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AUTONOMOUS emergency braking (AEB) is now available on 60 per cent of Australia’s 100 top-selling light vehicles, according to crash-test authority ANCAP, with the inevitable repair and calibration of this and other sophisticated safety systems presenting a huge opportunity to … Continue reading →

WOMEN working in the automotive sector are invited to express interest in a limited pool of scholarship funding that has to be allocated by the end of this year. The fee support opportunity has been provisioned by St.George, Women in … Continue reading →

REDARC has launched a competition for trade customers as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, to say thanks for their on-going support over the years. Up for grabs are five ‘Ultimate Installer’ prize packs each valued at $2,000, comprising products … Continue reading →

SUPERCOOL Group, headed by VASA director Mark Mitchell, has launched a suite of products designed to improve standards and practices for the transport and storage of refrigerated food and pharmaceuticals. Through first-hand experience of challenges facing the global cold chain … Continue reading →

VASA Vice-President Brett Meads delivered a talk to the Australian Road Transport Suppliers Association (ARTSA) conference about the causes and prevention of heavy vehicle fires in Sydney on August 15. Brett’s presentation provided an overview of the changes in refrigerants used … Continue reading →

IMPORTING a bus with an air-conditioning system containing R134a has landed a “major automotive retailer” in hot water. The News South Wales-based business copped a $12,600 fine under the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act for bringing in equipment … Continue reading →

DESPITE winning 2019 World Car of the Year, 2019 European Car of the Year and numerous other accolades, the Jaguar I-Pace does not fit the Oxford Dictionaries definition of a car as it is not powered by an internal combustion engine. … Continue reading →

TUESDAY August 27 marked the 40th anniversary of Redarc Electronics, which remains to this day a family business and has been owned by Anthony and Michele Kittel for 22 years.  Mr Kittel remarked that he was honoured to have been a part of … Continue reading →

A NEW guide on how to work safely on vehicles where it is known or suspected that flammable refrigerants may be present is now available for free download by VASA members and is essential reading. This document is the result … Continue reading →