Spring Spotlight!!

ATech Training • February 23, 2026

Upcoming Events

Trade Shows and Conferences

Get Ready!! ATech Training has an exciting lineup of events coming your way in the months ahead! Don't miss the opportunity to learn, connect, and grow with us!

March

3/5/2026-3/8/2026: Vision Hi-Tech Training & Expo: Overland Park Convention Center, Leawood, KS

3/12/2026: MATA: Macomb Community College, Warren, MI

3/13/2026: RMATS: Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO

3/26/2026-3/27/2026: ICAIA: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

June

6/1/2026-6/5/2026: SkillsUSA: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA

6/8/2026-6/12/2026: Florida ASE Conference: Orange Technical College - South Campus, Orlando, FL

6/15/2026-6/18/2026: Automotive Educator Conference: Sacramento, CA

July

7/15/2026-7/17/2026: UNOH Instructor Conference: University of Northwestern Ohio, Lima, OH

7/20/2026-7/24/2026: ASE Instructor Conference: Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Frisco Hotel & Convention Center, Frisco, TX

Welcome Our Spring Co-Op Students!

ATech is excited to welcome Kylie and to welcome back Noah, students from the University of Cincinnati – College of Engineering and Applied Science, to our engineering team this spring!

Through our Co-Op Program, Kylie and Noah will work closely with our engineering team, gain valuable hands-on experience, and contribute to meaningful, real-world projects.

We’re looking forward to a great semester of learning, collaboration, and innovation.

Welcome aboard, Kylie and Noah!!

Teaching Essential EV Systems In Your Classroom

Dive into the future of automotive education by checking out ATech Training Youtube video!!

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By ATech Training • February 3, 2025

The automotive industry is an ever-changing landscape of engineering innovation. As always, this atmosphere of change has once again made the attempt to lurch forward. There are multiple changes and challenges coming for automotive technicians in the near future. Some small, some large, and some totally ground-breaking. I won’t be going too far into the technology of some of these innovations as some are not only complicated, but quite difficult to describe. I will, however, do my best. As a round-up of older developments let’s take a look at these technologies from Nissan, Konigsegg and Liquid Piston that seemed far-fetched only a few years ago. Seven or eight years ago Nissans developed a variable compression engine that changed the stroke of the piston as needed to alter the performance characteristics. Thus, aiding both performance and fuel economy. When a change in compression is needed, an actuator motor adjusts the pistons position changing the compression from 14:1 (economy) to 8:1 (performance). This engine is now offered in many of their newer vehicles and will be installed in all of their Nissan Murano SUVs in the 2025 model year. It is an engineering marvel that seemed like magic only seven or eight years ago. The engine has proven itself fairly reliable and Nissan is hoping that it will perform as their new standard looking forward. Of course, their engineers are now on to greater things.

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Engines of the Future are Already Here!

By Jeff Bogue • December 12, 2023

I have been dreaming about and studying engines and engine performance of cars, trucks, and motorcycles for the better part of 45 years. It’s a hobby. It keeps me busy on cold winter evenings. It’s something that has become a large part of my life and, like playing with dogs, is something I love to do. I have written about engines and the engineering that is involved in them for the last 15 years, and I have always been forward-thinking. When a new engine is being lauded by the manufacturers as the next big thing, I read all about it and report those findings here. In the past, I have written about every one of the engines in this article at one time or another, and each one was glowingly revealed by the engineers with the statement “We can expect these engines in our cars in the next few years”. Well, a few years have passed and now most of these engines ARE in our cars and trucks and should be reaching repair shops and dealerships now. We just haven’t heard that much about them because people, as a general rule, really don’t care that much about which engine is in their car if it gets good gas mileage, is reasonably reliable, and has a little umph to get on the highway. Well, that is not us. We care. We study it. It’s what we do and why you are where you are reading this article. Without further ado, let us look at the “Engines of the Future” that you can buy (and service) now.

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