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More muggies and cockroaches in rising Western Cape heat
Tracy-Lynn Ruiters|Updated 28 minutes ago There is a notable increase in fruit flies and cockroaches in the Western Cape Image: Tom Libby/ Reuters Are insects the early indicaters of a changing climate and what can we learn from their changing behaviour to prepare us for what's to come? As communities across South Africa grapple with changing weather patterns, scientists say insects are also providing visible clues about rising temperatures and environmental stress.
Monolith and Capgemini leaders on how AI and cloud are redefining automotive engineering
Column: Why GM had to make the tough call to end vehicle fuel cell development
Choices Meet Challenges
The U.S. auto industry is having a moderately good year but also faces numerous challenges. New vehicle registrations through the first five months of 2025 are up 4.8% from the same time a year ago, according to data from S&P Global Mobility. Total 2025 registrations are forecast to reach 15.7 million units, down slightly from 2024 but up versus every year from 2020 through 2023.
Customer retention strategies key in today's plateauing environment
To do this, all automakers, brands and dealers must be aware of today's landscape, including where the brand, models and competitors stand on brand and dealer loyalty. One way to evaluate and understand this detail is through in-depth scorecards describing how the dealer and brand are performing — traditionally delivered from automakers to the retail network. A proven method of raising brand loyalty is to strengthen collaboration between the brand and its captive finance source.
Automotive Loyalty: Why it's important and the tools that will help, Part 2 | IHS Blogs
Watch this video log from Tom Libby, Manager of Loyalty Solutions with IHS Markit, as he discusses the importance of automotive brand loyalty and the tools needed for automakers to effectively compete in today's vehicle market. In part two of this series, Tom helps to explain why conquest and defection are on the minds of OEMs, why brand loyalty is so important for automakers, how to use IHS Markit household analytics and loyalty tools, and how automakers continue to compete for market share.
Automotive Loyalty: Driving factors and the details behind them, Part 1 | IHS Blogs
Watch this video log from Tom Libby, Manager of Loyalty Solutions for IHS Markit, as he discusses the driving factors of automotive loyalty and what that means for automakers in today's vehicle market. In part one of this two part series, Tom helps to define automotive loyalty, how the industry looks at brand loyalty, conquest and defection and how automakers continue to compete for market share with actionable loyalty data and insights.
Automotive Loyalty: Driving factors and the details behind them, Part 1 | IHS Blogs
Watch this video log from Tom Libby, Manager of Loyalty Solutions with IHS Markit, as he discusses the driving factors of automotive loyalty and what that means for automakers in today's vehicle market. In part one of this two part series, Tom helps to define automotive loyalty, how the industry looks at brand loyalty, conquest and defection and how automakers continue to compete for market share with actionable loyalty data and insights.
Sport Utilities and Pickups are not the only categories gaining share | IHS Blogs
US new vehicle registration data, as well as the mix of global reveals at the 2017 North American International Auto Show held in Detroit earlier this month, both confirm the shift in consumer demand from sedans to sport utilities. What has gotten lost among all the focus on this shift is the fact that at least one body style, passenger vans, is not only holding its own amid this massive shift, but is actually gaining strength.
U.S. Car Sales Slide In October
General Motors appears to have won the October sales race among the big automakers. GM only saw its sales fall by 1.7 percent in October. It has good company in those sales declines, being joined by nearly all the other car makers. Overall, automobile sales in the U.S. are expected to drop between six and eight percent when all the reports are in. Actually, the list of car companies with sales increases is easy enough to list: Hyundai-Kia, Subaru, Tesla, Jaguar Land Rover and Mitsubishi.
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