| Delphi launches new roll-control system
| | Motor Age | Delphi Corp. is developing a new Active Stabiliser Bar System (ASBS) that it says offers better steering feel, improved vehicle dynamics, superior comfort and greater tuning capability compared with today's technologies. The system is the first to provide continuous across-center control and is 60 percent lighter and around 65 percent more compact than the previous generation system, making it the world's most advanced roll-control technology, according to the company. |
| | AMI Launches Webinar series
| | Automotive Body Repair News | BEDFORD, Texas – A new Training On Demand Web site that features interactive Webinars, pre-recorded archived classes, DVD-quality video downloads and other training resources has been launched by the Automotive Management Institute (AMI), at www.AMIeducationonline.com, that is initially offering monthly Webinars on a variety of topics including sales and marketing, customer service, telephone skills, employee management and more. |
| | | Attendance at free ASA workshops growing
| | Automotive Body Repair News | BEDFORD, Texas — The Automotive Service Association (ASA) recently hosted three more Service Information Workshops in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Willow Grove, Pa., to educate shop owners and technicians about the availability of service information to automotive repair shops. |
| | Nissan to use solar panels from ICP Solar Technologies
| | Motor Age | ICP Solar Technologies Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of solar panels and products, has entered into a sales contract with Nissan in Europe and North America for OEM solar charger. A discharged battery is one of the most common problems facing the automotive industry with cars sitting in parking lots for a long period of time in cold or hot conditions, the manufacturer says.  |
| | I-CAR Education Foundation raising funds for scholarships, grants
| | Automotive Body Repair News | HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Due to the success of the scholarships and grants awarded this past spring, the I-CAR Education Foundation has set a goal to award $100,000 worth of curriculum grants, instructor training grants and student scholarships in the spring of 2009 as part of its Collision Repair Education Campaign. |
| | Algae may grow into the next big biofuel
| | Motor Age | The automotive industry has grown weary of crushing fuel prices, and in a frantic race to look for alternatives to our risky petroleum habit, no stone is being left unturned. Some are, in fact, turning over stones in ponds and fish tanks for the answers. |
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