The Database Enhancement Gateway (DEG) has launched a new website with updated features that allow visitors to more easily and securely access information. The gateway, initially launched in 2008, helps improve information in the collision [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has reached a consent order with Volvo Group North America regarding the group’s failure to timely recall vehicles and several violations of the Vehicle Safety Act. NHTSA’s investigation [...]
Proposed legislation introduced in Colorado would make car theft a felony as the state struggles to combat a rise in stolen vehicles. Meanwhile, Denver-area repair shop owner Robert Grieve is speaking out about the challenges [...]
The Nebraska Transportation and Telecommunications Committee heard from proponents and opposition Tuesday on proposed LB 782, which seeks to add structurally totaled vehicles to the state’s list of vehicles that require a salvage title and [...]
Alberta’s provincial government has frozen its insurance rates for private passenger vehicles, but critics say the move could cost drivers. “A rate freeze does nothing to improve the affordability of auto insurance in the near [...]
A global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) says it’s optimistic that future roads will be ruled by autonomous vehicles, although others have expressed concern that robotic rides are “going nowhere.” Appen lays its argument for [...]
Enterprise reports that length of rental (LOR) increased to 18.7 days during Q4 2022 and was nearly double compared to pre-pandemic April 2019 when LOR was 11.8 days. “While Q4 2022 continued with the return [...]
BMW has plans to further research the design and development of all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) for its electric vehicles (EVs). The research will be conducted in Munich under an expanded joint development agreement with Solid Power, [...]
Ford has recalled more than 460,000 vehicles, including 382,759 in the U.S., to repair a rear view camera problem attributed to at least 17 accidents. The recall applies to the 2020-2023 Ford Explorer, 2020-2023 Lincoln [...]
New York has become the first state to legislate the right for owners and independent repairers to have access to digital electronic product diagnostic, repair, and maintenance procedures. Though the action doesn’t directly affect the [...]
