While backing support for federal autonomous vehicle (AV) safety standards, University of Michigan researchers have invited academic researchers to use its mock city remotely for AV and connected vehicle testing. Mcity opened remotely on Oct. [...]
Honda has recalled 1.7 million Honda and Acura vehicles in the U.S. because of a defective steering gearbox that can cause difficulty in steering, increasing the risk of a crash or injury, according to a [...]
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Illinois (AASPI) has launched a new collision repair training initiative and its second workshop will be held Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. AASPI Business Impact Group (BIG), launched in [...]
A California district court has denied class certification in a lawsuit filed by auto insurance policyholders who say National General Insurance Co. and several other companies erroneously charged them higher premiums. The plaintiffs sought class [...]
Driven Brands U.S. Collision COO Damien Reyna said Thursday the company and its stores are growing shop OEM certifications, and seeing the benefit of doing so. He and Brand Collision President Sabrina Thring discussed their [...]
Many throughout the nation are facing hardship following Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton and this includes those in the collision repair industry. The Collision Industry Foundation (CIF) is one resource those working in the industry [...]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently released an article explaining the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to businesses as the Jan. 1 deadline for filing a corporate transparency report with beneficial ownership information (BOI) looms. “Those [...]
The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) and the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) have filed suit in the U.S. District Court’s Eastern District of California against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) seeking immediate declaratory [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) says automakers have moved quickly to install louder, more persistent seatbelt reminders since it began rating the features in 2022. During the first year, 17% of new models [...]
General Motors announced it will stop using the name “Ultium” for its electric vehicle (EV) batteries and technology during its investor day event Tuesday, according to multiple media sources. The company plans to continue using [...]
