AutoXray and MIDTRONICS Launch Battery Tester for Scan tools at AAPEX
Leading Manufacturers Collaborate to Offer New Line of Accessories
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 5 -- AutoXray and Midtronics today, at the Automotive Aftermarket Product Expo (AAPEX) trade show, announced the launch of the new AutoXray EZ-Charge Check line of battery conductance testers designed specifically for use with the new EZ-Scan line of diagnostic scan tools. AutoXray, the leading provider of cost-effective automotive diagnostic scanners, and Midtronics, the leader in battery management technology, combined their patented technologies and creative abilities to produce the first products in a new line of accessories to expand the functionality and capability of the EZ-Scan line.
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The EZ-Charge Check offers the same core benefits of other Midtronics battery testers while offering additional capabilities based on the EZ-Scan platform and display. The basic model, the EZ-Charge Check 100, is a battery conductance tester with voltmeter functionality. Using conductance technology, the EZ-Charge Check 100 makes battery testing safe, fast and simple, and helps users find weak batteries before they fail. The EZ-Charge Check 200 adds additional test capabilities, including voltmeter functionality for capturing low voltage when starting and high voltage readings for testing the charging system.
"Midtronics is excited to provide another first-ever product to the automotive aftermarket," said Will Sampson, Aftermarket Director of Sales and Marketing for Midtronics. Sampson added, "Combining the leading battery testing technology from us with the leading automotive scanner from AutoXray is a real win-win situation for the manufacturers and the end users. It helps make Midtronics conductance testing technology available to more technicians and DIYers (do-it-yourselfers.)"
"We heard our EZ Scan customers asking for more in the way of battery information," said Bill Miller, President of AutoXray. "Today, with the EZ-Charge Check accessory, we are able to answer that call with a savvy new product that allows our customers to increase the value of their current EZ-Scan -- which they are already familiar with -- and protect themselves or their customers by identifying charging system problems early."
The EZ-Charge Check is safe, fast and simple to use. AutoXray customers must already have upgraded their EZ-Scan with the latest software update to use the add-on. (Customers who need to do this can go to www.autoxray.com and obtain this free software update.) EZ-Charge Check prices start at $119.99 and up. The products are available now, nationwide.
EZ-Charge Check Features and Benefits:
-- Tests for battery condition, voltage, and available power*
-- Voltmeter Function with high and low volts capture to test the
starting and charging system*
-- CCA, CA, EN, and DIN battery rating systems for foreign and domestic
vehicle batteries*
-- Conductance technology helps find weak batteries before they fail
-- Safe, fast, and simple to use
-- Uses technology required by car manufacturers worldwide for battery
warranty testing
*Not all functions are available in the EZ-Charge Check 100
About Midtronics
Midtronics is focused on the development and marketing of innovative technologies for battery management. With a history of advanced battery-related research, Midtronics' patented technologies have been tailored for a variety of applications, including transportation (automotive, heavy-duty trucking, off-road), stationary and motive power, and military use. The development of progressive products has positioned the company as a leader in the industries it serves. Headquartered in Willowbrook, Illinois, USA, Midtronics has offices in IJsselstein, The Netherlands, North Bay, Ontario, Canada, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Shenzhen, China and a global network of distributors.
About AutoXray, Inc.
AutoXray, Inc. is the leading provider of effective, affordable diagnostic equipment to both professional and amateur automotive technicians. AutoXray's flagship products, the EZ-Scan line, use proprietary software compliant with the latest standards, including the Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol, and are upgradeable via the Internet to easily accommodate changes. Approved by the EPA for Inspection & Maintenance programs and used during the EPA certification process, AutoXray's patented technology, functionality, and compact design have garnered the Popular Mechanics Editor's Choice Award for three years in a row, and the company was recently honored with a "Top 20 Tools Awards" from Motor Magazine. For more information, visit www.autoxray.com .
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