Christian Brother’s Automotive to host a car show on Saturday

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Christian Brothers Automotive in Lakeway is hosting a community car show on Saturday, June 24.A Lakeway auto repair service will host an event combining cars, coffee and community this Saturday. The car show from Christian Brothers Automotive is in partnership with the charity Miracle Farm, which is a ranch that supports at-risk teenage boys through Christianity and Western heritage. Christian Brothers Automotive also roots itself in the Christian faith. Here’s everything you need to know about the open-to-all event: more: Texas cheese book in the works from New Braunfels cheese shop When and where is it? The community car…
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KIA: Successful Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Process Engineering, Part I

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Driving fundamental changes through the digitalization process Digital transformation is a buzz word but we also want to know what exactly means for my job process engineering and what rapidly comes across the departments and companies. And the advantages? Increase efficiency, greater business agility, and the unlocking of new value for all of us, OEMs, material suppliers, tool and part suppliers… Well, our team members know those are important but still, we are not clear to see what changes in our life. Back to our daily job, we know very well we are facing many practical failures of production while…
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The Port of Vancouver creates a ‘logistical nightmare’ for Canadian auto deliveries

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Delays of up to a month at the Port of Vancouver, driven by heightened vehicle imports and a shortage of railcars, are prompting automakers that ship vehicles through the West Coast logistics hub to enact elaborate contingency plans to get vehicles to Canadian dealers. Facing weeks of waiting at Vancouver’s Annacis Auto Terminal, Hyundai Auto Canada, for one, has begun diverting vessels to ports in the United States, where vehicles are offloaded, placed on railcars and shipped across the border into Canada. The rerouting is no simple task, said company CEO Don Romano, but it beats a month of idling…
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Toyota EVs Will Get Solid-State Batteries

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While Toyota has been slow to introduce all-electric vehicles, it’s easy to forget that the Japanese automaker continues to be a leader in hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen cars. The automaker may only have one EV on sale with the bZ4X, but Toyota has plans to introduce 10 new EVs and sell 1.5 million electric cars by 2026. In order to reach those goals, Toyota’s going to have to step up its EV tech, which it plans to do with the introduction of high-performance, solid-state batteries.The news comes from the automaker’s technical briefing session, “Toyota Technical Workshop,” where it…
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Wholesale used-car prices fall in April, more declines are expected

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And Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index — another indicator of wholesale prices, weighted based on registration volume and adjusted for seasonality, vehicle age, mileage and condition — fell 0.1 percent in April from March. There is a caveat, Yurchenko said: Certain vehicle segments in high demand continued to appreciate, while some subsegments declined faster. In a release discussing Black Book’s April index, Yurchenko said wholesale prices in the most compact to full-size mainstream vehicle segments underperformed. However, the prices of smaller and cheaper subcompact vehicles, such as sedans and crossovers, overperformed in April, he said. In a typical year,…
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Automotive repairs: Taking the stress out of dealing with a mechanic

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Dealing with an auto service repair facility doesn’t have to be a stressful experience. At its core, this is a customer service industry, you are the client, and the goal for the provider should be to address your needs while offering you as pleasant of an experience as possible. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, it doesn’t always play out like that. Car repair — maintenance also falls under that heading — is a big business, estimated to be an industry of more than $10 billion in Canada last year alone, so there’s a very real risk of paying more…
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Should You Repair or Replace Your Damaged Auto Glass?

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If you’re a Tampa, FL, vehicle owner who has recently had their auto glass damaged, you’re probably wondering if the damage is repairable. In the sections below, you’ll learn more about the factors affecting auto glass repair and replacement. Repairing Your Damaged Auto Glass Repairs are preferable over replacement because it’s cheaper and, in some cases, auto insurers will cover the repair costs completely. For windshield repair or other types of auto glass to be repairable, it must meet the following criteria:The crack or chip only damaged the outer layer of glass The bullseye is no bigger than one…
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Stella Automotive AI hires Rich Sands as CEO

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Stella Automotive AI, a Tampa, Fla., auto retail technology startup funded in part by dealership groups Maroone USA and Pohanka Automotive Group, has hired auto industry consultant Rich Sands as its new CEO. His hiring, effective May 26 and announced Monday, comes after the company in early May announced it had closed a seed round of financing. Beyond Geoffrey Pohanka, the 2023 chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association and chairman of his namesake group, and Mike Maroone, CEO of Maroone USA, funding round participants included Czubay Family Enterprises and Presidio Group, a Denver and Atlanta investment banking and advisory…
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