The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced this week that it immediately suspended the deployment and driverless testing permits of General Motors’ Cruise autonomous taxis, in part due to safety but also because Cruise [...]
A global automotive executive search and workforce research group’s follow-up to 2022 skills gap research found that while businesses need skilled workers, nearly all surveyed said they don’t know the cost benefits of investing in [...]
Consumer Reports Data Intelligence (CR) has updated its active driving assistance (ADA) evaluation report to include a ranking of three additional OEM systems, but says even with the added data, Ford’s BlueCruise remained the ADA [...]
PartsTrader and Tractable have partnered to automate parts selection in subrogation claims processing, which the companies say allows insurers to optimize claims reviews “to ensure repair costs are both accurate and fair.” However, a spokesperson [...]
The Collision Industry Conference (CIC) will celebrate its 40th anniversary next week in Las Vegas during SEMA Week. Following its daylong conference Tuesday, Oct. 31 at the Westgate Resort Las Vegas, the organization will mark [...]
Following a collision with a fire truck in August, robotaxi operator, Cruise, says it has worked with local emergency responders and police to address their concerns, in addition to updating its software, so that its [...]
GEICO has laid off 2,000 of its employees and ordered its remaining staff to return to the office, its CEO said in an internal email shared with Repairer Driven News. Todd Combs said in his [...]
The owner of a Colorado collision repair facility whose business is taking a hit online over delayed repairs says parts shortages and slow-moving claims processes are to blame. StormWise Auto Body Shop in Lakewood made [...]
Capstone Partners says in its most recent automotive aftermarket mergers and acquisitions (M&A) report that it expects M&As will continue to increase through next year as fewer consumers purchase new vehicles, electing to service their [...]
A Mitchell International Q3 analysis indicates that non-Tesla electric vehicles (EVs) have neared cost parity with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. However, its claims performance director has cautioned that the latest figures offer just a [...]
