Following its recent acquisition of Autocalibration Ltd, A1 ADAS Group has appointed Ant Yates as Equipment Sales Specialist. Yates brings years of automotive aftermarket experience with him. He joins from ISN Garage Assist where he specialised in garage and tyre equipment.
Hella Gutmann Solutions (HGS), the provider of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) calibration and diagnostic equipment, will make its debut at the Fix Auto Conference on 7-8 May in Birmingham.
Alldata Europe has signed a strategic agreement with Würth Spain to “bring original repair data to extensive customer network”.
For its part, Alldata supplies original vehicle manufacturer diagnostic, repair and maintenance data in Europe. Würth Spain is a leader in the distribution of fastening and assembly materials.
As part of the European Commission’s Mobility Transition Pathway initiative, LKQ Europe has committed to support the green and digital transformation of the automotive sector across the continent, including in the UK and Ireland.
Hella Gutmann is urging businesses to seek out training for staff and to invest in the equipment needed to deal with ADAS technology along with a number of other challenges and opportunities.
Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) are a suite of electronic technologies designed to assist drivers in performing driving and parking functions. These systems rely on a variety of sensors, cameras, radars, and LIDAR to detect and interpret the environment around the vehicle. By providing real-time information and performing automatic operations, ADAS enhances driving safety and comfort. Key features include adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, collision warning systems, and parking assistance, for example. As regulations and consumer demand for safety and convenience grow, ADAS is becoming increasingly ubiquitous in modern vehicles. And – perhaps even more importantly for garages – when major work is undertaken on a vehicle as well as an increasing amount of not-so-major work – ADAS requires recalibration. In other words, the tyre and fast-fit garages of today have to know how they are going to handle ADAS-related challenges and questions.
Valeo has unveiled its new training offering, Valeo Tech Academy. According to the company, the digital and in-person IMI-certified courses being offered through the new platform are set to help reduce growing sector skills shortages, particularly around EVs and ADAS.
A group of the aftermarket’s leading suppliers, repairers and trade bodies has co-signed a list of five key policy requests sent by LKQ UK & Ireland to the Secretary of State for Transport. Under the title, ‘Fighting for the Right to Repair’, LKQ UK & Ireland CEO Kevan Wooden set the scene by outlining the […]
Experienced automotive trade and business development manager Marcus Phillips is joining Repairify as UK technical sales executive (South) to expand its IMI-qualified team.
Together with a “major European commercial truck manufacturer,” low-voltage battery solutions firm Clarios is working to develop 24-volt lithium-ion batteries for heavy-duty applications. The two parties have entered into an agreement to this effect, and Clarios intends to market the resulting product under the Varta Automotive brand name.
Worldwide sales of connected tyres will top 91,000 units for the first time in 2024, achieving a value of $23.23 million, according to research by Smithers. Across the next five years, value is expected increase rapidly at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50.5 per cent driving value to $179.51 million in 2029, at constant prices. During the same period, volume is expected to climb to 871,000 units.
Cars increasingly feature a variety of safety systems to provide assistance and additional reassurance to the driver, which are commonly grouped under the term ADAS, which stands for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.
Diagnostic and calibration firm Repairify will exhibit at Automechanika (10-14 September 2024; Hall 9.0, Stand D36 at Messe Frankfurt). The company said it would demonstrate its advanced vehicle diagnostic and calibration technology, spearheaded by its asTech Digital ADAS Calibration Unit. It will also demonstrate its remote services, in which it claims global leadership.
At the ZF Global Technology Day in Hanover, Germany on 27 June 2024, the group presented its ZF Annotate artificial intelligence (AI) development system. Precise sensor data is essential for the development of advanced assistance systems in vehicles. This data must be processed digitally correctly so that the vehicle always receives the “absolute truth” – known in the industry as “ground truth” – to calculate and implement a driving function based on it. Comparing the collected sensor information with a reliable and high-precision reference sensor set increases accuracy. And that’s where ZF Annotate comes in.
Prometeon Tyre Group will hand a UK debut to its first Prometeon-branded premium tyres at this year’s Road Transport Expo (Hall 2A, Stand GR38 at NAEC Stoneleigh, Warwickshire; 4-6 June 2024). Ali Yilmaz, Prometeon managing director UK, Ireland and Nordics, comments: “RTX 2024 is the perfect platform for the UK debut of the first of our new Prometeon-branded premium tyres. We are proud of our heritage and the evolution to Prometeon-branded products is an historical moment for the Group.”
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