New NAPA brand to service EVs, hybrids
The NexDrive banner is a network of automotive support facilities for up coming-generation autos. As Canadians report better fascination in electric automobiles and company right after producer announces electrification ideas, NAPA reported it is the proper time for the enterprise to transfer into the segment and be a current market leader.
The announcement was manufactured at the Montreal Electrical and Plug-in Hybrid Car Demonstrate on April 22.
NexDrive is presently functioning in Europe in Benelux, a region covering Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. It operates less than the Alliance Automotive Group, a fellow subsidiary of Real Parts Enterprise.
Given that its launch in 2020, there are 100 support centres. In Canada, NAPA will guidance the banner as a result of its community of merchants and distribution centres.
“We are incredibly very pleased to be the initially to offer owners of electrical and plug-in hybrid autos a community of licensed outlets that will be ready to meet their routine maintenance and maintenance requirements,” reported Alain Masse, president of UAP. “The increasing purchaser interest in these vehicles, as effectively as federal government initiatives to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, are helping to accelerate the shift to these new technologies, and we believe that our posture as Canada’s aftermarket leader will allow for us to offer you a high-quality choice to authentic gear dealerships.”
To be a technician in a NexDrive store, certification is needed. Techs will have to meet a distinct established of conditions, together with accredited technological teaching, specialized devices and applications, adherence to stringent security benchmarks, common audits and sourcing pieces from a certified NAPA retail store.
Ideal now, 11 shops in the NAPA network are NexDrive-qualified in Quebec and 13 some others are in the system of acquiring certification. The organization reported new outlets will be included to the banner in the coming months and months.
According to NAPA’s announcement, the NexDrive application builds on the Mécanique Haute Tension (MHT) application introduced in 2020 by Alain and Mathieu Côté, house owners of various NAPA Automobile Areas outlets in the Quebec Metropolis space.
“Our objective is to supply the finest community of specialty company facilities for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle restore and servicing with the entire help of the NAPA Car Elements community,” mentioned John O’Dowd, vice president of advertising and marketing at NAPA.