YANG Issues Call For Hosts Of 2017 Regional Meetups
Since YANG started the Regional Meet-Up program, there have been more than 20 meetups across the United States, designed specifically for young professionals in the auto care industry.
NATEF Announces New Trustees For 2017
NATEF has announced five new members of the board of trustees for 2017. Jim Anderson, auto instructor at Greenville High School, Greenville, Ohio, will serve as chairman.
ASE Announces New Officers For 2017
The new chair for ASE is Jeff Walker, owner, Walker’s Automotive Service in Pleasantville, New Jersey.
Registration Open For Women In Auto Care Leadership Conference
The day and a half education and networking conference will be held Feb. 15-16, at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, California, in conjunction with the MACS Training Event and Trade Show.
ASA Announces Dates, Location For 2017 Annual Business Meeting
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) will hold its next annual business meeting April 24-26 at the Magnolia Hotel in Denver. The event will kick off with a welcome reception at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 24.
MACS Announces Board Of Directors Election Results
The MACS board of directors is made up of 13 members, four members in each of the following categories: service and repair, distribution and manufacturing, plus the past chairman, Jim Hittman, Badger Refrigeration in Racine, Wisconsin.
Ford Adding Electrified F-150, Mustang, Transit By 2020 In Major EV Push
Ford is canceling plans for a new $1.6 billion plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and investing $700 million in the Flat Rock, Michigan, plant’s expansion, adding 700 jobs to make EVs and autonomous cars.
Hankook: American Drivers Change Driving Habits For Winter Weather
Driverless cars also are a concern to American drivers on the road. According to Hankook, roughly 50 percent of Americans are not comfortable with the idea of autonomous cars driving in the snow, and 24 percent of drivers are not comfortable sharing the road with an autonomous car in the winter weather.
Honda And Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo Enter Discussions On Technical Collaboration For Fully Self-Driving Automobile Technology
This technical collaboration between Honda researchers and Waymo’s self-driving technology team would allow both companies to learn about the integration of Waymo’s fully self-driving sensors, software and computing platform into Honda vehicles.
Drivers Will Welcome New Year With Higher Gas Prices, According To AAA
AAA estimates U.S. drivers have saved about $27 billion at the pump so far this year compared to the same period last year.
Ford Debuts Next-Generation Fusion Hybrid Autonomous Development Vehicle
Ford is introducing its next-generation Fusion Hybrid autonomous development vehicle just in time for CES and the North American International Auto Show in January.
US DOT Advances Deployment Of Connected Vehicle Technology
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would enable vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology on all new light-duty vehicles, enabling a multitude of new crash-avoidance applications that, once fully deployed, could prevent hundreds of thousands of crashes every year by helping vehicles “talk” to each other.
