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Hybrid Tech Interns Wanted

Source: AD #1683 – Audi Targets Tesla, Big Data Finds Parking Spots, Tacoma’s Sales Strong – Autoline Daily

TECH INTERNS WANTED
While training for repairing and maintaining hybrid and electric vehicles has gained some steam, there’s still a need for qualified technicians in that field. And like any job, an internship is a great way to get your foot in the door. The Automotive Career Development Center, or ACDC is looking for two auto students over 18 to assist at their shop and training center. Not only does the internship provide housing and meals, but it also includes study books to keep, access to a fleet of hybrid cars and on-the-job training. The only cost is getting yourself to Massachusetts. I first learned of ACDC and founder, Craig Van Batenburg when doing research for an Autoline Garage and...

bwilson4web Aug 19, 2015 Read More Replies: 1

2016 Gen 4 Prius Reveal Set for September 9th

Investigative PriusChat members had already gathered that the 4th gen 2016 Prius would be revealed in September at the Frankfurt Auto Show, but we also now know that Toyota is doing a US-based reveal on September 9th in Las Vegas, thanks to Automotive News.

I'll be on-site for the reveal and will be sure to have lots of content to share with the PriusChat community.

Danny Aug 19, 2015 Read More Replies: 230

Toyota to embrace online car shopping!

An online car-buying program that targets Scion's young customer base is barely off the ground. But executives are already preparing to roll out a similar system "as soon as possible" for the Toyota brand.

Blame the shift on the kids.

"Millennials are starting to express the fact that they'd like to do more shopping online," Fay said. "They'd like to connect that shopping to a buying experience ... that needs to be quicker and more transparent."

The Scion and Toyota initiatives are part of a broader move by automakers, dealers and third parties to simplify car buying through online and mobile tools.

Fay said the Toyota and Scion programs aren't an effort to compete with what the big dealership groups and TrueCar are doing. Rather, he said, they are a response to changing consumer buying habits.

The goal, he said, is to reduce the time a customer spends in the physical dealership to about an hour.

Scion's setup allows a user to go online, pick and spec out a Scion...
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