About newsfeed

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far newsfeed has created 5828 blog entries.

Two organizations petition FTC for standardized ‘right to repair’

Public comment closed Feb. 2 on a petition for rulemaking regarding “right to repair” to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (PIRG) and iFixit with more than [...]

2024-02-07T10:25:29-05:00February 7th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

New OnStar essentials package to come standard on MY 2025 GM vehicles

Beginning with model year 2025, some OnStar features will come standard on GM vehicles at no additional cost above the vehicle purchase price. All Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac vehicles will be equipped with the new [...]

2024-02-07T10:24:58-05:00February 7th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Small businesses raising compensation, still struggling to fill positions, NFIB survey says

Thirty-nine percent of small businesses were unable to fill positions in January, despite the same percentage of small businesses raising compensation, according to the results of a National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) survey.  “Although [...]

2024-02-07T10:24:26-05:00February 7th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

MY 2021-2023: Cars and minivans have highest claim frequency, severity

New data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)’s Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) indicates that collision claim frequency for 2021–2023 model year passenger vehicles was 6.2 claims per 100 insured vehicle years with [...]

2024-02-05T10:52:03-05:00February 5th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Tech, changing vehicle values driving ‘chasm’ of understanding between insurers and repairers

Martin Ellingsworth, former J.D. Power P&C Insurance Intelligence managing director, spoke last week about how insurance and shop business operation trends of the past decade paired with today’s vehicle values could affect the “Garage of [...]

2024-02-05T10:51:32-05:00February 5th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

California law protected consumers from $3 billion in auto insurer hikes, report says

A California law has given Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, the ability to block $3.16 billion in auto insurance overages since 2002, a new report from the group said.  “The savings are thanks to [...]

2024-02-05T10:51:01-05:00February 5th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Guardrail failed to stop EV truck in safety facility crash test

A 7,000-plus-pound electric truck tore through a guardrail with little speed reduction during a crash test conducted by the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a university press release said.  The university [...]

2024-02-02T17:21:03-05:00February 2nd, 2024|RDN News Feed|

I-CAR launches video ad campaign to attract Gen Z to industry

I-CAR has launched the first digital advertising campaign for its Collision Careers platform aimed at attracting Gen Z students and their parents to the industry. A series of 15-second videos, themed “Bolt Ahead with Collision [...]

2024-02-02T17:20:32-05:00February 2nd, 2024|RDN News Feed|
Go to Top