🌅Good morning! In this issue of the Car Wash Daily News email newsletter, read about AquaSonic Car Wash’s much-anticipated debut with its first site opening in New Port Richey, Florida.

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AquaSonic Car Wash debuts with New Port Richey site grand opening

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✂️SHORTCUTS✂️

   Editor’s Pick 👇

• Car wash customers invited to join Autobell in support of Make-A-Wish: Autobell Car Wash is inviting its customers to join in a campaign to bring hope to critically ill children through a special campaign with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Through June 29, the company will donate $1 from every sale of its ‘Rain Repellent Special’ wash during that time to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The fundraiser will take place at all Autobell locations in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. Read more here.

   Express Hits  🎯 

• Wash N Go Car Wash recently celebrated the grand opening of its newest location at 1921 High House Rd. in Cary, North Carolina. The state-of-the art wash offers fast and eco-friendly car wash services, including both express and full service and detailing. The location also is home to a BP gas station and a convenience store/min-mart. The family-owned company has roots dating back to 1987 in South Florida. 

• Commercial mobile car washes or detailing services that send rinse water into the city’s stormwater sewer system would be breaking the law under an amended ordinance that cleared the Camden (New Jersey) City Council last week. The amended ordinance will get a public hearing at the July 8 city council meeting, where the council will decide whether to make it law. Advocates said it ordinance was needed to ensure compliance with the federal Clean Water Act.

• Residents of Anchorage, Alaska, got their first look of the interior of a mysterious new city building last week with the opening of the Cyber Express Car Wash. The site, with its futuristic ‘Cyber’ logo, is considered the third largest in the United States (by size) and fifth largest in the world. Following the tunnel wash, drivers are directed to a conveyor belt lined with Cyber employees. Once the car is driven onto the conveyor belt and the driver has exited (you can relax in a nearby lounge), the employees then vacuum, buff and wipe the interior.

  👉 More updates here.

   Making Waves Around the World  🌊 

• Car Wash Association welcomes immigration crackdown at UK car washes: The Car Wash Association, a non-profit in the United Kingdom that sets quality and safety standards in the car wash industry, says it welcomes the crackdown on illegal working arrests and believes even more should be done. The CWA says there has been a 51 percent rise in illegal working-related arrests since July 2024. Immigration Enforcement teams have also undertaken nearly 50 percent more visits. “The scale of non-compliance is extremely alarming, and these operations undermine legitimate car washes,” a statement from CWA chairman Brian Madderson said. “Civil penalties up to millions were issued during 2024 alone – however, only 5 percent of these fines were collected.”

  👉 More updates here.

   What’s Coming Up  📅

• Sunshine Expo 2025: The Florida Petroleum Marketers Association’s annual event is July 28-30, 2025, at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. More info here.  

• Leadership Worth Following Growth Summit: The LWF’s Growth Summit, designed to bring together car wash professionals committed to growth, impact and authentic leadership, is Sept. 22-23, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. More info here.

• Car Wash Show Europe 2025: The leading car wash trade fair in Europe takes place Sept. 24-25, 2025, at EXPO Greater Amsterdam in the Netherlands. More info here.

• Northeast Regional Carwash Convention 2025: The NRCC, scheduled for Oct. 6-8, 2025, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, includes educational seminars, keynote speakers, and a large trade show. More info here.

• NACS Show 2025: The National Association of Convenience Stores trade show, scheduled for Oct. 14-17, 2025, Chicago, Illinois, brings together convenience and fuel retailing industry professionals for learning, buying and selling and networking. More info here.

• SEMO Show 2025: The Specialty Equipment Market Association’s annual automotive industry tradeshow is Nov. 4-7, 2025, at the Las Vegas (Nevada) Convention Center. Read more here.

• SCWA Convention & Expo 2026: The Southwest Car Wash Association’s annual “First Big Car Wash Show of Year” will be held Feb. 25-27, 2026, at the Fort Worth (Texas) Convention Center. More info here.

• ICA 2026 The Car Wash Show: The International Carwash Association’s premier event is set for May 11-13, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. More info here.

❓DID YOU KNOW❓

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