Tennessee collision repair students can put their developing skills to use on damaged Audis donated by the Volkswagen Group of America. The 2022 Audis, which have different levels of body damage ranging from minor to [...]
Between March and May insurance and related jobs rose by 15,000, inching closer to 3 million employed in the industry, and about 150,000 above the pre-pandemic count in January 2020, according to the Bureau of [...]
General Motors (GM) says it’s expanding its electric vehicle (EV) charging access through a partnership with Tesla that will give its drivers access to 12,000 superchargers. The automaker will integrate the North American Charging Standard [...]
Volvo has revealed its smallest all-electric SUV, expanding its EV portfolio to four models. The EX30 debuted in Milan, Italy last week and is available for pre-order in the U.S. Volvo says the EX30 will [...]
An I-CAR graphic media designer who recently celebrated his 29th anniversary with the company has passed away. Gary Meulemans, 52, is being remembered as a “talented artist and photographer” whose work has appeared in numerous [...]
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Illinois (AASP-IL) is offering a six-part webinar series on collision repair industry legal topics relevant to all U.S. states, including first- and third-party claims, total loss vehicle rules, [...]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) Director Stephen A. Ridella has announced he’s leaving his position to work with Zoox. NHTSA didn’t respond to questions from Repairer Driven News by [...]
The leader of a newly-launched International Bodyshop Industry Symposium Worldwide (IBIS) task force is sharing details about how the group will explore 3D printing in automotive repair and the collision industry. It announced the initiative [...]
Consumer Reports (CR) has launched a campaign to make the automatic crash notification (ACN) feature, which it says is “life-saving,” free in all new vehicles. In a recent investigation, CR says it found that most [...]
A Vermont law will go into effect July 1 that includes an automotive labor rate, aftermarket parts, and market conditions study. The study was added by the House in May to S. 95, an insurance [...]
