ST. LOUIS — Hunter Engineering Co. has added a dedicated page on its website designed to help explain sophisticated ADAS procedures and terminology as easy-to-understand topics.
The resource, the interactive ADAS Learning Tool, works on tablets or desktop computers and is designed to help counter workers or for customers to browse on their own. The tool addresses the why, when and how questions shops and drivers might have about automated driver assistance systemes (ADAS) calibrations, Hunter said.
"ADAS has received plenty of attention the past several years, but comparatively little of it deals with talking to actual vehicle owners," Tommy Maitz, Hunter director of marketing, said.
"This learning tool will help shops have more informative and effective conversations with their customers about which systems are included on their cars, and the need for calibrations."
The page sorts ADAS procedures into four categories — camera, radar, ultrasound and internal — and provides brief overviews and images for each category to help with in-person discussions. Users can then examine a color-coded vehicle image to learn about specific functions and locations of ADAS components and when calibrations would be needed.
The site also includes extensive lists of the names vehicle makers use for the ADAS systems across their models, color-coded to locations on the image.
"While shops generally know much more about ADAS than their customers at this point, there's still some confusion and uncertainty when they talk to them," Maitz said.
"This tool is a quick and easy way for everyone to understand the concepts and get on the same ADAS page."
For more information, see hunter.com.