AUTEC Car Wash Systems

Back when AUTEC was founded, washing your car in the driveway was commonplace. The average car owner would wash their own car. It took a bucket, soap, water, old towels, precious time, and elbow grease. But the hassle of cleaning your car yourself, outdoors, every week, inspired one man to take a leap of faith – and, as a result, develop outstanding car-wash technology.

On August 1, 1981, Tom Hobby started AUTEC. Since car-washing at home was so prevalent, he took a risk, starting a business that counted on changing people’s mindset. As a natural visionary, Hobby supported the acceptance and ubiquity of automatic car-wash systems around the country. Progressing from hand-washing our own cars outdoors, to today’s outstanding AUTEC car-wash systems, we’ve taken a load off the everyday American.