What the training covers
- Event
- Full-day HVAC and thermal management training hosted by Autel Academy
- Date
- Friday, October 30, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Location
- Hilton Garden Inn Roslyn, Port Washington, New York
- Who can attend
- Automotive technicians and educators nationwide
- Price
- $249, includes continental breakfast, snacks and lunch
- Registration
- autel.cc/hvac-training-ny
Autel U.S. is running a one-day training session on HVAC and thermal management work, hosted by Autel Academy at the Hilton Garden Inn Roslyn in Port Washington, New York, on Friday, October 30 (opens in a new tab). The event runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is open to automotive technicians and educators from across the country. Tickets are $249 and include a continental breakfast, snacks and lunch, with seating limited.
The program centers on the MaxiHVAC AC909 and the diagnostic strategy behind it, aimed at air conditioning work in internal combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles. Instruction comes from Gary DeLuca, the Autel U.S. founder who led the AC909 from concept to a working system, and Gary Machiros, owner of Applied Automotive Technology. DeLuca said the interest in the tool has borne out his expectations: "The response to the AC909 has confirmed what we believed from the beginning: technicians have been waiting for a better way to diagnose these systems".
Autel says the training will cover analysis of pressure, temperature and humidity, diagnostics for components and electronic controls, thermal management for hybrids and EVs, heat pumps, AC909 workflows and refrigerant leak detection. The company says the AC909 brings measurements together in a graphical view and offers guided checks to help technicians assess operation, diagnose faults, investigate poor performance and verify repairs.
How to sign up
Registration is handled at autel.cc/hvac-training-ny, and Autel notes that seating is limited for the single-day event. Product information for the AC909D is posted at autel.us/product/maxihvac-ac909/. Press inquiries go to Allison Whitney.
Autel says vehicle thermal management increasingly handles temperatures in batteries, power electronics and computers, while A/C diagnostics still focus largely on refrigerant servicing and pressure readings. Autel cites Scott Norman, a professor who coordinates Pittsburg State University's Automotive Technology Program, describing the AC909 as "like going from DOS to Windows".