Awarding adasThink: Canadian startup wins Best New Collision Repair and Refinish product at SEMA360
Toronto, Ontario — SEMA has announced the winners of this year’s Best New Product awards, with Canadian company adasThink claiming the title for Best New Collision Repair and Refinish product. Headed by president and founder Nick Dominato, adasThink is a software tool for bodyshops that can provide ADAS calibrations by taking a shop’s estimate and […]
SEMA360: Day one of the virtual event
Las Vegas, Nevada — Thousands of industry professionals logged onto www.sema360.com on Nov. 2 to take part in the first day of SEMA360 , a five-day online trade-only event where attendees from throughout the world can interact with automotive parts manufacturers, see new trends and products, network, and hear from leaders and experts in the specialty equipment aftermarket industry. […]
Light Speed: COLAD introduces UV Fast Curing System at SEMA360
Las Vegas, Nevada — Colad and EMM Specialities have launched a brand-new UV Fast Curing System and will be holding demos all week during SEMA360. Colad and EMM Specialties created a roundtable product demonstration–reoccurring every day at 1 p.m. EST–to showcase the new UV Fast Curing System, which the company manufacturers in-house, alongside its automotive […]
Bolting Down the Details: Volkswagen recalls 33K+ 2016-18 Jettas for faulty bolts
Toronto, Ontario – Volkswagen Canada announced on Wednesday that it will be recalling more than 33,000 vehicles due to faulty fuel rail bolts. 33,414 Canadian 2016-18 Volkswagen Jetta sedans, along with 218,192 of their American equivalents, were reported to have been installed with fuel rail bolts that were incorrectly tightened, causing leaking fuel and increased […]
3D Made Easy: Fyusion unveils Inspect 3D imaging tool
San Francisco, California – The AI experts at Fyusion have unveiled the Fyusion Inspect vehicle inspection tool, announced by the company in late October. This latest product from the California-based developers enables the creation of 3D images with “deep AI understanding” to produce highly accurate and consistent vehicle condition reports, according to the company’s press […]
Get E-xcited: Ford set to debut the Electric Van—E-Transit on Nov. 12
Toronto, Ontario — Ford Motor Company will be unveiling its battery-electric van called the E-Transit on Nov. 12, 2020. Ford disclosed the name and logo on Oct. 29, hours after CEO Jim Farley teased the unveiling on the company’s third-quarter earnings call. The new EV van is expected to go on sale in 2021 as […]
Tuesday Ticker: November 3, 2020
Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s Tuesday Ticker, we cover Uni-Select’s new acquisition, a rumoured merger between Quebec-based Lion Electric and Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp., and Ford’s unexpected Q3 earnings report. Picking up the Pièces Uni-Select has completed the acquisition of Pièces d’Auto St-Jean Inc. with two locations on the south shore of Montréal., Que. […]
