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Today is your last chance! Automotive Service Association Share      Today is the last day to qualify for a free hotel stay when registering for the ASA Annual Business Meeting and "Taking the Hill Day" May 9-11 in Washington, D.C. Don't delay! Participants who register for the event by March 31 will be entered into a drawing for free hotel
nights at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, the event's host hotel. Click here to register today!
Texas Senate approves insurance advisory board Automotive Service Association Share
 Texas state Sen. Mike Jackson, R-11, has introduced Senate Bill 944, which creates an automotive insurance advisory board with members reporting to the state insurance commissioner regarding automotive insurance and repair.
MoreToyota restricts orders to preserve parts supply The Associated Press via Detroit Free Press Share
Toyota wants its U.S. car dealers to stop ordering more than 200 replacement parts made in Japan because it's worried about running out of them. Toyota has given its dealers a list of 233 replacement parts that shouldn't be ordered unless a customer needs one for a repair. Toyota says that its parts inventory is adequate despite production that was disrupted by the earthquake in Japan. More Alcohol detection devices could be option on new cars USA Today Share
Proposed federal funding for alcohol-detection devices could make them available as a new car option within 10 years, but some hope — and others fret — it will speed installation in every car. Legislation sponsored by Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., would redirect $60 million in highway safety money over five years to a government-industry research project developing a prototype alcohol-detection device for cars. More
Senate considers alternatives to House's regulatory review proposal Automotive Service Association Share
Members of the United States Senate are considering a number of legislative options to
expand scrutiny of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies' rules. The House GOP-backed measure, H.R. 10 — "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS)" Act — would require the U.S. Congress to approve major agency rules. The Senate is considering alternatives to the House measure, and many critics believe that H.R. 10 will have difficulty passing the Senate in its current form.
MoreObama unveils 'green' federal auto fleet, oil strategy The Detroit News Share
President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. government will buy only advanced technology vehicles — such as hybrids and electric plug-ins — by 2015. The government already has doubled the number of hybrids in the 600,000-vehicle federal fleet. More ALLDATA and Boyd Group enter into strategic agreement aftermarketNews Share
ALLDATA LLC has entered into a new agreement with Boyd Group Inc., through which the 97 collision repair facilities operated under Boyd Autobody & Glass and Gerber Collision & Glass in both the U.S. and Canada will use ALLDATA Collision S3500 as their sole provider of OE collision repair information. As a result of the union, collision repair facilities can search a database of more than 22,000 engine-specific vehicles More  Experts agree: Lithium-ion will power EVs for a while automotiveIT International Share
Automotive and battery-industry experts, citing a lack of alternatives, said lithium-ion will be the dominant electric-vehicle battery technology for at least another 15 years. More The battle to find and keep quality young staff in collision repair Collision Repair Magazine Share
Justin Hass was probably never going to have a problem finding a job in the industry. Even as a child, he used to hang around his father — a mechanic by trade — looking for ways he could get involved. ... No one questioned whether he would get a job in the industry, but rather where he would spend his career. It's a concern on the minds of many facility owners. More Tenneco introduces in-depth Walker Converter Diagnostics and Strategies Workshop aftermarketNews Share
Tenneco has introduced an intensive emission control diagnostics training workshop under the Walker exhaust brand that will reach automotive service professionals in close to 60 North American cities during 2011. The Walker Converter Diagnostics and Strategies Workshop is an in-depth technical seminar designed to help repair professionals eliminate emission control comebacks by efficiently and accurately diagnosing problems upstream of the catalytic converter that affect overall emission performance. More |
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