Safety Central: SEMA 2022 to feature 6,000 sq.-ft. dedicated ADAS exhibit space
Las Vegas, Nevada — If your sensors tell you that ADAS is your target, you may want to recalibrate toward the 6,000 sq.-ft. dedicated ADAS exhibit at the SEMA show next week, where telematics industry leaders will show off their latest and greatest new products. Set to take up the entire southwestern corner of the […]
Memorable Milestones: Mitchell Diagnostics passes 50,000 static and dynamic calibrations
Toronto, Ontario — The Mitchell Diagnostics platform has reached a new milestone, having performed more than 50,000 static and dynamic calibrations since 2021. In a newsletter published Thursday, Mitchell said the number of calibrations grew exponentially since the launch of the MD-TS21 target system last year, and the number of calibrations completed has nearly doubled […]
Inspector in your Pocket: ALLDATA to show off new inspection tool at SEMA 2022
Las Vegas, Nevada — A new product set to be unveiled by ALLDATA at the upcoming SEMA show in Las Vegas promises to take some of the detective work out of the repair process, said the company, as it prepares to debut ALLDATA Inspections next week. The company says ALLDATA Inspections “gives shops the ability […]
A Fix that Sticks: GMC Terrain headlight recall secures free sticker installation for owners
Toronto, Ontario — In today’s modern business climate, branding matters more than ever—GMC knows this as well as anybody, as the legacy truckmaker has come out with a fix for the glare issues facing 2010 to 2017 model year Terrains, in the form of a sticker—sorry, headlamp applique. Back in March, the owners of approximately […]
Casting Call: Tesla Model Y with front casting, structural battery spotted at Giga Berlin
(Tobias Lindh/Twitter) Toronto, Ontario — In its recent Q3 financials release to stakeholders, Tesla announced plans to integrate front castings and structural battery packs to the Model Y; plans that have since been confirmed by DriveTesla Canada, who posted a photo Tuesday of just such a model outside the automaker’s Berlin Gigafactory. This sighting, made […]
Locking it Down: New Jersey bill seeks to limit OEM ability to lock features under subscription
New Jersey, United States — A bill in front of New Jersey’s state assembly is weighing propositions prohibiting OEMs from locking certain vehicle features under subscription packages, with sponsors calling out “business practices that primarily serve to increase corporate profits.” Assemblymen Paul D. Moriarty (District 4) and Joe Danielsen (District 17) are looking to make […]
A Sense for Safety: Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 to come standard on 2023 Corollas
Toronto, Ontario — One of Toyota’s most popular models is set to make safety a trend, as the Japanese automaker announced Friday that the new model year Corolla will be equipped with cutting-edge Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 (TSS 3.0) technology. Repair shops ought to take notice as this piece of technology is likely to become […]
Stuck in the Cold: Tesla updates app to allow remote door unlatching in response to stuck handles
Toronto, Ontario — With winter looming on the horizon, many Tesla owners are surely dreading the routine coin toss of whether their car’s door handles will be frozen stuck when they try to get it started in the morning—luckily Tesla finally has a solution coming to its mobile app. Coming alongside the recent iOS 4.14 […]
Old Car, New Style: Carbon fibre 1970 Dodge Chargers for sale through Mopar
Toronto, Ontario — Since Dodge announced that it was closing the chapter on its current generation of Chargers and Challengers, customs shops and restorers have gone wild designing tribute models of the iconic muscle cars; including a customs shop out of Oklahoma that has created a welders worst nightmare. Finale Speed of Yukon, Okla. has […]
A Step Up: Dodge patents swing-out tailgate step design for Ram trucks
Toronto, Ontario — The engineering department at Dodge is looking to give Ram drivers a leg-up in a literal sense, as a new patent filed by the company has been unearthed, outlining a switchblade-like step housed within a truck’s tailgate. Based on the diagrams uncovered first by Motor Authority, the step appears to swing out […]
