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How Canadian new vehicle sales fared in 2024

Auto Service World

per cent for granted, the market remains approximately 180,000units below its 2017 high, despite a Canadian population that has increased from 36.7 The year began with exceptionally strong sales in January and February, which DesRosiers credited to pent-up demand as consumers were finally able to purchase vehicles they had been waiting for.

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VinFast: What You Should Know About the New EV If You’re Considering Hybrid And Electrical Mechanic Training

Automotive Training Centre

However, the rise of electric vehicles has paved the way for a wave of new entrants looking to disrupt the status quo. They embarked on an aggressive strategy to design, develop, and manufacture their own electric vehicles.

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Tesla Air Ride Service

Brake & Front End

The Model S Smart Air Suspension was an option in 2014, and it became standard for all Model S trims from 2017 to mid-2019. The four-corner system is similar to those found on European cars and trucks. What makes Teslas air suspension smart is that it uses GPS information and vehicle speed to adjust the suspension ride height.

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JD Power study shows decline in vehicle dependability

Auto Remarketing

Power’s senior director of auto benchmarking, said in a news release that, “a deterioration of vehicle dependability is unusual” because the results for each model usually mirror those in the company’s Initial Quality Study. Toyota Motor Co.

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Price decrease puts used Teslas in play for tax credit, report says

Auto Remarketing

The used electric vehicle market is growing, and perhaps more important, used EV prices are coming down, according to research from EV data and analytics provider Recurrent. The company’s Q1 Used EV Market Report found the average listing price of a 2017-2019 Tesla Model 3 has dropped below $30,000. from 2017 to 2019.

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Do Brake Pads Impact The Environment?

Tomorrow's Technician

Most of the stories cite studies performed in Germany in 2017 and an even more recent 2020 study in San Francisco, California. It is not the electric vehicle crowd. Electric vehicles still use rubber tires and brake pads. It is not the public transport lobby looking to take private cars and trucks off the roads.

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Will electric cars bring less work to the industry?

Auto Mechanic School Edu

Obviously, while this is just a silly example, we know that the skillset it takes to work in the auto industry, building and fixing cars, is night and day different to that of knowing how to fix a computer. Electric cars require little maintenance such as oil changes and don’t really break down much.