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LKQ launches LKQ Electriq
Leading electric vehicle repair specialists have partnered with LKQ to launch LKQ Electriq, a business aiming to of...
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Ecobat Battery re-launches as Veloris
Following its sale from the Ecobat Group and a subsequent review of its position in and value to the market, the in...
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Exide introduces latest AGM battery
Exide Technologies has announced the introduction of an AGM battery size into its Light Vehicle range. Designed to...
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Castrol launches own-brand batteries range
Castrol has launched its own range of car and commercial vehicle batteries, with 90 products introduced to date, en...
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Valeo extends EV aftermarket line-up
Valeo Service UK has expanded its electric vehicle (EV) aftermarket offering with the launch of eight high-voltage...
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The importance of planning for winter
Banner Batteries discusses the importance of planning ahead for winter. In today’s automotive landscape, quality is...
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Denso outlines spark plugs range
Denso is a prominent original equipment manufacturer with a comprehensive aftermarket product range, which includes...
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The importance of EV battery repairs
Life in an EV Garage with Matt Cleevely, owner of Cleevely EV, a family-run workshop at the forefront of electric v...
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Why BMW’s 2006 650i’s batteries were draining
PMM’s petrol-powered private investigator, Ben Johnson, steps out of the shadows to solve the mysterious case of th...
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The importance of testing every battery
Silver Street Motors proves Ecobat Battery’s test every battery message. Bearing in mind the demands that batterie...
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Ecobat encourages battery testing policies
Ecobat Battery has continued to encourage technicians to put into practice a battery testing policy for every vehic...
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Workshops supported for EV battery repairs
Valeo is supporting those workshops who are taking on EV/hybrid battery repairs with its new chiller range. Indepen...
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Ring issues MOT advice for technicians
Ring has issued advice for technicians surrounding lighting and batteries as the MOT season hits its peak. One test...
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How to check my battery health?
Ring has urged technicians to undertake the ‘holy trinity’ of battery support with every vehicle entering the works...
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VIDEO: Ring Lithium Jump Pack Review
In this video, Ed from Uckfield Motor Services shows you how to jump start your car with the Ring Automotive RPPL10...
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VIDEO: Ring Battery Charger Review
In this video we review the Ring Automotive SmartCharge Pro 50A Battery Charger, discussing the features of this un...
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CTEK’s PRO25SE assists garages
AJ Automedic outlines how using a CTEK PRO25SE has offered a safety net for its workshop as well as added value for...
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Rotronics explains battery drain causes
Ken Clark, managing director at Rotronics explains the difference between modern 12 V battery types and what causes...
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How to avoid car battery replacement
GS Yuasa explains how motorists can avoid the expense of a replacement car battery as the cost of living rises. Bat...
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Varta offers winter battery advice
Varta is recommending technicians replace customer batteries with a like-for-like product this winter. As the winte...
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Replacing batteries on modern vehicles
Banner Batteries is hoping to provide technicians with the information and confidence necessary to successfully rep...
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Product Test: Traction Charger MPL50-Li
Tony Powell AEE MIMI, owner of A P Autodiagnostics has spent a month with Traction Charger’s MPL50-Li. Here’s how h...
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Autoelectro offers ignition advice
Autoelectro’s UK sales manager Nick Hood offers his advice to technicians diagnosing and replacing ignition parts....
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Valeo outlines battery challenges
Valeo outlines the challenges facing batteries and alternators in modern passenger vehicles and what the company is...
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AS-PL investigates starter faults
AS-PL investigates some common issues surrounding starters. The starter does not stop turning The most common start...
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NGK outlines spark plug issues
Spark plug specialist NGK offers the PMM audience its advice on the most common spark plug issues. UK workshops car...
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Lithium Ion and Lithium Iron differences
Traction Charger outlines the key differences between the similarly named Lithium Ion and Lithium Iron batteries. D...
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Different battery types and how to care for them
Ken Clark, Managing Director of Rotronics, has provided a whistle-stop tour of the different types of battery avail...
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Common causes of alternator noise
Electrical components supplier AS-PL discusses some common causes of excessive alternator noise, including both ele...
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The future of battery testing
Rotronics’ Managing Director Ken Clark takes a look at battery testing in the workshops of tomorrow. Futureproofing...
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How to fix a flat battery on a Range Rover Evoque
PMM troubleshooter Andy Horwat tackles a Range Rover Evoque whose battery issues are causing its owner considerable...
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CTEK outlines PRO120
Battery chargers are a feature in every workshop. Here, we take a look at an offering from CTEK – the PRO120. The P...
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How to reduce the risk of battery failure
Rotronics outlines some of the steps independent workshops need to take to reduce battery failure in customers’ veh...
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The evolving relationships of parts
Autoelectro UK’s Sales Manager Nick Hood outlines the evolving partnership between battery, starter motor and alter...
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GYS outlines company processes
PMM visited GYS’ HQ in Rugby to find out a bit more about what goes into making one of the most recognisable brands...
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How to properly maintain batteries
Sometimes technicians need to educate customers on how best to treat their cars and maintain their batteries. Ecoba...
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Supporting the battery during diagnostic tests
3D Group explains why it’s essential technicians use the appropriate battery support when running diagnostic tests...
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Latest developments in battery technology
Battery expert Varta outlines what it has been doing over the past year to educate and inform workshop technicians...
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The complex process behind batteries
ECOBAT charts the complex process behind the modern car battery and seeks to clear up any remaining confusion. In t...
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Rotronics offers battery management tips
Rotronics provides some essential battery management tips to ensure that you provide the best service to your custo...
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The latest developments in Battery Support Units
Here, GYS’ Neil Pulsford explains the latest developments in Battery Support Units and what technicians need to kno...
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NGK outlines BoxClever loyalty scheme
NGK’s BoxClever UK independent garage loyalty scheme is a long-standing success story with thousands of garages gai...
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Varta explores its industry history
PMM goes back in time with Varta to explore the firm’s long history within the industry and to see how it has devel...
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Hella offers a solution for technicians
Hella’s Tech World website is helping technicians across the UK diagnose ignition coil faults. Here, we present so...
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The importance of testing and charging batteries
A recent webinar revealed some very interesting facts to the Rotronics team about technicians’ approach to battery...
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Autoelectro runs through smart charge alternators
Autoelectro provides a look at smart charge alternators, exploring the complexity of their design and how they have...
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VARTA urges garages to check car batteries
As we hit the peak of summer, the Battery Experts at VARTA are urging garages to test the battery of every car comi...
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Rotronics offers battery advice
Batt Rotronics is one of the UK’s leading battery management specialists, and therefore Managing Director Ken Clark...
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VARTA urges UK garages to test car batteries
As the UK experiences an easing of COVID 19 restrictions this summer, the Battery Experts at VARTA have highlighted...
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Scantec uncovers parasitic battery drain cause
Scantec Automotive’s Ross Kemp explains how his team came to uncover the culprit of parasitic battery drain on a Me...
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ECOBAT tracks battery developments
Motorist driving habits have changed in recent years, which means aftermarket products have had to adapt as a resul...
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Rotronics offers update on battery advice
PMM spoke to battery management expert Rotronics earlier this year, to provide readers with the best battery advice...
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ECOBAT develops online assessment
To complement its ONE BOX battery testing solution, ECOBAT has developed a video and online assessment to equip tec...
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Banner Batteries combats emissions
Despite the focus on engines when it comes to air quality, the humble battery remains an integral component in the ...
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Rotronics offers battery management advice
Vehicle inspections have started to rise again, so PMM has teamed up with Rotronics to help you maximise battery ma...
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Varta explores potential increase in battery failures
It comes as no surprise that the extended period of downtime caused by government-sanctioned lockdown has led to an...
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Autodata investigates battery technology
The influx of new hybrid and electric vehicles has sparked increased efforts to develop battery technology. So, doe...
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Varta provides advice on battery best practice
In this regular column, VARTA’s technical team demonstrates the capabilities of using the VARTA Partner Portal to a...
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Rotronics releases Covid-19 independent workshop guide
Long-term stationary vehicles and good battery health are not a match made in heaven. We have teamed up with Rotron...
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Batteries to beat winter
With its wide range of powerful batteries, Bosch aims to guide workshops through the cold winter season. The number...
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What to do with your dead batteries?
As extended periods of freezing temperatures become more common, the number of vehicle batteries that fail signific...
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And the WINNER is…
The September edition of PMM featured the opportunity for one lucky reader to win the latest GYS Battery Support Un...
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Electric Avenue
The constant emergence of new battery technologies can be hard to keep up with. To help, HEVRA’s Pete Melville runs...
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Digital development
In light of its recent launch, PMM was invited to try the GS Yuasa Academy, one of the first dedicated online batte...
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Bringing batteries to you
As BBL Batteries closes in on 50 years, it remains a leading UK battery specialist, embracing the latest technology...
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GS Yuasa offers support to homeless group
GS Yuasa has donated two of its YBX5625 Super Heavy Duty (SHD) batteries to the South Wales homeless group, Helping...
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Neither too hot, nor too cold
This month, PMM contributor Steve Carter is back to explain how the battery thermal management system may hold the ...
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CTEK announces partnership with CADEX
CTEK Sweden AB and Cadex Electronics Inc. have announced a strategic partnership to bring a new approach to battery...
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Start-stop battery testing package
Following some detailed research, Ecobat Battery Technology (EBT) discovered that nationally, 43% of garages turn a...
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Charging to victory
Traction Charger has a close relationship with motorsport racer Tommy Bridewell, with Tommy eyeing a podium positio...
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Battery mismanagement
Battery maintenance is a process that remains very much reactive rather than proactive within the automotive indust...
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Powering the electronic revolution
The groundswell of technological advancement in passenger cars requires new thinking about powering and charging ve...
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Micro-hybrid battery technologies
Russell Shea, Business Development Manager at Banner Batteries, outlines what you need to know about micro-hybrid b...
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Modern-day difficulties
Clarios, the global battery manufacturer behind the VARTA brand, estimates that as of 2020 every third car that ent...
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Best Practice Battery Selection
Yuasa discusses how to select the right battery for your customer, based on their vehicle and driving habits.
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Batteries & Charging
PMM hears from a number of leading battery and charging specialists, to find out what technicians can do this winte...
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The Unstoppable Rise of AGM & EFB Batteries
Start-stop vehicles already account for most new vehicle registrations in Europe, and are entering the aftermarket...
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Coping With the Cold
Workshops and motorists alike are well aware that potential battery issues can arise during the colder months of th...
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The Changing Role of the Battery
Johnson Controls assesses how start-stop technology will effect change in the aftermarket over the next decade.
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Serve & Protect
PMM has teamed up with Rotronics to deliver some top tips for outwitting the weather this winter and protecting you...
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Changes in the Battery Market
Ecobat explains why garages need to be clued up on changes in the battery market.
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EFB Guidance
There seems an air of mystery about EFB batteries and how to look after them. The reality is that there is no myste...
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The Next Generation
Exide explains why the automotive world is moving on from conventional batteries of old.
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Hybrid Drive System Warning Lamp & MIL Illuminated – Toyota Prius
Autodata’s Technical Team share their fixes to common problems raised through Autodata’s technical helpline, availa...
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Testing Times
The most common cause of vehicle breakdown across Europe remains battery-related, says Ecobat.
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Meeting The Standard
It's easy to assume that all AGM batteries are the same, but the truth is that only a few batteries meet today’s co...
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Changing How You Measure Battery Maintenance
Rotronics describes ROBIS, its newly developed web-based dashboard and reporting system, which collects and analyse...
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Don’t Put Your Reputation on the Line
Workshops are putting their reputation at risk by installing the wrong batteries on start-stop cars. This can cause...
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Are You Ready For AGM?
Ecobat Battery Technologies (EBT) considers the long-awaited move towards AGM batteries.
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Battery Testing a Routine Procedure
Based on the results of a market research survey looking at the levels of battery maintenance carried out by indepe...
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Equalisation Charge for a Hybrid
In this case study, Steve Carter describes a problem he encountered on a Prius.
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Is Leaking Coolant to Blame?
Dally Singh, Tech Manager, Autoelectro, urges technicians to avoid a fitting error that leads engine coolant to cau...
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“Is the S-Class Still Top of the Class?”
The Mercedes S-Class plug-in hybrid: an industry leader or simply a technical ‘stop-gap’? Jonathan Sampson, MD at A...
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Battery System Check
Rotronics explores the value of introducing a simple and speedy battery system check that can be built in to every...
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Workshop Essentials – Battery Maintenance Data
According to Autodata, the number of vehicles with battery issues doubles in the period between November and Februa...
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Battery management – why wait for winter?
CTEK explains why effective battery management all year round is essential for the well-being of both the battery a...
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Vehicle Troubleshooter – Battery replacement
Steve Carter, Train4Auto Consultancy, explains how to overcome common problems with fitting batteries to ‘smart cha...
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How do you configure replacement batteries?
With the introduction of new CO2 production control systems such as smart charging and Idle Start/Stop (ISS) it is...
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How to fit modern car batteries
Today’s batteries need to be installed correctly or the customer may soon need to return to the garage. Without bat...
