New vehicle sales were down in August compared to July while new and used combined vehicle sales increased, according to MarketWatch and Cox Automotive. Cox Automotive Chief Economist Jonathan Smoke reported Sept. 4 that new [...]
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety’s recently released 2023 American Driving Survey shows that overall driving patterns have rebounded from the lowest points reached during the COVID-19 pandemic. The percentage of Americans who drove at [...]
Al Estorga, a founder of the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) and former president of the California Autobody Association (CAA), died Friday. Estorga, 79, was the first chairman of the Collision Repair Conference in 1983. The [...]
An AAA process change made effective Sept. 1 asks ACE Member Preferred Repairs (MPR) shops to enter scans, calibrations, and programming into CCC One utilizing 23 standard line entries. “As we continue to develop our [...]
A recent report from S&P Global shows that Chubb’s CEO was the highest paid among the top 10 property and casualty or multi-line insurers last year. Evan Greenberg’s total adjusted compensation was $27.7 million including [...]
U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) have sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to leaders of AutoZone, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Genuine Parts Co., [...]
BMW announced Thursday its plans for its first series-production fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), also known as a hydrogen vehicle, in 2028, according to a press release. The announcement is the fruition of joint research [...]
More than 10 million vehicles are expected to feature large die-cast, or gigacast, parts with the rise of electric vehicles (EV) by 2030, according to a Forbes piece written by Raghunandan Gurumurthy, Crossover Solutions, director [...]
The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) is holding a hybrid in-person and virtual public event Tuesday to gather information for a study into the business practices of auto insurance companies in the state, according [...]
The 28th death linked to a Takata air bag has been confirmed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA. NHTSA told Newsweek the 2018 incident happened in Alabama and involved a Honda. “The agency’s [...]
