AAPEX 2019 aims to help auto repair businesses to understand the opportunities and challenges ahead with three special sessions on Advance Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). A three-hour advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) Forum will help prepare auto repair...
According to The NPD Group, extreme weather experienced in parts of the U.S. has played a significant role in growing some service categories. Canada has seen its share of extreme weather too, with some areas having seen much more precipitation both as rain and snow,...
You can be in the commoditized price-based market, or you can be in the value-added service-based market. I don’t believe you can combine the two well, or even at all. Our industry spiralled into the commoditized price-based model very early in its inception,...
As predicted, 48V mild hybrid electric cars are now appearing in great variety from small economy versions to a 2020 Ferrari. The new Hyundai Tucson switches off the engine when coasting or braking at under 30kph. This is a bridge to the 48V full hybrid electric...
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Andrey Kopelev, owner and licensed automotive technician alongside wife Lana at Right Way Auto Repair & Sales in Hamilton, Ontario, explains how the elimination of Drive Clean has affected the family-owned business Effective April 1 of 2019, the Ontario provincial...
by Chris Dekker, Owner, My Garage Auto & Tire, Airdrie, Alta. These are exciting times for anyone involved in – and passionate about – the automotive service industry. We are on the cusp of a revolution like the industry has never seen before; a revolution that...
A survey of more than 36,000 independent aftermarket auto shops in the U.S. says that more than half of owners expect to retire in the next nine years, and the majority plan to sell their businesses. But auto shop owners also reported that business is growing and that...
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are proliferating at a rapid rate, but they've been around for long enough to cause some technicians grief. Indie Garage reached out to Hunter Engineering's director of product management – systems technology, Kaleb...