Both decisions – NHTSA enhancing its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), and the DOT initiatives that encourage investment in automated and connected vehicle pilot projects while removing potential roadblocks to the integration of automotive technology that can improve safety, mobility and sustainability – support Bosch’s goal of completely eradicating road accidents, the company says.
As part of a major enhancement project, the Automotive Management Institute (AMI) announced it is launching an industry-wide initiative to collect training provider information. Once collected, AMI will maintain the information in a searchable database on its website, AMIonline.org.
The Auto Care Association recently warned vehicle manufacturers and regulators that failure to consider how vehicles are serviced when designing vehicle cybersecurity protections could harm consumers and the independent vehicle service facilities that provide them with repairs.
This updated guide is a quick-reference single-source manual for lifting point information as recommended by the vehicle manufacturers. The 70-page Lifting Point Guide (LP-G) for domestic and imported cars and light trucks uses over 200 undercarriage images to cover the most recent 25 model years.
The Auto Care Association, in partnership with its Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association (AWDA) segment, is now accepting applications for the 2016 Auto Care Internship Scholarship fund. This program will provide financial support for students pursuing internships across the country to gain valuable, real-world education in a variety of auto care industry careers.
The Automotive Service Association has announced a series of regional training programs for technicians, service writers, managers and shop owners. The first event will take place February 26 – 27, 2016 in Orlando, Florida, at the Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel with the support of ASA Florida. These events will take place on Friday and Saturday, bringing service repair training to the technicians and service writers on Saturday and a full day management session dedicated to shop owners and managers on Friday.
In addition to a comprehensive lineup of professional development programming, the Educational Conference will feature the Most Influential Women awards as part of the celebratory gala dinner, as well as the association’s annual scholarship walk fundraiser. Program specifics will be published as they become available.
Experian Automotive has announced the latest vehicle loyalty rates, with Subaru leading all brands and manufacturers, such that 67.7 percent of consumers who own a Subaru return to buy another Subaru. In addition, Ford is at the top among multi-brand manufacturers, with 67.5 percent of consumers who own a Ford remaining loyal to the Ford family when purchasing a new vehicle.
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) is currently asking industry professionals to contact the association if they have a presentation they would like to share with the independent automotive service and collision repair industry.
Babcox Media and the Auto Care Association have announced a new partnership that merges the two organizations’ aftermarket employment resources into a single industry-wide job board. Through this partnership, a new industry job board has been launched at autocarecareers.org.
Innovators at Ford submitted nearly 6,000 new inventions in 2015, with many related to autonomous and connected vehicles, wearable devices, eBikes, navigation, ride-sharing platforms and other technologies – an increase of 36 percent from 2014.
The steady increase in comfort and safety features on today’s vehicles, combined with more sophisticated driving systems, has created an exponential surge in the demand for power to support them. To address this, Robert Bosch LLC has significantly enhanced its passenger vehicle battery program to meet today’s rigorous demand for power, performance and capacity.
