Mentor Automotive Joins Two Automotive Education Programs
Mentor Graphics Corporation has joined the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) program and the General Motors and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored EcoCAR 3 program.
High School’s Auto Services Class Gets Donated Vehicle
General Motors donated a Chevrolet Malibu to the Petoskey High School automotive program.
Triton Automotive Tech Graduates Learn On Job
Triton Community College in River Grove, IL, partners with General Motors (GM) and ACDelco’s Automotive Service Educational Program (ASEP).
Southeast Community College Wins ACDelco Social Media Challenge
The contest challenged General Motors Automotive Service Educational Program students across the U.S. to produce creative social media content to inspire other students to consider careers as automotive technicians. The next ACDelco GM ASEP School Challenge is already under way, and social media posts now through April 30 will be eligible to win the next ACDelco prize package.
Universal Technical Institute To Commemorate 5 Decades Of Success
The provider of education opened its first campus in Phoenix approximately 50 years ago with just two classrooms and 11 students. Today, UTI has 12 campus locations across the United States, and partners with manufacturers of more than 30 of the world’s leading transportation brands, including BMW, Cummins, Ford, Freightliner, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo.
LRCC Professor Elected to Serve on GM’s International Board
Jamie Decato, who worked as a General Motors Master Technician for a number of years, became the full-time lead instructor for LRCC’s GM-ASEP program in 2001.
Congress Discusses ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Program — ASA Calls for a Repair Option
The “Cash for Clunkers” policy has been discussed during testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, included in draft climate legislation by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and proposed by General Motors Corp. in its business plan submitted to Congress.
Under the Hood: Short on Time – Compact Engine Timing Belt Service
As a rule, General Motors uses timing chains rather than timing belts on most of its engines. Timing chains are long-lived and reliable, and do not have a recommended replacement interval. But, not so with timing belts. One GM engine that does use a rubber timing belt is the 1.6L E-TECH II engine in the 2004 and up Chevrolet Aveo. We take a look at timing belt procedures for this and similar compact engines.
Living Under the Hood: Diagnosing Central Port Fuel Injection
Back in 1992, General Motors introduced a new type of fuel injection system known as “Central Port Injection” (CPI), which GM also refers to as “Central Multi-point Fuel Injection,” and later renamed “Central Sequential Fuel Injection.”
NKC’s Jack Stow A Real Vehicle Care RockStar
This automotive instructor is teaching kids about more than just repairing cars.
