Smart vehicles need smart garages. Investing in the internet of things will guarantee greater productivity, speed and safety. Modern auto-repairers must make the most of their own IT system optimizing cloud access.

EGEA and AFCAR point out the need for an electronic certificate that regulates access and guarantees privacy, security and puts an end to tampering practices. The European Parliament, meanwhile, established that the Commission must develop within the year an adequate legislative framework

It seemed almost impossible, but garage equipment is still evolving, with car diagnostics on the front line: more user-friendly hardware and software, the internet as a stable background to retrieve information and updates in almost real time. At the same time, where software is less essential there are talks of quick maintenance service and ergonomics
 

The European Garage Equipment Association has recently decided to create a specific working group with the aim of defining a product standard for the suspension tests equipment, trying to identify a viable and cost-effective solution for anyone in Europe and around the world who wants to introduce this test in their periodic vehicle inspection checks.

Smart equipment, predictive diagnosis and self-learning software able to act independently. These are just some of the innovations to which mechatronic specialists, body shops and tire dealers will have to pay special attention to in order to capitalize on their full potential and avoid being “scrapped”.