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North Carolina insurance commissioner warns public of steering, asks consumers to file complaints

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey recently told local media that his office has been receiving complaints that insurance companies are using tactics to steer consumers to specific body shops for repairs.  Causey told WRAL [...]

2025-07-01T11:14:22-04:00July 1st, 2025|RDN News Feed|

SkillsUSA Championships winners announced, collision repair medalists from 12 states

The national SkillsUSA Championships wrapped up in Georgia Friday with high school and college winners in collision repair from 12 states. The annual event was held in Atlanta on June 25-26, with over 6,800 students [...]

2025-07-01T11:13:52-04:00July 1st, 2025|RDN News Feed|

Auto Innovators EV report shows EV sales dipping for quarter but up for year-over-year

EV sales dipped quarter-to-quarter but are up year-over-year, according to a new Alliance for Automotive Innovation (Auto Innovators) “Get Connected Electric Vehicle Report Q1 2025.”  In Q1, EVs represent 9.6% of new light-duty vehicle sales, [...]

2025-07-01T11:13:21-04:00July 1st, 2025|RDN News Feed|

Toyota publishes retrospective article on safety feature development from 2010–2015

In the second article of a three-part series, Toyota shares safety advancements it has made on its vehicles since the 2010s. The first article included a behind-the-scenes look at its pre-collision system (PCS) and an [...]

2025-06-30T13:45:40-04:00June 30th, 2025|RDN News Feed|

NHTSA’s five-star assessment program needs an overhaul, automakers and vehicle safety groups tell Congress

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) has fallen behind other countries, multiple organizations focused on vehicle safety told Congress during a committee hearing Thursday.  “NHTSA  isn’t rating new safety [...]

2025-06-30T13:45:10-04:00June 30th, 2025|RDN News Feed|

IIHS says new vehicle designs have increased blind zones

The forward blind zones of six top-selling passenger vehicles have grown substantially over the past 25 years, as pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities have soared, according to a comparison technique developed by the Insurance Institute for [...]

2025-06-30T13:44:39-04:00June 30th, 2025|RDN News Feed|

Tactile shares research development behind software, ‘black box’ collision prevention

Israel-based Tactile Mobility has shared with Repairer Driven News that it is developing real-time data collection and a software-implemented “black box” for vehicles to help prevent collisions. By refining its virtual sensor technology for more [...]

2025-06-27T14:59:09-04:00June 27th, 2025|RDN News Feed|

Mercedes-Benz recalls 90,000 vehicles for modification of C-pillar and roof lining

More than 90,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled because, in certain crash scenarios, a rear occupant’s head could make contact with the C-pillar, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) notice says.  The C-pillar may [...]

2025-06-27T14:58:39-04:00June 27th, 2025|RDN News Feed|

Automaker, technology and insurance organizations testify about need to modernize NHTSA during congressional hearing

A common theme heard during testimony of a Congressional Committee hearing Thursday focused on how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has failed to meet modern expectations.  The hearing “Looking Under the Hood: The [...]

2025-06-27T14:58:08-04:00June 27th, 2025|RDN News Feed|

CCC: Total repair cost increase lowest since 2017, labor remains elevated and parts per repair down

The U.S. collision repair and auto claims industries have shown signs of stabilization; however, tariff impacts and other global issues affecting supply chains and costs could change that moving forward, according to CCC’s Q2 Crash [...]

2025-06-27T14:57:38-04:00June 27th, 2025|RDN News Feed|
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