Drivin' Through

It’s been a long wait. After two years and six months, The Car Wash Show, car wash’s biggest event, was back live and in person.  »

It’s nearly like old times. Though the sequence has been adjusted somewhat, we are again living that familiar experience: one car wash show following another as the year progresses, albeit at irregular intervals. »

It’s going to get tougher to compete. It is one thing to do battle for customers with Joe’s Car Wash five miles down the road or Sally’s Auto Spa in the neighboring zip code. »

The talk was about numbers. And that was to be expected as this was Mister Car Wash’s Q2 2021 earnings call.  »

“Autonomous Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is two to three years away — for real this time.”  »

The Southwest Car Wash Association’s annual convention and expo has long been known as the first big car wash show of the year. »

The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States may be off to a slow start, but their presence on our roads is sure to increase more rapidly as auto manufacturers roll out new models, ranging from sedans to  »

The first car wash show in more than a year is almost upon us. It’s perhaps fitting that the Southwest Car Wash Association Convention and Expo, having been the last show to take place, has the honor of being the first. »

Operators fear the commoditization of car washing. It is a fear that has long been expressed, but one that acquired an amplified urgency with the advent of the express exterior model. It is not difficult to see why. The... »

In his Finishing Line column on page 78 in this issue, Bob Roman discusses several technologies that are disrupting the auto industry, among them online auto sales,  »

The view comprised a sandy beach, blue skies, the ocean stretching to the horizon, and three palm trees.  »

A New Year, a fresh start — that’s what we all are hoping for. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 impact will by all accounts linger well into 2021.  »

When we broached the subject of interior cleaning in this space in January this year, little did we know the significance it would take on within a few short months.  »

For some time, there has been reporting about new-car dealerships adding full-size conveyor car washes to their operations. In some instances, these facilities are for in-house use only, providing a wash for cars that have just... »

A white paper on a post-pandemic market, recently released by American Marketing Group (AMG), reports that personal consumption spending  »