Car Talk’s Ray Magliozzi has voiced his support for national “right to repair” legislation that’s been advanced by the aftermarket industry, but the head of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, representing U.S. automakers, says that [...]
The website Teslarati is reporting that collision shops in Arizona are declining to repair Teslas that are covered by GEICO insurance, because the carrier refuses to provide full reimbursement for the cost of the repairs. [...]
The S Corporation Association, along with 74 other trade associations and organizations, have voiced their opposition to the federal Establishing New Authorities for Business Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security (ENABLERS) Act because it “places [...]
Allstate and GEICO have made changes in how collision repairers deal with claims through them, according to bulletins sent to repair shops and shared on social media. Allstate confirmed it is now using CCC Intelligent [...]
Beginning in 2035, all new light-duty vehicles purchased in New York must be zero-emission models, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday. Hochul said during a press conference in White Plains, New York that she is [...]
AAA and Consumer Reports (CR) say automatic emergency braking (AEB) technology isn’t yet up to par. “AEB is still in its infancy, technologically,” said Kelly Funkhouser, CR’s head of connected and automated vehicles, in the CR’s [...]
Hurricane Ian has ripped through Cuba and spent Wednesday and Thursday in Florida with its path aimed toward South Carolina. While collision repairers may already be feeling the after-effects of the damage or will be [...]
A Massachusetts proposal to force insurers to raise Massachusetts’ lowest-in-the-nation auto body labor rate remains alive, even though the $4.6 billion governor’s economic development and tax relief bill that contains the language addressing the labor [...]
Insurance industry associations and major carriers are in agreement that it’s necessary to be able to collect “adequate rates” to stay in business — though in this case, they’re talking about the rates they’re allowed [...]
Illinois’ secretary of state has filed several criminal charges against Paul Breaux, Carvana’s vice president, general counsel, and secretary. Among the charges are acting as an unlicensed used car dealer as well as failing to [...]
