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Diesel Industry News
From a coach box to a high-tech cockpit: how the truck driver’s workplace has changed over the past 60 years
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
Oh how the workplace of truck drivers has changed over the decades!
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Motorsport
Engine Mis-Management
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
In the previous article “When in doubt – scan it” we discussed engine management and other warning check lights that may not stay illuminated for driver distraction considerations.
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Parts
Do you want chips with that?
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
Upgrading an engine used to be more like building a shopping list of what you could afford – dual carbs, extractors, upgraded camshaft, cylinder head and the list went on, these are all still viabl
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Motorsport
All-Electric Mustang Mach-E 1400 prototype takes Racing to new levels
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
We want peak horsepower of 1,400 – and make it electric. 
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Ed Speak
The devil is always in the detail
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
If ever we needed a reminder that in any plan the devil is always in the detail, the government’s supposedly secure border controls gave us a painful reminder.
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Ed Speak
Connecting with our cars
Thursday, 13 August 2020
We all have a connection with our cars –some people even name them, but now we can get truly connected.
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OEM
BMW announces support for Digital Key for iPhone
Thursday, 13 August 2020
BMW will become the first carmaker to enable its customers to use iPhone as a fully digital car key.
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Vehicles
It’s watt sort of a hybrid?
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Some of our readers out there may be thinking we are teaching their grandmothers to suck electric lemons with this article.
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Other
The Emperor’s new clothes
Thursday, 13 August 2020
There’s nothing worse than someone who thinks they have all the answers.
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Diesel Industry News
Tale of two quarries
Thursday, 13 August 2020
The two largest quarries servicing Wellington, vNew Zealand’s giant $NZ850 million Transmission Gulley motorway project – one of the most complex in the nation’s history – were each looking for a w
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Workshop Equipment
When in doubt, Scan it!
Thursday, 13 August 2020
When a professional automotive repairer has received a vehicle for servicing, repairs or it has  been involved in an accident, it has now become part of the repair procedure to perform both
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Parts
Servicing parts & consumables
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Servicing vehicles makes up a significant part of most workshops’ day to day work load.
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Motorsport
‘Live’ motorsport is back – and so is Targa event specialist Leigh Hopper
Thursday, 13 August 2020
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News
Exploring the 48-volt mild hybrid system 
Monday, 06 July 2020
Unlike the true-hybrid configurations that use the engine and/or electric motor to propel the vehicle, the 48V mild hybrid system is employed in a typical stop-start vehicle, with the integration o
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Workshop Equipment
What to use, or not to use – Euro Diagnostics
Monday, 06 July 2020
In many fields of technology Europe leads the world and the automotive industry is no different.
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Motorsport
City of Auckland Rally and Battle of Jack’s Ridge announced
Monday, 06 July 2020
In the wake of the decision forced on them by the Covid-19 pandemic to cancel the NZ round of the WRC in September, Rally New Zealand organisers have announced two new events, the City of Auckland
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Other
Young dogs and old tricks. Ready for a new apprentice?
Monday, 06 July 2020
A common complaint from the automotive trades is that there isn’t enough new blood coming in.
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OEM
Packing heat: How Ford’s latest tech helps Police vehicles neutralise COVID-19
Monday, 06 July 2020
Ford has designed a new heated software enhancement to pilot with its Police Interceptor Utility – one that law enforcement agencies can utilise to help reduce the footprint of the Covid-19 virus.<
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News
Lamborghini Sián FKP 37: the most powerful Lamborghini produced, in LEGO Technic
Monday, 06 July 2020
Automobili Lamborghini and the LEGO Group have partnered to produce the LEGO Technic Lamborghini Sián FKP 37: a 3,696 piece, 1:8 scale model that embodies the unmistakable power and stunning looks
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Other
Treat others the way you want to be treated
Monday, 06 July 2020
I learnt one of my biggest and most formative business lessons in the early 2000s, which was to “treat others how you want to be treated yourself.”
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