Category Archives: Useful Information

Best practices for technician career development

The Technology & Maintenance Council’s Service Provider Task Force is in the process of coming up with a recommended practice (RP) that provides a model that can be used for designing, developing and implementing a technician career development program.

The Technology & Maintenance Council is North America’s premier technical society for truck equipment technology and maintenance professionals.

Honda settles American class-action suit over oil-burning claim

Aftermarket shops can promote services to customers using infograph

Honda has agreed to settle an American class-action lawsuit over claims that it manufactured 1,593,755 defective vehicles that excessively burn oil and require frequent spark plug replacements.

Nissan spearheads drive to install 74 EV charging points

Nissan spearheads drive to install 74 EV charging points

Nissan is heading a consortium that will install 74 rapid chargers in the UK and Ireland over the next 12 months.

Autonomous Car Demand Boosted by Japan’s Aging Population

Autonomous Car Demand Boosted by Japan’s Aging Population

A monitor shows the Cooperative-adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) technology in a Toyota Motor Corp. Lexus vehicle, equipped with the Automated Highway Driving Assist (AHDA) advanced driving support system, during a demonstration in Tokyo.

Germany wins EU court fight over VW law legality, escapes fines

Germany escaped fines and defeated the European Union’s regulator after the bloc’s highest court said its redraft of the so-called Volkswagen law doesn’t clash with EU rules.

Germany’s changes to the VW law “complied in full” with a 2007 ruling, the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg said, rejecting a challenge by the European Commission, the bloc’s executive authority.