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Article: They call him "Mr. Hybrid'; Influx of hybrid vehicles providing opportunities for savvy repair shops to add another revenue stream, and one owner's all charged up about it.(news)
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- Tire Business
- Article date:
- March 2, 2009
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Byline: Jeff Yip
Craig Van Batenburg is all charged up about hybridsand he thinks that operators of independent repair shops should be, too.
Why? Because when he pops the hood, the hybrid-vehicle evangelist sees not only an internal combustion engine and electric motor but a revenue-generating machineincome that too many independent shops are ignoring or are afraid of servicing.
Mr. Van Batenburg's Automotive Career Development Center (ACDC) in Worcester, Mass., has investigated, usedand in a few cases, abusedhis own fleet of Ford, Honda and Toyota hybrids in the name of research. That's literally dozens of hybrids provided as guinea pigs to ...