Hyundai has broken ground at the site in Georgia of what will be its first U.S. electric vehicle (EV) and battery manufacturing plant, months ahead of schedule. The OEM said in May they planned to [...]
Blending a panel takes more than 30% more time than a full refinish of the same panel, on average, rather than the 50% less time allocated in the three estimating systems, a week-long research project [...]
Collision repair industry leader Frank Terlep’s Test Drive CoPilot received the Collision Repair & Refinish Best Products Award from the SEMA Show’s annual New Products Showcase. Terlep previously told Repairer Driven News that CoPilot is [...]
Change. Put simply, that’s what Collision Advice CEO Mike Anderson believes has to happen for collision repair shops to find and keep technicians and other employees on payroll. “Something’s got to change. We are never [...]
The Responsible Battery Coalition (RBC) has begun a comprehensive research project with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems to compare the total cost of ownership between internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric vehicles [...]
Although traffic volumes are returning to pre-pandemic levels, body shops should not expect repair volume to make a similar rebound, Bart Mazurek, vice president of consulting and services for CCC Intelligent Solutions, told an audience [...]
Customer satisfaction with the auto insurance claims process has declined as historically long cycle times continue, but both insurers and repairers can mitigate the fallout by managing their customers’ expectations, J.D. Power reports. The J.D. [...]
Average length of rental (LOR) for collision replacement-related rentals stretched to 18.2 days in the third quarter of 2022, representing a three-day increase from the same period last year and a rise of nearly six [...]
The Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association (AVIA) has named a former U.S. Senate legal advisor as its first executive director. Prior to joining AVIA, Jeff Farrah served as general counsel for the National Venture Capital Association [...]
I-CAR and the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) will hold their annual live stage sessions during this year’s SEMA Show to cover everything from estimating, ADAS calibrations, and increased shops costs to collision repair [...]
