Hunter Engineering's Ultimate ADAS gains Kia approval
Kia has approved Hunter Engineering's Ultimate ADAS for its North American dealer and collision repair network.
Kia is Hunter's first Korean automaker to provide approval, bringing its OEM total to eight for the alignment and static calibration system. Additional OEM approvals are expected in the near future.
Ultimate ADAS is designed to eliminate error-prone manual layouts common to static ADAS calibrations, combining standard-setting alignment technology with an efficient and easy-to-use guided target placement system for around-the-vehicle coverage. Gimbal-mounted lasers are central to the system, replacing the guesswork of strings, plumb bobs, and tape measures.
Additionally, Ultimate ADAS provides thorough and easy-to-understand documentation, confirming placements, procedures, before-and-after measurements, and more, all accessed through HunterNet 2, Hunter's customer portal.
Ultimate ADAS now includes dynamic and static calibration coverage for a total of 19 OEMs, supporting more than 7,400 static ADAS procedures and accounting for more than 90 percent of vehicles in operation.
A word from Hunter
“It’s truly been a pleasure to partner with Kia America to approve Ultimate ADAS for Kia dealers,” said Kaleb Silver, Hunter Senior Director, Product Management. “Kia is a leader in the ADAS market, and Ultimate ADAS gives their dealer and collision network access to the industry-leading ADAS calibration technology to service and document vehicles more efficiently.”
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