THE National Asthma Council Australia has found the Hyundai i30 is the only model in Australia’s top seven most popular cars to come standard with both particulate and activated carbon cabin filters. During its review of new car cabin filtration, the National Asthma Council found that a number of leading car models are lacking in … Continue reading Asthma Council’s cabin filter campaign
THE Australian Refrigeration Council (ARC) has welcomed the Federal Government’s commitment to phase-down HFCs by 85 per cent by 2036 as providing certainty to industry. “Australia heads the world, already regulating for the handling and use of HFC refrigerants under the ARCTick licence scheme, which has minimised emissions for the past 10 years,” said a … Continue reading ARC welcomes HFC phasedown
THE Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association (AAAA) has praised Holden for sharing comprehensive vehicle repair information with independent workshops but fired a warning shot across the boughs of those who are yet to step up. AAAA executive director Stuart Charity welcomed Holden’s opening of access to the AC Delco Technical Delivery System, which is populated with … Continue reading Holden winning at repair data sharing
Vehicle engine technology has to keep up with increasingly stringent emissions regulations, but the oft-overlooked subject of pollution from road transport refrigeration is now on the agenda as London authorities tackle air quality problems blamed for 25 premature deaths per day in the British capital. Mayor of London Boris Johnson is under pressure to address … Continue reading London to probe refrigerated truck air quality impact
AUSTRALIA’S Federal Government has committed to phase-down HFCs like R134a as part of the announcement of its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030. The overall target is a 26 to 28 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030 compared with 2005 levels, and Refrigerants Australia estimates that the HFC phase-down component and complimentary measures … Continue reading Aussie HFC phase-down is go
SALES of electric cars in Australia are pretty slow, with just 142 of the 670,735 vehicles registered so far this year being purely battery driven, and another 1588 being hybrids. But according to Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA), take-up of electric vehicles – as well as those running on natural gas – could still … Continue reading A million electric and natural gas vehicles in Oz by 2025?
RECENT improvements to Autodata’s online system include individual wire colouring on the interactive wiring diagrams and a module providing instructions for safely raising vehicles fitted with variable-height suspension systems. Existing Autodata customers and VASA members who have used our member-exclusive SightGlass Tech bulletins will know of the lettered colour-coding system that has been used for … Continue reading Autodata adds colour wiring diagrams, jacking mode module
STANDARDS Australia has proposed the adoption of five ISO (International Standards Organisation) standards for refrigerants and refrigeration systems and is seeking comment from industry until September 1 at http://tinyurl.com/meoyjbt. Under the proposals, AS/NZS 1677.1 Refrigerating systems, Part 1: Refrigerant classification and AS/NZS 1677.2 Refrigerating systems, Part 2: Safety requirements for fixed applications will be superseded … Continue reading Incoming ISO refrigeration standards for Australia & NZ
THE Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association (AAAA) has launched an online incident reporting system designed to monitor the performance of the Agreement on Access to Service and Repair Information for Motor Vehicles that was signed at the end of last year. Because the agreement is based on voluntary Codes of Practice and industry cooperation, AAAA executive … Continue reading AAAA launches repair data sharing incident portal
THE Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has again turned its attention to and identified a range of concerns with capped price servicing offers, according to the Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association (AAAA). Sweeping changes to capped price servicing programs have been recommended by the watchdog (which took action against Kia Motors in February) to ensure … Continue reading Video: Capped price servicing
