A recent Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) Consumer Tip video addressing supply chain challenges made a mainstream media appearance, picked up by an NBC affiliate in Los Angeles. The video discussed why collision repairers [...]
A new vehicle data access committee was launched by lawmakers from different states and political affiliations. Rep. Earl “Buddy Carter (R-Georgia) and Rep. Darren Soto (D-Florida) said they established the Vehicle Data Access Caucus to [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), on behalf of Subaru, has issued a second recall on improperly repaired 2023 Solterras and recommends they immediately be taken off the road. The recall affects 1,182 Solterra [...]
A pair of new bills introduced in Illinois would require new homes and housing complexes in the state to include electric vehicle (EV) parking stalls for each dwelling. The Electric Vehicle Charging AC, SB0040, would require [...]
New technology that helps prevent car accidents is helping make roads safer, but is also making auto repairs more complicated, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) says. The IIHS surveyed drivers whose vehicles are [...]
The Biden-Harris administration announced on Wednesday the next steps in establishing minimum standards for federally-funded electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and implementation — a car parc that Mitchell International isn’t going away. “This is a major [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) warns Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software may cause crashes and has issued a recall on 362,758 vehicles of varying model years from 2017-2023. The FSD Beta software allows equipped [...]
Some senators are calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve limited access to a “game changing safety technology” they say could prevent crashes and save lives. The actual term for the technology is [...]
IAA says its Loan Payoff program exceeded $3 billion in total loss transactions in 2022 — perhaps an indication that even more vehicles continue to be totaled by insurance carriers. IAA, calling the total “exponential [...]
The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) has launched a series of videos aimed at supporting those interested in entering the industry. The videos, all less than four minutes long, give viewers a glimpse of what [...]
