Snap-on Technical Education Program: Linn-Benton Community College Profile
The onus to help train tomorrow’s technicians and begin to close the skills gap continues to fall on community colleges and technical schools. But they don’t have to do it alone, and that’s a new concept many institutions are exploring to help advance their skills training programs. The idea involves partnerships between community colleges/tech schools and the industries they serve by coming together with a single purpose – more effectively preparing students for success.
New Report Shows Wide Adoption of Stop-Start Technology on Future Vehicles
New data from Navigant Research shows stop-start capability anticipated to be the most important innovation in improving fuel efficiency.
OCTC ‘Drives’ Students to be the Best
Owensboro, KY, Technical Program Recognized as Seventh-Annual Recipient of National Award for Automotive Education Excellence
Latest EcoCAR3 Challenge Redesigns Chevrolet Camaro into a Hybrid
The U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Co. recently announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 3 competition, introducing the 16 participating universities and revealing the Chevrolet Camaro as the vehicle selected as the platform for the competition. (Read about the finalists in the EcoCAR2 Challenge as The Ohio State University “raced” to a
Real World: ‘Training’ Is Not A Dirty Word
You may feel that once you’ve graduated from an automotive technical college, you are done with school. The fact is, training is an absolute necessity these days if you want to remain competent and competitive in the auto repair business – whether it’s automotive diagnostics and repair, body work or heavy-duty diesels.
The Real World: Prepping the Future
Vehicle manufacturers are searching for the ultimate Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
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Engine Tech: A Look Into the Future of Engines and Transmissions
GM – Powertrain Europe’s comprehensive Tech Show provides answers about how cars will be propelled in the future
SPECIAL REPORT: Future Shock – Toyota to Start Sales of Lithium-ion Plug-in Hybrids by 2010
The Toyota PHEV prototypes are powered by oversized packs of nickel-metal hydride batteries that effectively simulate the level of performance Toyota expects to achieve when it eventually develops its own more advanced, compact and powerful battery systems.
Cal Poly Prototype Achieves Incredible Fuel Mileage
Shell-Pennzoil Driver Kevin Harvick Gets Demonstration from Cal Poly Team