autoevolution

MARCH 20, 2025

Since it unveiled the 4680 battery cells during the 2020 Battery Day, Tesla has been promising a breakthrough in energy density and manufacturing costs. Tesla's dry battery electrode process has become the battery equivalent of its Full Self-Driving software, a forever work in. continue reading. )

Software

AutoSuccess

JANUARY 2, 2025

Top Four Manufacturers Responsible for 85% of Q4 Recalls: Honda, Chrysler/Stellantis, Tesla and General Motors accounted for the majority of recalls in Q4 2024, underscoring concentrated safety challenges among major automakers. In 2022, the manufacturer issued 8.7 million recalls, but by 2024, this number dropped to 4.1

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Tomorrow's Technician

MARCH 26, 2025

Almost every manufacturer has a proprietary diagnostic logic connector and scan tool protocols. In 2020, Polaris developed its own 2.0L Your best option is an aftermarket scan tool that has the software and cable to connect to powersport vehicles. Also, there are no airbags or tire pressure monitoring systems.

Emissions Testing

Ratchet + Wrench

JULY 4, 2025

Inventory Management via Shop Management Software Internal inventory management technology allows shops to keep track of parts and materials, reducing delays and ensuring that work is completed on time and billed accurately. Most parts and service vendors, as well as many manufacturers, offer free or low-fee training modules.

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Auto Remarketing

JULY 11, 2025

Upstream’s report, Under Pressure: Why After-Sales Quality Strategies Must Evolve in the Age of Connected Vehicle Data and AI , said the causes of 70% of all recalls since 2020 and 89% of those involving electric vehicles could have been detected earlier using connected vehicle signals. In that same span, EV market share increased from 1.6%

Car

Auto Remarketing

JULY 14, 2025

The report, which analyzes data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, showed almost half of the vehicles recalled in Q2 were Fords, which led all manufacturers with more than 3.3 Just over 1 million vehicles were eligible for over-the-air software-based repairs. million vehicles. Since early 2022, just 14.7%

Vehicle

Jalopnik

JULY 11, 2025

Its pretty much lapped the field four or five times over when you consider the next closest manufacturer — a recreational-vehicle company called Forest River — has only issued 21 recalls. This is just the latest in a worrying pattern for the Blue Oval, which has been either first or second in yearly recalls since 2020.

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