Two recent collision repair program graduates and industry entrants say safe repairs, hands-on work, and emerging vehicle technologies are trending. David Avila, 30, a 2026 graduate of California’s Contra Costa College (CCC), said he decided [...]
President Donald Trump commented on the automotive right to repair during an Oval Office event last week, following a meeting he had with automotive executives. “We had the auto industry in yesterday,” Trump said during [...]
According to a new report from Insurify, EVs are 42% more expensive to insure than gas-powered cars. However, they are more affordable to power, based on an analysis of its database of more than 235 [...]
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) is requesting that any auto insurance complaints sent to the state’s insurance department be forwarded to an inbox the alliance has set up to track [...]
GM has published a patent for an airbag that changes the way it deploys based on the characteristics of the vehicle’s passengers and their seating position. The airbag would have multiple mechanisms that could change [...]
AEye, a software-defined and high-performance lidar solutions company, says it will showcase a live Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) deployment, in partnership with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), at ITS America 2026 in Detroit this [...]
The U.S. economy is short roughly 140,000 skilled technicians a year, and the gap is widening, with 73,354 new collision repair entrant technicians needed by 2029, according to the TechForce Foundation’s new “Technician Supply, Demand [...]
The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued a 15% tariff cap on Taiwanese auto parts, along with certain items such as timber, lumber, and wood-derived products, according to a notice filed in the Federal Register. [...]
A Michigan bill would ban price optimization in auto and home insurance rate setting. SB 1013 was introduced by Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield) last week. “Price optimization is a shady practice that allows insurance companies [...]
“Leadership is organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal,” said Mike Anderson on the topic of leadership. “The leader may or may not have formal authority. “A title does not make you [...]
