Toyota-backed autonomous vehicle (AV) startup May Mobility says it will begin its early rider program on public roads this month in an Arizona retirement community. A May Mobility spokesperson said the technology will require special [...]
A Washington state legislator plans to file a bill giving consumers the right to invoke an independent appraisal when there’s a disagreement about costs to repair the vehicle. “It is not only a consumer protection [...]
For more than a year, a totaled vehicle has sat at Jeff Butler’s auto repair shop, Haury’s Collision & Vintage, in Washington State, as Safeco/Liberty Mutual refuses to pay costs associated with the vehicle’s claim, [...]
The Family Business Estate Tax Coalition and more than 50 associations recently signed a letter addressed to U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and Sanford Bishop (D-GA) expressing support for the proposed Death Tax Repeal Act [...]
General repair shops are increasingly gaining market share compared to dealership shops in the U.S., according to Cox Automotive research. In its report, “Under the Hood: Opportunities and Challenges in the Service Industry,” Cox Automotive [...]
A lawsuit against Allstate by a Maryland body shop over allegations of steering, tortious interference, and defamation has been dismissed. Total Recon Auto Center, an independent Tesla-certified collision repair center, sued the carrier for $225,000 [...]
Nearly all of Washington small businesses experienced health premium hikes throughout the past year and are expecting an additional 9% increase next year, according to a new survey. The Small Business for America’s Future (SBAF) [...]
The inflationary rate of auto insurance climbed by 19.2% from November 2022 to November 2023, continuing to be above the total inflation rate of 3.1%, and contributed 0.5 percentage points to the rate, according to [...]
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) – including automatic emergency braking (AEB), blind spot monitoring and lane departure warning – can increase repair costs by up to 37.6% after a crash, according to a recent study [...]
The latest trends report from CCC Intelligent Solutions that looks back on 2023 found three trends have continued, and need to be improved upon in the new year, which “requires both shops and carriers to [...]
