An I-CAR graphic media designer who recently celebrated his 29th anniversary with the company has passed away. Gary Meulemans, 52, is being remembered as a “talented artist and photographer” whose work has appeared in numerous [...]
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Illinois (AASP-IL) is offering a six-part webinar series on collision repair industry legal topics relevant to all U.S. states, including first- and third-party claims, total loss vehicle rules, [...]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) Director Stephen A. Ridella has announced he’s leaving his position to work with Zoox. NHTSA didn’t respond to questions from Repairer Driven News by [...]
The leader of a newly-launched International Bodyshop Industry Symposium Worldwide (IBIS) task force is sharing details about how the group will explore 3D printing in automotive repair and the collision industry. It announced the initiative [...]
Consumer Reports (CR) has launched a campaign to make the automatic crash notification (ACN) feature, which it says is “life-saving,” free in all new vehicles. In a recent investigation, CR says it found that most [...]
A Vermont law will go into effect July 1 that includes an automotive labor rate, aftermarket parts, and market conditions study. The study was added by the House in May to S. 95, an insurance [...]
Single-use parts can be a critical element to identify in the repair planning process, often necessitated by OEM instructions to replace rather than reinstall once removed for repairs. In an ALLDATA article released this month, [...]
Following Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment by the state House the ball is now in the Senate’s court to hold an impeachment trial, with consideration of impeachment rules coming up on June 20. Paxton [...]
California’s Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) says legislative changes are needed to allow it to regulate storage fee disputes. “Legislative change is necessary to authorize BAR to adopt regulations to clarify its authority to regulate [...]
A new survey conducted by sprout.ai has found that more than half of 100-plus U.S. and UK insurance employees have either already implemented artificial intelligence (AI) in claims processing, such as ChatGPT, or are considering [...]
