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Generating electricity in tyres
Monday, 03 May 2021
In 2019 Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) and Kansai University in Japan announced a new technology that generates electric power from the rotation of a tyre.
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Diesel Industry News
Tests on truck handbrakes find high failure rates
Tests on truck handbrakes find high failure rates
Monday, 03 May 2021
Article courtesy of Radio New Zealand – Phil Pennington 
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Other
Recruitment, reference checks made easier
Recruitment, reference checks made easier
Monday, 03 May 2021
Jo Douglas explains how to avoid the pitfalls of reference checking.
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OEM
Ford and HP collaborate to transform 3D waste into auto parts
Ford and HP collaborate to transform 3D waste into auto parts
Monday, 03 May 2021
Ford has teamed up with HP to innovatively reuse spent 3D printed powders and parts, closing the loop and turning them into injection moulded vehicle parts – an industry first.
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Other
Wilhelm Maybach - 175th anniversary of the birth of the ‘King of Designers’
Monday, 03 May 2021
On 9 February 1846, i.e. 175 years ago, Wilhelm Maybach was born in Heilbronn, Germany.
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Motorsport
Horan gets a golden start to 2021!
Horan gets a golden start to 2021
Monday, 03 May 2021
Thundertruck racer Raana Horan took his shiny gold Nissan Titan V8 to outright victory in the inaugural Mickey Thompson New Zealand Stadium Off-road Racing Championship, held at Manukau in Auckland
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Workshop Equipment
Battery maintenance for hibernation RVs
Monday, 03 May 2021
With Winter just around the corner, many recreational vehicles will be going into hibernation.
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Parts
Many routes to 1000 mile battery vehicles, reports IDTechEx
Many routes to 1000 mile battery vehicles, reports IDTechEx
Monday, 03 May 2021
It is easy to make 1000-mile battery-electric vehicles, and the effect on market uptake will be profound.
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Parts
Fonterra’s journey from exploding batteries to increasing fleet efficiency
Fonterra’s journey from exploding batteries to increasing fleet efficiency
Monday, 03 May 2021
A three-way partnership aimed at improving battery reliability across Fonterra’s milk tanker fleet has had health and safety benefits as well as boosting the co-op’s bottom line.
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Other
Bendix promotes the advantages of braided brake hoses for 4WD vehicles
Bendix promotes the advantages of braided brake hoses for 4WD vehicles
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Braided brake hoses included in the Bendix Ultimate 4WD Upgrade Kits are now available in a range for individual purchase and offer a number of advantages over the factory fitted hoses fitted to th
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OEM
Hyundai NVIDIA DRIVE ‘connected car’ infotainment
Hyundai NVIDIA DRIVE ‘connected car’ infotainment
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Hyundai and NVIDIA have announced the roll-out of the NVIDIA DRIVE ‘connected car’ platform across all new models from Hyundai, Kia and Genesis from 2022 onwards.
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News
Motor Equipment News April 2021
Beissbarth Q.Lign: The world’s most innovative wheel aligner
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Beissbarth, a name already synonymous with quality and innovation, is now taking the next step in its 120-year history with a world-first, web-based wheel aligner.
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Other
Same again, SAM? Not exactly…
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
“Changing the foundation for our product” has been the recent focus of the folks behind SAM, the most successful, powerful and most popular workshop management software tool in New Zealand.
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Parts
Gates modular coolant hoses
Gates modular coolant hoses
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Today’s car and trucks are more complicated than ever and continue to evolve.
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Workshop Equipment
Brake testing: rollers, decelerometer or plates?
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
In last month’s article we took you through automotive brake test engineering from an equipment and automotive perspective Test results with the same vehicle
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Motorsport
Collins & Windelburn share F5000 class race wins at Skope Classic
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Local ace Michael Collins (Leda GM1) got within 0.168 of a second of claiming a qualifying/race win/quickest race lap clean sweep at the penultimate round of this season’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F500
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Parts
What’s special for 4WD servicing?
What’s special for 4WD servicing?
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
This was written for 4WD owners but canvases the issues workshops need to be aware of when servicing 4WD vehicles that get used for off-road work.
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Other
Managing your digital marketing
Managing your digital marketing
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Alex Garden highlights a tried and tested principle for managing your digital marketing and putting some ‘zing’ into your company’s performance.
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Workshop Equipment
Right tool for the job!
Right tool for the job!
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
If you run a business involving cars, you will need a diagnostic scan tool.
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OEM
What do EV’s mean for repairers?
What do EV’s mean for repairers?
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
We talk to Audi about their EV journey from the after sales and service perspective.
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