Virginia Tech Earns Spot To Compete In 2017 AutoDrive Challenge
Each team will be provided a 2017 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle as a platform to develop a fully autonomous passenger vehicle.
Project Underdog – Showing Kids The Automotive World
Inspired by his childhood mentor, Sung Kang created “Project Underdog” as an innovative approach to mentor students that have a passion for cars and automotive technology. The “Project Underdog” team, comprised of Alhambra High School students in California, took on an automotive underdog – a 1972 Ford Maverick.
Proper Rotor Service Prevents Comebacks
Uneven rotor wear often produces variations in thickness that can be felt as pedal pulsations when the brakes are applied.
Actor Sung Kang Partners With SEMA And Shell For ‘Project Underdog’
The vehicle will debut at the 2016 SEMA Show, and the build will be broadcast in an online documentary.
Spotting Bent Suspension Components
Normal driving usually won’t knock the wheels out of alignment or damage the suspension. However, normal driving also involves encounters with the unexpected, which often include potholes, curbs, railroad crossings (which are famous for being rough), parking lot speed bumps and other things that jar and stress the suspension.
3M Automotive Aftermarket Division Offers Commercial Truck Repair Procedures
3M SOPs help teach basic and advanced skills, demonstrate proper techniques and showcase innovative product solutions. The 3M SOPs provide step-by-step guidance through a range of projects to help ensure repairs are done professionally and efficiently.
Coolants Can Lose Their Ability To Protect The Engine
Coolant at 100,000 miles may look the same as coolant with zero miles. The real difference between good and bad coolant can’t be seen with the naked eye; it is in the chemistry.
VW & EPA Fiasco Brings Reflashing Into The Spotlight
It was revealed VW cheated on EPA emissions tests by programming 2009-2015 diesel vehicles to recognize test conditions the EPA uses. This practice has been going on since the 1990s when sensors gained enough resolution to determine the approximate ambient temperature and transmissions started to share vehicle speed with the engine’s computer.
Corrosion Protection: How Long Will Your Repair Last?
Today’s metals are stronger than ever, but thinner, too. How long do you think it will take for corrosion to compromise metal strength once it takes hold – especially with the increasing use of liquid deicer to combat snow storms?
Shop Profile: Overcoming Challenges To Find Success
Many shop owners get their start the old-fashioned way: Their dad or uncle owned a shop, and they grew up learning how to fix cars. Essentially, it was “in their blood” so to speak. But Matt Weber, co-owner of Clark’s Car Care, has a very different back story, one that starts with a detour from an accounting degree to take a less traveled road to shop ownership.
