Volvo says it is further restricting its replacement part sales to its network of Volvo Certified Collision Centers (VCCC), effective immediately. An OEM spokesman told Repairer Driven News that while a list of affected parts [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) says drivers of vehicles that receive a “good” or “acceptable” rating in its driver-side small overlap front crash test reduce the risk of dying in a real-world frontal [...]
Michigan repairers are rallying behind the family of a man fatally struck through the actions of a hit-and-run driver moments after dropping his 10-month-old son at daycare. Tommy Schleicher, 31, was heading to work on [...]
In an effort to shed light on the career paths that are available in the automotive industry, two organizations have partnered to form a new program while in Oregon and California more attention, including funding, [...]
A newly-published I-CAR guide aims to teach collision repair operators how to more effectively onboard entry-level technicians through both in-house mentoring and I-CAR courses. The five-page manual is part of I-CAR’s wider initiative to help [...]
Ford Motor Co. has established Latitude AI, a wholly-owned subsidiary focused on developing a hands-free, eyes-off-the-road automated driving system for millions of vehicles. Meanwhile, Waymo and General Motors’ Cruise just recently reached 1 million driverless [...]
Some Illinois legislators are condeming a $182 million State Farm insurance hike within the state, calling the boost “excessive” and unfair to constituents. In a press release issued after the Bloomington-based insurer finalized the bump, [...]
Lifetime Gaston County, North Carolina resident Collision Safety Consultants Founder/CEO Billy Walkowiak has already begun campaigning for a seat on the Board of Commissioners next year, with tech education as part of his platform. Walkowiak [...]
The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) has released its 2023 Federal Retirement Security Blueprint — a public policy agenda that IRI says aims to help ensure workers have economic equity and financial security to sustain them [...]
Tesla shareholders are suing the OEM and its chief executive Elon Musk, claiming that by overselling the OEM’s autonomous capabilities, he caused stocks to depreciate when those features were linked to crashes and federal investigations. [...]
