automobiles, Industries Last updated Dec 8, 2008 Concept Cars Show "Fascination" With Fuel Economy
This report from the 2008 Paris Motor Show describes how automakers are "debuting some of the most inherently contradictory concept cars in recent memory," with themes for cars including hybrid and electric vehicles, downsized cars, and smaller crossover vehicles. Includes images and descriptions for cars from BMW, Chevrolet, Honda, and other manufacturers. From Forbes.com. http://www.forbesautos.com/news/autoshows/2008/paris/concept-highlights-story.html Topics: Automobiles Last updated Nov 18, 2008 Lemon Car Page
Information about automotive Lemon Laws including specific codes and strategies for making a lemon law claim. http://www.defect.com/ Topics: Automobiles, Business & Consumer Law, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Finance, Industries Last updated May 14, 2002 Lemon Law Information and Sites
A directory of state-by-state motor vehicle warranty, or "lemon," laws. http://www.123car.com/lemon/lemonbystate.html Topics: Automobiles, Business & Consumer Law, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Finance, Industries Last updated May 16, 2005 Marketplace: Auto Industry
Compilation of reports on the auto industry, covering specific automakers and oil companies, auto workers and unions, car prices, alternative fuel vehicles, gas prices, fuel standards, and more. From Marketplace, a public radio business program produced by American Public Media. http://marketplace.publicradio.org/collections/coll_display.php?coll_id=20078 Topics: Automobiles, Industries Last updated Jun 10, 2008 South Provides Global Appeal for Foreign Auto Makers
This 2007 report describes the rise of foreign auto factories in the southern U.S. "Almost every foreign auto factory that's opened since the '90s has sprouted below the Mason-Dixon Line." Features a map and timeline showing timing and location of international automobile factories in the U.S., an interactive feature on how international auto plants follow population booms, and links to articles on foreign automakers impact on small U.S. towns, and related matters. From CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/01/auto.south/ Topics: Automobiles, Industries Last updated Dec 8, 2008 Special Report: Cars in Emerging Markets
This 2008 series on the auto industry examines emerging automobile markets as "the car industry's big hope, noting that "[m]ature vehicle markets may be close to saturation, but there is huge unsatisfied demand in the big emerging car markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China (the so-called BRICs)." Articles are accompanied by several graphs and charts and an audio interview with the report author. Includes related links. From the website for The Economist. http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12544933 Topics: Automobiles, Industries Last updated Dec 8, 2008 Special Section: Auto Industry in Crisis
Ongoing news coverage of the 2008 financial crisis in the U.S. automobile industry. Provides news and commentary concerning the industry's request for federal government aid, individual automakers, worker layoffs, and related topics. Includes blogs, forums, and links to other special reports on the auto industry. From the Detroit News. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/AUTO01/81113001&template=theme&theme=AUTOS-FINANCES Topics: Automobiles, Industries Last updated Dec 8, 2008 |
|||
| Copyright © 2008, Librarians' Internet Index, LII. All rights reserved. Primary financial support for LII (Librarians' Internet Index) from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. LII is also supported by the IPL Consortium, and hosted by The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology. Other sources include California Digital Library. |