Dealerships can face large battery replacement bills across their showroom vehicles, however this can all be avoided with some PROACTIVE battery management! Showrooms present a unique challenge when it comes to battery maintenance, vehicles are constantly in use by customers testing out the vehicles features. Just opening a door can energise the vehicle and help to drain the battery. Without support from the alternator, the 12V battery is under immense pressure to keep all systems running smoothly which in the end can lead to the battery failing, leaving the vehicle inoperable and leave customers thinking the vehicle is unreliable. And it’s not just petrol and diesel cars. Hybrid and pure EV cars all

The initial investment of around £1,000 for the Midtronics CPX900ROBISP, plus a £240 annual ROBIS subscription can easily be justified by the revenue it generates.  

Established in 1971  independent automotive workshop in Bristol, SF Tebby & Son made the investment a few months ago and now offers free battery testing with any service, and a £10 fee for standalone fixes. This approach, combined with a battery replacement rate of around 30%, translates into significant new revenue. Jack Bryant, assistant manager of the garage said, “the tester paid for itself within a month. The revenue opportunities are incredible, and we have confidence in the results we provide to our customers.”  

Since

We were given the opportunity to feature in the latest edition of Tread magazine!

Our aim is to support all automotive buisnesses with their battery management programmes, whether you are an independent garage or a national fleet company, we are here to help. Recently, we were given the opportunity to feature in Tread's latest magazine. We go into detail about Winter Battery care, Midtronics advanced CPX-900 battery tester and how you can use these tools to 'Recharge your profitability'.

Read the latest edition of Tread here: Magazine - Tread | Tyre industry news (treadmagazine.co.uk)

Our battery management expert Ken Clark took the stage at Mechanex 2023 to talk about how vital the 12v battery is to not only ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles but also new EV vehicles. Here at Rotronics, we are always thinking about how we can make battery management as simple and easy to understand as possible. This is why ROBIS was created, to achieve this aim.

What Can ROBIS do?

ROBIS is already an industry leading technology when it comes to battery management, with its host of features from warranty management to easy-to-read filtrable results that can be accessed anywhere. Since its launch in 2019, ROBIS has recorded over five million test results and saved customers thousands of pounds in battery replacements by promoting and providing active battery management solutions. Norfolk County Council alone saw a 95% reduction

2023 has been a been a busy year for us at Rotronics. Thank you to everyone for your support and we look forward to a successful 2024!

So, what did we get up to in 2023?

Trade Shows

Trade shows allow us to talk face to face with other industry professionals about how we can help support workshops to reduce enhance their customer service and increase revenue at the same time. In 2023 we exhibited at 2 of the UK’s busiest shows, Automechanika and Mechanex!

In June we visited Automechanika at the NEC in Birmingham. We spent 3 days talking to hundreds of people about the importance of maintaining batteries and showing CTEK’s latest EV charger, the Chargestorm 2.

Later in the year, we exhibited at Mechanex in Sandown Park. Vehicle manufacturers

At the recent Mechanex show Ken Clark took to the stage to give a presentation on how workshops can ‘get 12V EV ready’.

It was an intriguing title for a presentation. Independent workshops currently feel ‘locked out’ of the EV vehicle servicing market. When it comes to the battery they are unable to access the technology that can evaluate and rebalance the traction – or power – batteries of electric vehicles.

However, Ken came at the EV opportunity from a different angle by focusing on the opportunity the 12V battery in EV’s presents.

It is not widely known that all EV’s have a ‘standard’ 12V starter type battery fitted in the vehicle. It does not operate as  a starter battery in the traditional sense but instead controls the vital

Mechanex 2023!

Tuesday 7^th October to Wednesday 8^th October we had a stand at Mechanex 2023 in Sandown. It was great to meet everyone who attended and discuss the latest battery management technologies and a lot more.

Ken Clark presented at PMM Live

Our battery management expert, Ken Clark, took to the stage at PMM Live to speak about how vital 12V batteries are in Electric Vehicles.

On both days of the Mechanex show, Ken spoke to a filled audience about how the 12V battery will still need to be maintained on ICE and Electric Vehicles.

Don’t worry if you didn’t get chance to listen to Ken’s talk, you can read all about it

Rotronics Sponsored Lewis Clark has won the Champions Cup after a tight race at Brands Hatch in Kent.

About Lewis Clark

Lewis has been competing in multiple races, resulting in him taking the top spot at last years Hot Hatch Series in Castle Coombe. After being victorious in the Hot Hatch Series, Lewis shifted his focus to taking the Champions Cup.

What is the Champions Cup?

Unlike the Hot Hatch Series, where you can drive any hatchback car, the Champions Cup requires everyone to drive the same car. Every driver drove a Ford Focus Zetec S 2.0L. This means it is purely down to the driver’s skill to take the cup.

The Qualifying

It’s a big advantage to start off the race sitting on the start line. Lewis managed to finish qualifying in 2^nd place, putting him in 2^nd place on the grid for the start of Race 1.

Saturday - Race 1

Lewis had a great start to race 1, in part thanks to the great qualifying

At the end of May 2023 we starting packing up and moved south from Darlaston, Birmingham to our new location down in Tortworth, South Gloucestershire!

At the end of 2022 we decided to take the opportunity to move the business south, as that’s where most of our team lives and we wanted a space that allowed us to expand and grow with our future plans. The search was on! The team spent countless hours looking at different units and planning how the space could work for us.

Eventually we decided to settle in Tortworth Business Park! Since then we have….

• Loaded endless lorries
• Designed and built a new service and repair centre
• Hired 3 new team members
• Built a new CTEK EV charger configuration room