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Article: Meet "Mr. Hybrid'; Influx of hybrid vehicles provides opportunities for auto repair shops to add a revenue stream.(News)
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- Waste & Recycling News
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- March 16, 2009
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Byline: Jeff Yip
Craig Van Batenburg is all charged up about hybrids and 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 machine income that too many independent shops are ignoring or are afraid of servicing.
Van Batenburg's Automotive Career Development Center in Worcester, Mass., has investigated, used and in a few cases, abused his own fleet of Ford, Honda and Toyota hybrids in the name of research. That's literally dozens of hybrids provided as guinea pigs to teach ...