1 April 2019 – Well the first Excel Queensland championship round for 2019 has been run and won, and as usual we have had our share of drama and ups and downs in what was a pretty wild weekend. Sadly, we didn’t walk away with the win, but can take an enormous amount of positives from the weekend’s activities.
29 March 2019 – It has been what has felt like an eternity, but the MTAQ Racing Team is back for another tilt at the Queensland Series X3 Excel Championship – starting with Round 1 at Morgan Park (Warwick) this weekend March 29-31. This is the first installment in what promises to be a huge year for Excel racing not only in Queensland, but across the country.
28 Mar 2019 – MTA Queensland member and used car dealer, Rod Pether Motors in Rosslea, is slowly making its recovery after torrential flooding in the Townsville region last month. Rod’s stock was engulfed in over a metre of floodwater.
27 Mar 2019 – Join MTA Queensland for the next NAWIC ‘Women on Tools’ Breakfast! Open to all females in the trades, we would love to many automotive industry ladies coming along. Females who are new to the industry and apprentices will also benefit from the opportunity to network and socialise with other girls in trades.
22 Mar 2019 – We know that historically automotive sales is a field dominated by men, but there has been incremental progress toward more gender balance in the past decade.
18 Mar 2019 – On the 27-28 March Dr Brett Dale, CEO for MTA Queensland has been invited to be a participant on an expert panel at the 9th Annual Australian Healthcare Week. The purpose is to discuss the role of autonomous vehicles (AV) for the health care sector with health professionals and academics.
18 Mar 2019 – 3D printing and robots are changing the face of the automotive repair industry where technicians can work alongside robotic systems which can in turn fast-track their on-the-job training.
15 Mar 2019 – The Nissan Leaf is the world’s best selling electric car and it is coming to Australia in August.
6 Mar 2019 – In 2017, the Australian Government introduced the Industry Specialist Mentoring for Australian Apprentices (ISMAA) program, which aims to increase apprentice retention through regular face-to-face guidance. Dr Brett Dale, group chief executive of The Motor Trades Association of Queensland, which was selected as an ISMAA provider, says mentors have a major positive effect on the future workforce of the automotive industry.
28 Feb 2019 – Survey: Most Small Business Fleets Going Electric. According to a survey commissioned by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi LCV business, two thirds (66%) of small businesses predict their fleets will be fully electric within the next 20 years.
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