• asTech announces major North American deal

    • 13 May 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    asTech, a Repairify company, has announced a partnership with Driven Brands to deliver its full suite of diagnostics solutions to its network As part of the deal, Driven Brands, the parent company of some of North America’s leading automotive collision service businesses such as ABRA, CARSTAR, and Fix Auto USA, [...]
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  • Nissan Qashqai tops safety ratings

    • 11 May 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Euro NCAP’s latest testing rated the assisted driving systems of both the Nissan Qashqai and VW ID5 as ‘very good’ The new Qashqai, already an outstanding performer in Euro NCAP’s overall safety rating, stood out with almost perfectly matched scores for Driver Engagement and Vehicle Assistance But it is in [...]
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  • Autotech Training confirmed for industry event

    • 14 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Autotech Training will showcase its entire training offering at the UK Garage & Bodyshop Event, which takes place at the NEC Birmingham on 8-9 June Demonstrating how they can upskill a workforce and future-proof a business, the Autotech Training team will also highlight how its course offering can be tailored [...]
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  • Repairify launches new diagnostics initiative

    • 12 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: featured, News
    Repairify UK is introducing a new initiative to deliver the greater value remote diagnostics, ADAS calibrations, coding, and programming in the collision repair industry The Repairify Remote Services Pledge has been designed to offer existing and new customers of asTech and RED the best value on the market by [...]
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  • Fix Auto Chelmsford set for major expansion

    • 6 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto Chelmsford, has revealed an aggressive programme of expansion that could see the single-site operation quadruple in size within the next four years Danny Ashwell, managing director, revealed his intentions after signing the papers to take over a 10,000 sqft building which will be transformed into Fix Auto [...]
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  • JLR names new engineering chief

    • 5 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Jaguar Land Rover has appointed a new executive director of Product Engineering Thomas Müller begins his role immediately, taking responsibility for the technical development of all new Jaguar and Land Rovers, including both hardware and software His expertise in technology, agile leadership and digital [...]
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  • Mercedes-Benz accepts software liability

    • 29 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: featured, News
    Mercedes-Benz has said it will accept legal responsibility for collisions caused by its automated lane keeping system, but not when the driver has "failed to comply with their duty of care" Chief research strategy officer at Thatcham Research Matthew Avery said: “The issue of liability in automated vehicles is [...]
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  • Volvo adds additional training date

    • 25 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volvo has made available a further date for its product technology update course The course covers repair methods, safety systems, windscreen and ADAS, bumper repairs, SRS and WHIPS systems, and hybrid and electric vehicle technology It is aimed at vehicle damage assessors, engineers and technicians from [...]
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  • Repairify adds ADAS and EV skills

    • 3 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Repairify has invested in IMI ADAS and EV training programmes for all its employees and technicians This is intended to provide confidence to repair shops about the accuracy of calibrations while developing potential new revenue opportunities to help grow their businesses All technical staff members have [...]
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  • Euro NCAP releases safety results

    • 3 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Volkswagen Polo and crossover Taigo have both earned five stars in the latest safety ratings published by Euro NCAP The Megane E-TECH also achieved the top safety rating, as does the new Lexus NX, while the BMW 2 Series Coupé was awarded four stars Secretary general, Michiel van Ratingen, said: “Euro NCAP [...]
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