Connecticut’s Senate recently passed what the Associate Press is calling “one of the first major legislative proposals to rein in bias” in AI decision-making in the nation. The bill passed the Senate 24-12 April 25 [...]
ALLDATA now offers a repair planning software tool that it says will include daily updated OEM repair procedures and save shops time. Called Repair Planner, ALLDATA says it works with all three major estimating systems [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has finalized a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) that will make automatic emergency braking (AEB), including pedestrian AEB (PAEB), standard on all passenger cars and light [...]
The deadline to submit comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning potential ways that people might be exposed to lead through the use of wheel weights is coming up Friday. Collision repair businesses [...]
The length of rental (LOR) continued the trend of decreasing in Q1 2024 but remains higher than pre-pandemic levels as market conditions remain challenging, Enterprise’s most recent U.S. Length of Rental report says. Collision-related rentals [...]
Virginia has passed legislation that requires auto insurers to pay policyholders double the judgment amount if a court finds it denied, refused, or failed to pay property damage, medical expense benefits, or loss of income [...]
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to enter the market from online chatbots to answering phone calls and assisting in parts and services, a Collision Industry Conference (CIC) committee recently explored practical uses for the technology [...]
Toyota has announced plans for a new three-row battery electric SUV as part of a $1.4 billion investment in its Princeton, Indiana facility. No details were provided about the new SUV, however, Toyota said the [...]
An Illinois bill that received support from the Secretary of State and would have created a review process for auto insurance rate increases stalled, failing to advance out of a House committee by the April [...]
I-CAR is looking into a new possibility for collision repair that they say could match factory-level welding. Scott VanHulle, I-CAR repairability technical support and OEM technical relations manager, hit the high points of laser welding [...]
