Despite incurring $563 million of catastrophic losses related to Hurricane Helene, Progressive reports its third quarter profit doubled, according to a September earnings report released Oct. 15.  Progressive’s net income increased to $2.33 billion ($3.97 [...]

Maine’s Right to Repair Working Group listened to concerns from two state legislators Wednesday who said data cybersecurity isn’t up to par according to legislation that created the working group and aims to create an [...]

A New York bill would require vehicles in the state to be equipped with intelligent speed assistance (ISA) systems by 2029.  Assemblymember Robert Carroll (D-044) filed A10712 last month. It currently awaits discussion in the [...]

General Motors has given a behind-the-scenes look at how engineers, designers, musicians, and those with sound quality expertise develop the sounds for the OEM’s electric vehicles from the view of a sound designer. The class [...]

Honda Safety Driven is launching two new safety education resources online this week through its Discovery Education’s network including a new interactive crash test video game.  The game, Crash Course, aims to entertain and educate [...]

The Road to Zero Coalition has released new research that includes recommendations for federal, state, and local governments as well as vehicle drivers to improve hazards it says are caused by bigger, heavier pickup trucks. [...]

The average amount owed on upside-down loans climbed to an all-time high of $6,458 during the third quarter, according to new report by Edmunds.  Edmunds says that’s compared to $6,255 last quarter and $5,808 a [...]

Mitchell International announced Wednesday that it has begun powering a new virtual estimating service from Collective Sourcing, created for U.S. auto insurers. The service is designed to reduce claims processing time by combining Mitchell’s damage [...]

GM recently launched an energy storage option for electric vehicle (EV) owners in the U.S. that gives owners the ability to transfer energy from the grid and the option to integrate solar power equipment.  The [...]