Toyota offers Safety Sense 3.0 on Corolla line; includes OTA upgrades, driver monitoring

Toyota is offering its newest advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technology, called Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 (TSS 3.0), on the 2023 Toyota Corolla line, the OEM has announced. The expansion of TSS 3.0 to the [...]

2022-10-21T07:30:29-04:00October 21st, 2022|RDN News Feed|

Hyundai & Kia offering anti-theft kits for older model vehicles, facing dozens of lawsuits over absence of immobilizers

Hyundai and Kia are facing dozens of lawsuits across the U.S., including a federal class action suit filed in California, over theft risk of their older model vehicles that lack engine immobilizers. MLG Attorneys at [...]

2022-10-20T07:01:00-04:00October 20th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

VW works with welding group & others to open first Canadian OEM collision repair training facility

The Volkswagen Group Canada (VGCA) and CWB Group have announced a collaboration to open a VW and Audi collision repair training center in Milton, Ontario. The facility will “showcase an OEM training environment utilizing the [...]

2022-10-20T07:00:29-04:00October 20th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

ABAT & Texas Watch collab to help under-indemnified auto policyholders, push for mandatory appraisal clause law

In response to the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) tagging more than 500 consumer complaints submitted to them through the Auto Body Association of Texas (ABAT) as needing to come directly from consumers, ABAT has [...]

2022-10-19T08:00:30-04:00October 19th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

SCRS blend study results will be shared during CIC’s Vegas meeting in November

The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) will present the results of its week-long blend study at 4 p.m. on Nov. 1 during the second half of the Collision Industry Conference (CIC)’s meeting in Las [...]

2022-10-19T07:01:31-04:00October 19th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

Maine data access law initiative advances; parties in Mass. case restate positions

A Maine initiative is one step closer to placing vehicle data access legislation on the state’s 2023 ballot, even as the auto industry’s legal challenge to a similar Massachusetts law plays out in federal court. [...]

2022-10-19T07:01:00-04:00October 19th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

Driver monitoring systems to proliferate ‘at a substantial rate,’ analysis says

The future for driver monitoring systems (DMS) in passenger vehicles looks bright, considering legislative and private interest in using the technology to implement semi-automated driving and improve driving safety, according to an analysis published in [...]

2022-10-19T07:00:29-04:00October 19th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

Tesla abandons ultrasonic sensors in favor of camera-based ADAS

Tesla has announced that it will stop building its vehicles with ultrasonic sensors (USS) and rely entirely on its camera-based Tesla Vision technology for its Autopilot driver assistance system. In an update posted to its [...]

2022-10-18T07:01:32-04:00October 18th, 2022|RDN News Feed|
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