(Reuters) – Advance Auto Parts Inc lowered its full-year profit outlook on Wednesday on the back of elevated costs, sending the auto parts retailer’s shares down 24% before the opening bell. High raw material, labor and freight prices, along with the ongoing supply chain constraints, have weighed down the automotive industry’s production and distribution in…
Need to Fix Damage to Your Rear Windshield?
Damage to your auto glass can put you and others in your vehicle at risk. Working with a company that offers professional auto glass services is usually the best way to resolve these problems quickly and effectively. If your rear windshield has sustained damage in an accident or by flying road debris, here are some…
Criteria for Selecting the Best NEMT Vehicles
Everyone is familiar with standard emergency vehicles like an ambulance, but now there is another segment in the emergency vehicle realm that isn’t quite so urgent—non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT). But what is long-distance emergency medical transportation? Sometimes a patient’s current medical facility doesn’t have the personnel or resources to treat them, or they wish to…
Aerospace Company DOMAERO Takes Controlled Risks Thanks to Numeric Simulation
DOMAERO, a French aerospace supplier est. in 1990, is specialized in sheet metal forming for the civil, defense, and space markets. Its customers, playing aerospace OEM and tier 1, recognize DOMAERO’s know-how in the field of thin titanium sheet forming for the lightening of aerostructures. The company also works with the typical materials in the…
Tesla EV charging agreements with Ford, GM muddle standard
Two pathways are emerging as electric vehicle charging infrastructure expands across the US Automaker partnerships will determine whether those technologies will coexist or whether one will push the other out, like VHS and Betamax. Four months ago, the US was heading toward a standard way of charging EV with chargers other than those built by…
Toyota future EV plans include batteries with 900-mile range
As it prepares for its new products, factory engineers will also introduce a slew of manufacturing techniques for the 2026 EVs. Their goal is to halve the number of production processes, halve the amount of plant investment and halve the amount of production lead needed to set up for new nameplates. The new techniques will…
A fraud tale: Misdirection of parts
Image credit: Depositphotos. com One type of fraud a shop can fall victim to is a misdirection of sales part. A red flag for any shop would be a discrepancy between what the shop thinks it’s making on parts and what is actually being realized. Hunt Demarest, a senior accountant who specializes in working with…
Millions Of Kia Cars Could Have Dangerous Airbags
View of the dashboard of a 2007 Kia Optima as it’s being driven. good morning! It’s Thursday, June 1, 2023 and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. 1st Gear: Kia And ARC…