Blanka Kasalo, Author at Automotive Training Centre

Highlights from the New York Auto Show

Each spring, the New York Auto Show signals the unofficial end of the auto show season, a prime opportunity for the big carmakers to introduce their latest models to the North American market. This ye

10 April 2013

BC is Getting Charged Up About Electric Cars

Anyone who attended last week’s Vancouver International Auto Show couldn’t have missed the Green Ride and Drive exhibit staged in front of the convention centre. All-electric Ford Fusions and hybr

3 April 2013

Vancouver International Auto Show 2013 Preview

It wouldn’t be spring without the Vancouver International Auto Show, and this year’s could be the best one yet. Canada’s third largest auto show is in its 92nd year of showcasing t

27 March 2013

Rolling out Airless Tires

What happens when you take the air out of a tire? Ask any automotive technician and he or she will tell you to dust of your jack and get out your spare. …But not so fast. It looks like a tire withou

20 March 2013

Self-Driving Cars Are Gaining Momentum

Most of us would agree that one of the absolute best auto careers out there is building robot cars. Granted, a huge portion of the joy we get from cars comes when we’re actually driving, there i

13 March 2013

Say Hello to the Lamborghini Veneno

The new Lamborghini Veneno was supposed to be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show, but to everyone’s happy surprise, some photos leaked out a little early. As expected, Lamborghini really went over th

6 March 2013

From Custom to Concept: Cars that are Out of this World

Coming across some really off-the-top designs are one of the wonderful parts of the auto world. There are so many great (or just plain crazy) car designs out there, that we decided to round them up. C

27 February 2013

Tesla Won’t Stand For Any Lies

Tesla and The New York Times are having went neck-to-neck after a reporter, John Broder, gave the Model S a negative review. The review was published after Broder test drove the car, but Tesla complai

20 February 2013

BMW Designs the Ultimate Dream Car

What would your dream car look like? Seriously, if money wasn’t an issue and you had access to all of the skills and technology you needed, what kind of car would you build? The thing with almost an

13 February 2013

Best Super Bowl Car Ad: Audi vs. Mercedes

This year’s Super Bowl brought us a ton of new car ads, and picking the best one was a really tough call. We were given a mix of humour, drama and flat-out extravagance in the car ads this year, mak

7 February 2013

Canada will be Home to Hybrid Manufacturing

Canada is going to be building its first in-house hybrid vehicle with the help of $34 million provincial and federal grant to Toyota. Hybrids, which use a combination of electricity and gasoline, are

30 January 2013

Auto Shows Across Canada

With the Detroit Auto Show over, we’re all noticing that the car hype is dropping pretty quick. But if you’re a car show junkie or you want some more research for your career in auto sales, there

23 January 2013

Sneak Peeks from the Detroit Auto Show

Every year people in automotive careers of all stripes look forward to the Detroit Auto Show. It’s a spectacular event, with all the North American International brands in attendance to give a sneak

16 January 2013

The ATC Summer Photo Contest

The ATC Summer Photo Contest is back on! Our winner for last month’s contest is Debi Gaylard, from the Dispatching & Transportation Operations program. Debi submitted the following photo of

27 June 2012

ATC Placement Rate Tops 90%

Over the course of the last year, we’ve posted many times on the strength of the local automotive industry, its importance to the B.C. Economy, and the benefits to auto training programs. WeR

22 June 2012

The CPCA Conference Comes to Vancouver

The Marriott Pinnacle Hotel in Vancouver will host the 99th Annual Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) Conference and AGM. The theme for this year’s conference is ”Un

15 June 2012

B.C. Auto News

In an industry as large and important as the B.C. automotive industry, there is always a lot going on. This is especially true these last couple of years, with many people believing we are entering so

8 June 2012

Car Dealers Drive BC Economy

You have most likely heard a lot of doom and gloom regarding the automotive industry in the last few years, and with good reason: the economic downturn has clearly affected consumers and the industry.

20 April 2012

ATC Long Weekends

There is a special quality to ATC long weekends. As soon as the closure signs go up on our doors, the students (and staff) undergo a metamorphosis. Everyone smiles and laughs more, though

20 April 2012

Employment Paper Closure

For years, job seekers in the lower mainland have relied upon the Employment Paper for assistance in finding employment. We are sad to say they have stopped publication. With the gradual move to

20 April 2012

Electric Mobility Canada Plans Green Highway

Electric Mobility Canada is asking the federal government for $15 million for a coast-to-coast “green highway” that will include roughly 100 rapid charging stations for electric vehicles. This req

20 April 2012

Nissan Delivers British Columbia’s First Mass Market Electric

Nissan Canada has delivered the first all-electric Nissan LEAF to a retail customer in British Columbia. Bill and Nicole Clendinning, of Coquitlam, received their red Nissan LEAF S

20 April 2012

Carter Automotive Family Inducted Into Business Hall of Fame

Carter Automotive Family has been inducted into the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards’ Hall of Fame. The Burnaby Board of Trade, in conjunction with the City of Burnaby, gives out this award. Carte

20 April 2012

Pawlik Automotive Tops Georgia Straight Poll

Pawlik Automotive topped the 2011 Georgia Straight Reader’s Choice “Best of Vancouver” poll for Best Auto Service (Independent). The online survey polled readers in the greater Vancouver ar

20 April 2012

Diesel to Power U.S. Economy

An auto industry group has predicted that the diesel engine industry will play a vital role in helping the U.S. economy grow and recover from the economic slowdown of the last few years. The report st

20 April 2012

Investing in Higher Education: Your Best Investment

With the world economic and job market troubles dominating the news, it’s easy to start assuming that a diploma or degree is not worth the cost. This assumption, however, is not accurate. According

20 April 2012

A Golden Age for the BC Auto Industry?

We’ve discussed the auto industry’s importance to the local job market and economy, but now the Vancouver Sun has also got into the act. The paper recently wrote that”there has never

20 April 2012

A Testimonial From Graduate Shaun Way

With summer just around the corner, we at Automotive Training Centre love hearing the progress of recent grads. From our Automotive Service Technician program to the Auto

20 April 2012

A Word From Recent Grad Jeanne Lalonde

Here at the Automotive Training Centre, we love nothing more than hearing from recent grads. From graduates of our Automotive Service Technician program to alumni of the Auto Service Operations traini

20 April 2012

ATC Student News (Spring Edition)

With the weather warming up and spring in full swing, it’s easy to be happy at this time of year, but especially when you have great student news to report! With March just coming to a close (Ha

20 April 2012

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Geno-Flecher Dinelle Auto Mechanic

Mon passage à l’École de l’Automobile a été une expérience des plus positives. Ceci m’a permis d’atteindre mon objectif tout de suite à la fin de mon cours en obtenant un emploi en mécanique automobile.

Mon expérience a été enrichissante également sur le plan humain. J’ai grandi à travers ma formation et j’y ai même gagné d’excellents amis. Je suis maintenant un nouveau papa bien outillé pour relever mes nouvelles responsabilités

Geno-Flecher Dinelle ,gradué en mécanique automobile

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