Legendary musicians Jimmie Vaughan, Billy Gibbons, Jeff Beck and Michael Anthony will be the featured entertainment at the SEMA Industry Awards Banquet on Nov. 2 in Las Vegas.
The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) has announced changes that will offer an enhanced experience for professionals when taking tests to earn ASE certification.
The social media event will focus on gasket issues, including best practices in maintenance and installation tips for engines in European makes and models.
The measure, which is the first significant federal legislation aimed at speeding self-driving vehicles to market, requires automakers to submit safety assessment reports to U.S. regulators, but does not require pre-market approval of advanced vehicle technologies.
In the letter, the three associations strongly support maintaining NAFTA and efforts to modernize the agreement, including “expand[ing] the existing framework that protects investments, facilitates trade and creates competitive value chains that benefit our members and their customers.”
Companies exhibiting in this area will have the opportunity to use virtual reality, simulators and other interactive interfaces to demonstrate future, innovative automotive technologies that are not currently available in the aftermarket.
Classes will begin Aug. 28 or Oct. 23 and run for eight or 16 weeks, depending on the course. Registration is open through Aug. 14.
The advisory group of the Auto Care Association named Brian Ponder, Ponder Auto Repair, as the recipient of a scholarship to attend University of the Aftermarket’s 2017-’18 Leadership 2.0 program.
ASA says this new affiliate fills a membership need in the Northeast.
Under the program, ASA members will receive a 20 percent discount on management and administrative training courses that are hosted in the myAMi Learning Management System.
The award recipients will be recognized during a press conference at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31 in the Venetian Casanova Rooms during AAPEX at the Sands Expo Center. The annual Women in Auto Care reception will immediately follow.
More than two-thirds of sport utility vehicle (SUV) and crossover utility vehicle (CUV) owners in the U.S. who returned to market in the first four months of 2017 acquired another new SUV or CUV, according to new analysis from business information provider IHS Markit.
