A panel of shop owners and Oklahoma state career program officials agreed last week that outdated perceptions often keep students from considering a career in collision repair and that there are other barriers that also [...]

If fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) become a reality, will humans still need to be taught how to drive? The answer is yes, according to a recent General Motors patent application. GM has submitted a patent [...]

VinFast has announced that its new lineup of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will start at $40,700 when it begins selling vehicles in the U.S. in the second half of 2022. The Vietnamese automaker has also [...]

Based on data presented during the Collision Industry Conference (CIC)’s meeting last week by its Parts and Materials Committee, inflationary pressures and rising costs are only going to get worse for the collision repair industry. [...]

Alberta, Canada’s auto insurers brought in $1.32 billion more in premiums than they paid out in claims in 2020, according to a report from the province’s Superintendent of Insurance. According to the report, insurers collected [...]

A federal judge has granted class action status in a former claim adjuster’s lawsuit accusing GEICO of violating federal and state overtime laws. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper has certified the class as all [...]

Toyota has issued a noncompliance safety recall on 460,000 vehicles, some of which are Lexus models, over a software error that can cause the Vehicle Stability Control system (VSC) not to default to “on” the [...]

A recent Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) survey of collision repair shops found that the top three issues they face are a shortage of skilled workers, bill-payers denying payment of repairers’ labor rates, and [...]

Four federal lawmakers have asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to speed up its review of General Motors’ plans to use carbon nanotubes in the production of its Ultium lithium-ion vehicle batteries, warning that further [...]