Tag: Auto

New grad’s SFCC degree opens door to auto tech career

May 10—Patricia Victor recalled a time in her childhood when she and her best friend were exploring a broken-down vehicle in a neighbor’s backyard. They determined it was doomed by a leak of windshield wiper fluid. Victor, who grew up on the San Carlos Apache reservation in Arizona, would later learn the problem was a […]

German insurer Allianz to allow use of used parts in auto repair

A man walks past the Allianz logo in Munich. Armin Weigel/dpa The Allianz insurance company will allow cars in Germany to be repaired with used spare parts, the Munich-based insurance giant said on Friday. Vehicles between three and eight years old are eligible under the scheme, which should make repairs both more environmentally friendly and […]

Convicted auto thief busted with cache of car keys in Brentwood

(KRON) — A Brentwood police officer found a cache of keys belonging to different makes and models of vehicles after the officer pulled over a car without a rear license plate, police said. The license plate violation traffic stop happened at 4 p.m. Sunday near Lone Tree Way and Canada Valley Road. Police said the […]

A former employee alleged Van Horn auto group racially discriminated against him. A judge will hear the appealed case next month.

SHEBOYGAN — A Wisconsin Administrative Law Judge will hear an appeal in June of a former Van Horn Automotive Group employee who alleges the company violated the state’s fair employment law and fired him because of his race. Zach Norman filed a discrimination complaint with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Equal Rights Division in […]

Europe’s auto suppliers reach the end of the road

The EU plans to outlaw the sale of new fossil fuel-powered cars from 2035, meaning some jobs will inevitably become redundant (Léa PERNELLE) Emrullah Karaca has made brakes for the past 20 years, but he is now learning to assemble heat pumps instead, as the Continental factory where he works in northern Germany is slated […]

Some intriguing showstoppers from Auto China 2024

“Electric” may be the most appropriate word to describe the atmosphere at the recent Beijing motor show, now considered to be one of the world’s largest automobile exhibitions. China’s vision of the electric mobility future is on full display during the ten-day event, which ends this weekend. Organizers estimated that 117 new global and China-domestic […]