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4 Teams Qualify As The Hot Rodders Of Tomorrow Kicks Off 10th Anniversary Season

To qualify for the Dual National Championship, a team must finish disassembling and reassembling a small-block Chevrolet engine in less than 33 minutes, including penalties. The first-place time was just over 20 minutes.

New Mobile Learning Center Joins Ride-And-Drive At The Work Truck Show 2018

Attendees at The Work Truck Show 2018 will have the chance to engage with some of the newest technology and efficiency solutions available to today’s fleets, including drone delivery.

MAHLE Service Solutions Introduces Portable Test Station For Vehicle Assembly Plants

One of the DataLogiq3 device’s most important features is the unit’s ability to flash vehicle modules, eliminating the need for carmakers to pre-flash each one.

Nexteer Launches Digital Trace Manufacturing

The company says the system uses the latest technologies and data analytics within one common, global architecture, and, for customers, this will help deliver high-quality product performance while boosting value and global capacity optimization across all of Nexteer’s 24 manufacturing locations worldwide.

World’s First Driverless Electric Racing Car Makes US Debut In New York City

Robocar is powered by Nvidia’s Drive PX2 AI car computing platform and uses a number of technologies to drive itself, including LiDARs, radars, AI cameras and ultrasonic sensors.

ATEQ TPMS Tools Releases Video On How To Perform An OBDII Relearn Procedure

The video uses the ATEQ VT56 TPMS tool to reset the TPMS system in less than two minutes.

Paul Ferrandino Joins Brake Parts Inc As Chief Commercial Officer

Ferrandino will report directly to David Overbeeke and will oversee sales, marketing, catalog and technical services for North America and Latin America.

Pep Boys Acquires Mathis Tire & Auto Service And Direct Tire Distributors

Mathis Tire, a Goodyear dealer in business for 24 years, has nine locations in Memphis, Tennessee.

Replacing The ‘C’ In CES With Cars: An Overview

Now that CES 2017 has concluded – taking place from Jan. 5-8 in Las Vegas – let’s look at some of the events that captured the attention of the automotive world, from the OE and aftermarket sides alike.

Taking Telematics To The Hill: A Recap Of The YANG Legislative Conference

For the Auto Care Association’s YANG Legislative Conference, held June 13-14, members of the industry helped to spread awareness about the impacts of vehicle telematics, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Students From HDMA Internship Program Talk About Experiences From HDAW’16

In recent years, there has been a huge push to educate the upcoming millennials — to bring them into our industry, shape their opinions and instill an understanding of how our world works. We rarely hear from the students about how they are impacted from these experiences, but today we have some insights from some of the participants from the HDMA Internship Program.

The Auto Evolution Is On Display At CES 2016

While the Las Vegas-based show officially runs from Jan. 6-9, news has been coming in since Monday. We’re here to recap some of the names that are making potentially big waves in our industry, including updates from Ford, Kia, Nvidia, GM and more.