Ford Motor Co. is seeking a new trial after a jury ordered it to pay $1.7 billion in damages over a 2014 pickup truck rollover in which a Georgia couple was killed. Melvin Hill, 72, [...]
Ford and General Motors have announced factory investments, including expansions and new construction, in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana for the manufacture of both electric and internal combustion engine vehicles. Ford has broken ground BlueOval [...]
Public interest organization Consumer Watchdog (CW) has called on California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to deny Allstate’s request for a 6.9% auto insurance rate increase, and to instead pressure the carrier to return more of [...]
I-CAR will offer several classes during this year’s SEMA Show in November “to increase collision repair industry knowledge and skills.” Online registration for the following topics is now open and available through Nov. 3: Initialization and [...]
Autonomous vehicle (AV) industry leaders say full self-driving vehicles, without any human supervision, may be further in the future than originally thought. For example, General Motors and Ford want to manufacture up to 2,500 Level 4 autonomous vehicles [...]
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are working to make electric vehicles (EVs) safer by studying ways to make high-voltage batteries more resistant to damage during high-speed crashes. Through a collaboration with Hyundai, [...]
A federal appeals court has turned down a bid by three Georgia plaintiffs for class recognition in their suit accusing State Farm of years of lowball diminished value (DV) settlements, although it acknowledged that there [...]
General Motors and Stellantis have announced plans to boost their electric vehicle (EV) supply chains and sustainability efforts beginning as soon as next year. GM has partnered with Lithion Recycling to establish a “circular battery [...]
When it comes to theft, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has found through its latest research that “bargain-priced” vehicles manufactured by Kia and Hyundai are now at nearly as much risk of being [...]
Shop owners who offer a SIMPLE IRA retirement savings plan have until Nov. 1 to decide whether a switch to a 401(k) plan might be right for their business and their employees. A SIMPLE IRA [...]
