Competitors of Copeland Auto Electric have offered to let owner Kevin Copeland use their buildings and tools until he can rebuild his business. The fire destroyed the shop, all the tools and seven vehicles that were at the shop for repairs.
Brad Keselowski and crew chief Paul Wolfe nursed the #2 Miller Lite Dodge’s final drops of fuel over the closing eight laps at Kansas Speedway to win Sunday’s NASCAR STP 400 Sprint Cup race. It was the first win of 2011 for the Penske Racing-owned team and carried an additional bonus in the form of Wolfe’s first-ever MOOG Chassis Parts “Problem Solver of the Race” Award from Federal-Mogul Corporation.
Bosch launched “Driving Innovation,” a dramatic interactive traveling road tour at this year’s Indy 500 to demonstrate Bosch’s leadership in advancing automotive technology and building business for parts stores and service facilities.
Bosch has issued a major update to its industry leading ESI[tronic] automotive database software. The 2011/2 update, which is available now, dramatically increases the repair shop’s capabilities of servicing General Motors vehicles, and the update has added thousands of new codes and data parameters in the program’s Snaplist, including more function tests, more OBD controls and more diagnostic trouble code information than ever before.
The now ex-shop manager of Greenwich Automotive Services in Greenwich, CT, embezzled more than $600,000 between 2005 and 2008. According to an article in the Greenwich Time, the manager took cash that was generated from vehicle repairs and gas station sales. He regularly accessed the shop’s computer system and altered the amounts of money the shop received.
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) announces a new member benefit through an agreement with Demandforce, an automated marketing and communications system that allows independent repair shops to leverage technology to attract new business, increase loyalty and understand what’s driving cars into the bays.