President-elect Donald Trump has named former nine-year Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee for transportation secretary. Duffy is a former reality TV star and co-host of “The Bottom Line” on Fox Business. He is [...]
Maine’s Right to Repair Working Group will review draft recommendations to the legislature regarding the state’s new R2R law on Dec. 2. The group’s purpose is to make recommendations to the legislature on what responsibilities [...]
Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB), lane-keeping assist and blind spot warning will be added to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) five-star crash test ratings, according to an NHTSA press release. NHTSA announced Monday [...]
Montana and Washington State have new insurance commissioners while North Carolina and Delaware reelected their commissioners. North Dakota’s commissioner ran unopposed. Montana Republican James Brown won the state auditor and insurance commissioner position with 62% [...]
Novosense Microelectronics, a semiconductor company specializing in high-performance analog and mixed-signal chips, and Continental Automotive Technologies, have announced plans to collaborate on the development of automotive-grade in-vehicle safety sensors. The companies will also integrate Novosense’s [...]
A Massachusetts woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Progressive Direct Insurance Co. over the alleged denial of collision and comprehensive auto insurance coverage. The complaint was filed Nov. 4 in Suffolk County Superior [...]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are most commonly involved in front-end collisions and, on average, are 40% costlier than those involving rear-end impacts, according to Mitchell International’s Q3 “Plugged-In: EV Collision Insights” report. Based on Mitchell data, [...]
Normal trade relations with China could end if a bill filed Thursday by Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) is passed by Congress. “Having permanent normal trade relations with China has failed our country, eroded our manufacturing [...]
The era of the single store, generalist body shop is coming to an end, said Cole Strandberg, Focus Investment Banking managing director, during a Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) IDEAS Collide presentation. “It’s all [...]
Evolving innovations and policymaking regarding in-vehicle and app-connected data sources were discussed during one of three Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit sessions and focused on how telematics can ultimately [...]
