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If you’re considering a career in the automotive industry, auto parts training can be your pathway to success. At ATC, our Automotive Parts Training program equips you with essential skills for managing parts inventory, enhancing customer satisfaction, and becoming an expert in automotive systems. But after completing your training, stepping into a warehouse environment requires more than knowing your parts.
According to a recent survey, the priorities of those working in the automotive aftermarket vary widely by generation. The Defining Culture Survey shed light on what each generation in the auto care sector prioritizes, what they want to see in the work environment and how they view their peers. The study was conducted by the Modern Industry Expertise (MiX) Council.
If there is one thing decades of space exploration have taught us, that's the fact it takes quite a lot of effort, but above all patience, to send and receive signals to and from distant spacecraft. And it's only natural, given the vast distances involved. Or is it? As things presently stand most of the world's space exploration missions rely on radio frequency systems for communication purposes.
The automotive aftermarket will have access to even more electric vehicle experiences, along with the usual industry trend insights at AAPEX this year during Industry Week. AAPEX 2024 is expanding its EV experience to provide more expert-led training sessions and product spotlights on the show floor, ensuring all segments of the automotive aftermarket are fully prepared for the transition to EVs.
Look around your parking lot. “Heavy Duty” doesn’t necessarily mean what it used to. To many people, the idea of heavy-duty parts brings to mind Over The Road freight haulers or all-terrain race vehicles. Would you be surprised to know that even today’s passenger cars need heavy-duty parts? Automotive technology is constantly evolving. Replacement suspension components benefit from years of advancements in materials, design and manufacturing techniques.
Transtar Aftermarket Solutions hosted shops owners and technicians at its Mississauga office for an open house. Held from 4-7 p.m. on September 25, those who stopped in were able to chat with vendors about their products. Please see the Instagram Reel and photo gallery below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cars Magazine & Jobber News (@autoserviceworld) The post Transtar hosts open house appeared first on Auto Service World.
Red Lake School District #38, the only public school district in Minnesota located within a sovereign tribal nation, has announced the addition of two new electric school buses and chargers to its fleet. With this announcement, the District has become one of the first public school districts in the U.S. with a 98% indigenous population to utilize funding from the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program.
I've written many times about families traveling in tiny homes on wheels. Most families adopting a mobile lifestyle have three or four members, but today, I'm taking a look at a family of seven traveling full-time in perhaps one of the best-equipped family buses I've ever seen. Meet "The Wandering Nichols," a family of seven traveling the United States in their self-converted 1998 MC. ( continue reading.
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I've written many times about families traveling in tiny homes on wheels. Most families adopting a mobile lifestyle have three or four members, but today, I'm taking a look at a family of seven traveling full-time in perhaps one of the best-equipped family buses I've ever seen. Meet "The Wandering Nichols," a family of seven traveling the United States in their self-converted 1998 MC. ( continue reading.
Beat the slow season with these auto repair shop marketing tips. Learn strategies for digital marketing, referrals, community engagement, and customer experience. The post Auto Repair Shop Marketing Tips to Beat the Slow Season appeared first on RepairPal Shops Blog: Modern Shop Owner.
Introduced for the 1962 model year, the Chevrolet Nova was the company's belated response to the compact car market. Initially sold as an economy-oriented automobile with inline-six power, the Nova got its first V8 option in 1964. Word has it Chevy added a V8 to the lineup to counter slow sales prompted by the arri. ( continue reading.
Check out some of the latest personnel moves from across the commercial fleet industry, including a new vice president of operations for one company, a new president and CEO for another, and more.
As Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) diligently introduces the 2025 model year updates across the board, let's think about the possible arrival of a smaller three-door Land Cruiser. Even if only virtually. TMNA has been keeping itself pretty busy these past few weeks. ( continue reading.
Today’s vehicles use more aluminum in their bodywork than ever before. And while far fewer classic cars have aluminum bodies, the question nevertheless comes up frequently: how do you paint aluminum? Whether you’re restoring an early Shelby Cobra or simply respraying a workaday vintage Land Rover, it’s a great question. Because aluminum is such a different material than steel, a layer of mystery seems to hover over its repair process.
For 1964, the model year that shook up the industry with the arrival of the Pontiac GTO, GM stablemates Buick introduced a larger V8 for the Wildcat, turning the beautiful full-size model into a tire-shredding beast. Until the early 1960s, Buick's history was marked by a keen focus on delivering premium luxury rather than performance. However, there was one exception: ( continue reading.
It might not be an earthquake, but the landscape of electric vehicles is beginning to shift. That shift, according to Experian’s Automotive Consumer Trends Report: Q2 2024 , is slowly moving the EV market away from the dominance of luxury models. The report found the market share of non-luxury EVs rose to 26.6% in the second quarter of 2024, up from 22.7% in Q2 2023.
It's not often that I encounter a mobile habitat that leaves me in awe, but this time around, that's precisely what's happened, and the unit to spark this feeling is none other than the 2025 Alliance RV Benchmark 44LFT destination trailer. Folks, Alliance RV, has officially set a new "Benchmark" for mobile living. I'm talking about their massive, ready, and very homey 2025 Benchmark 44LFT destination. ( continue reading.
Tesla decided to take a very hands-on approach to tackling employees who call out sick at its gigafactory in Germany. Factory management is going to employees’ homes when they call out sick to check if they are actually ill. Plant workers are understandably pissed off, slamming the door in their faces and even calling… Read more.
If you've been following the news lately, you probably noticed that Google Maps has received an amazing number of improvements lately. A speedometer on CarPlay, incident reporting, lane guidance refinements, and Street View updates were all supposed to improve th. ( continue reading.
According to Peter’s text records, the call to pull the engine was made at 2AM on race day. I’d slept a few hours on Wednesday, one hour on Thursday and was about to get a nice round zero before piloting a car that had never been driven —by anyone — up a narrow road course in the woods. We’d been talking about Steve… Read more.
Once the GM division responsible for delivering excitement, Pontiac created some iconic production cars, particularly during the golden age of muscle. In addition to its legendary muscle cars, the brand has also produced some fascinating concepts from the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Founded in 1926, ( continue reading.
For years, Tesla has proudly paraded its advanced driver assistance system, Full Self-Driv ing as being the real deal. It’s claimed the system can navigate traffic, manage highway driving and repeatedly claimed it’s the future of driving , despite the number of crashes, collisions and even deaths linked to the system… Read more.
Introduced in 1953 as America’s Sportscar, the Chevrolet Corvette had a complicated birth, and it had to wait an entire decade to surpass the 20,000-unit milestone for a model-year production run. However, the second half of the seventies turned out to be the most successful period in the soon-to-be-72-year outing of the iconic Bowtie two-seater.
GM’s rollout of its new EVs has been slow , but it’s picked up a bit. Between Cadillac, Chevy and GMC, the automaker moved nearly 38,000 EVs in Q2 of this year. Among those is the Chevy Silverado EV. A few fleet sales have been made to companies like Hertz, but with the rental company looking to get out of its bad EV… Read more.
Do you miss the Stinger? Probably yes, if you have a soft spot for cool Kias, which we suspect we do; otherwise, you probably wouldn't be reading these lines. The sports sedan from the Korean automaker came out toward the end of 2017 based on the same platform as the Genesis G70. It was a liftback with tail-happy skills that took on BMW'. ( continue reading.
Tesla’s factories and other facilities have been dealing with nasty issues – whether it’s sexual harassment , racism or unsafe conditions – for a really long time, and it seems that poisonous work environment has reached its Gigafactory in Autin, Texas. A number of employees at the plant – which began operations back… Read more.
Do you still have a thing for American utes? How about an old Ford Ranchero that has been visited by the restoring fairy and is now looking for a new home at a decent price for what it offers? It is a second-generation car put together at the end of the final model year and was fully restored a few years ago. The extensive process was carried out in. ( continue reading.
Andretti Global is a racing team with its fingers in damn near every racing series in the world. The company runs IndyCar, Indy NXT, Formula E, and Extreme E efforts on its own, and partners with other teams for additional efforts in IMSA GTP, Super Copa, and Australian Supercars. It has been campaigning to enter… Read more.
Earlier this month, Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) reported its August sales jumped no less than 36.7% compared to the same period last year. They are also 16% ahead of 2023 for the January through August period, which is no small feat. The Year-to-date sales totaled 283,611 vehicles – which isn't much by Toyota's standards, for e. ( continue reading.
If there’s one vehicle that sums up the American people, it’s got to be the pickup truck , right? These humble machines carry around everything from camping kit and home-improvement supplies to the country’s hopes and dreams. But let’s be honest, they aren’t all particularly good-looking vehicles. Read more.
Nowadays, camper vans are everywhere, and it is becoming more difficult than ever to create a build that stands out. However, there are some van outfitters out there that are constantly trying to innovate and craft unique mobile living spaces with ingenious layouts and unexpected features. One of these outfitters is Handkrafted Campers, a Bristol-based crew that specializes in converting regular panel vans into stunning mobile h. ( continue reading.
Hardly any modern supercar will respond well to sitting in a garage for 15 years, but if you had to pick one that could, it’s probably the Ford GT. With a relatively simple supercharged American V8 in the middle, very few electronic systems to speak of, and a whole bunch of parts plucked from other Ford cars , the GT… Read more.
With the countless camper manufacturers the world is home to these days, it can be extremely overwhelming even to begin searching for the right unit for you. With that in mind, I've chosen a starting point for you, and it's found over at Bend Teardrop. Break out your checkbooks for this one, folks. Ladies and gents and lovers of the outdoor living lifestyle, lend me your eyes for the next few minutes so that you can get to know. ( continue reading.
Stellantis is in trouble right now. Sales for all of its American brands are down, and the company is on the hunt for a new CEO. You get a better picture of things at the dealership level. Over at brands like Jeep, dealers are sitting on inventory they can’t seem to sell. Dealers for Fiat and Alfa Romeo are in even… Read more.
Most North Americans have heard of Jayco, but guess what other country is really big on this timeless RV manufacturer: none other than Australia. With that in mind, we take a closer look at Jayco Australia's All Terrain Caravan. After this one, Americans will most likely be reaching out to Jayco America to get with the proverbial program. Folks, with the level of demanding terrain Australia is known for, it's no wonder that thei. ( continue reading.
Considering that today’s Nice Price or No Dice Peugeot has almost 240K on the clock, it’s safe to say that anything that could go wrong has long passed the opportunity to do so. Let’s decide if old, quirky, and slow demands a price that is low. Read more.
Countless bicycle manufacturers promise to give us the next best thing, but the ugly truth is that only a few really deliver on that promise. One crew that's always delivered is none other than BMC, and the package is nothing more than the new Teammachine R Mpc, a wild frameset that isn't just the pinnacle of what this brand can achieve but will leave you breathless once you hear its price.
Is there a better car segment than the hot hatchback ? There’s plenty of reasons to gravitate toward a little city street-gobbling pocket rocket. For one thing, they’re big enough for a moderately-sized family to drive everyday without being too gigantic to fit in your garage , or too thirsty for your fuel budget. The… Read more.
Earlier this year the latest installment of the Bad Boys franchise hit theaters. It was, perhaps, not as exciting as the first two movies, but certainly a lot better than the third, so it managed to snatch for its producers around $400 million, three times more than what went into making it. And the movie's arrival also opened the doors for owners of Bad Boys-related items to step under the spotlight.
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