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How Technology Can Save Your Shop (Podcast)

Learn how technology actually helps keeps the plates spinning in today’s shop. This podcast is sponsored by AAPEX.

European Brakes: The Advantages They Bring

Here are the advantages that follow with having ceramic-composite or carbon-ceramic brake rotors and pads.

Bridgestone Brings New Technology To VW Electric ID.3

Bridgestone says Enliten technology is being applied for the first time on Turanza Eco tires engineered for the ID.3.

How Iridium Spark Plugs Have Evolved with Engine Technology

True iridium alloy spark plugs are the experts’ choice when replacing their spark plugs to meet or exceed OE specifications for performance in late-model engines.

Learning Curve Increases As Vehicle Technology Emerges

If you think the learning curve for your customers regarding technology like GDI, CAN, ABS, EPS, TPMS and VVT was steep, wait until you try to explain the benefits of autonomous vehicle technology, one of which is collision mitigation.

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Right To Repair In The Aftermarket: Whose Responsibility Is It?

Today, aftermarket associations, carmaker associations, parts manufacturers and suppliers are working together to solve a myriad of complex issues with the original core issue hanging over their head: money.

Hybrids And Electrics: The Future Of Your Shop

The type of work you are going to be seeing is changing as the vehicle mix begins to evolve toward more electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as cars with small, turbocharged engines.

Artificial Intelligence And Communication At CES 2017

The single biggest disruptor in our world right now is the evolution of cars. Specifically, technological advancements in the areas of communication and computing offer some of the biggest opportunities our industry has ever seen.

Vehicles and Cyber-Security: The Secret Handshake

There are a few folks who are making the future instead of trying to predict it. I had an opportunity to talk with one of them. I hope his insights help us understand the complexity of rethinking an industry from the inside out.

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Automotive Technology: LiDAR And Car Vision

Innovation is happening on multiple fronts in the ADAS vehicle development world. This has caused many who, only last year, were predicting mainstream use of this technology to occur around 2025 to lower their predictions to “much sooner.”

Welcome to the Future: Are Your Networks Protected?

For those of you who do not know me, I will give you a quick download on my background. I have been playing with cars for 40 years. I work in my family’s business, Seyfer Automotive, Inc., founded in 1961. We diagnose, repair and maintain late-model vehicles, as well as a large number of cars

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