The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved its Replacement Tire Efficiency Program (RTEP), which it says sets the nation’s first replacement tire efficiency standards for passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks. “The tires that come on new [...]
An August CCC Intelligent Solutions analysis finds that total dollars paid for bodily injury (BI) claims also surpassed auto physical damage (APD) payouts for the first time in 2025. Erik Bahnsen, CCC’s casualty industry analytics [...]
Farmers Insurance has created a public relations campaign to inform consumers about the expenses related to newer vehicle safety features and how they affect insurance and repair costs. “Today’s cars can do more to help keep drivers [...]
Nissan and Honda announced Monday an agreement to work jointly on vehicle electronic and software systems, according to a press release from the automakers. The joint development agreement is focused on standardizing multiple electronic control units [...]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) to take actions to make property insurance more affordable. While mostly focused on homeowners insurance, he has asked the TDI to study the [...]
New federal legislation would direct the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the national and economic security risk foreign adversaries, such as China, pose to the U.S. automotive industry, a press release [...]
This article has been updated since its initial publication to quote Dave Johnson’s answers to Repairer Driven News’ questions, which were provided after the publication deadline. In the most recent episode of ASE’s “Beyond the [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) says its new study, based on anonymized cellphone data from Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), shows that more drivers use cellphones before crashes than police reports reflect. The telematics [...]
I-CAR gave $2.8 million in bonuses and other compensation to its eight-person executive team in 2025, ultimately increasing what it spent on the team, including base pay bumps, by 58% from the year before, according [...]
Senate Bill 988, the California Motor Vehicle Glass Act, is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature following concurring amendments of both houses of the legislature that include the first-party claimant’s right to choose [...]
