J.D. Power studies find customer dissatisfaction, disengagement with digital claims processes

Problems with the transition to digital services are contributing to consumers’ dissatisfaction with their insurance companies, while consumer adoption of the new technology remains “stubbornly low” in the property and casualty (P&C) field, according to [...]

2022-03-04T07:51:05-05:00March 4th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

Bill introduced in Ohio to retrain workforce, retool factories & shops for EVs

A bill introduced this week in the Ohio Senate aims to train the workforce and retool auto factories and shops for electric vehicle production and repair with a proposed $25.75 million a year. Senate Bill [...]

2022-03-04T07:21:36-05:00March 4th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

BMW South Carolina plant to press exterior body parts, adds 200 jobs

BMW announced Thursday it will invest more than $200 million to construct a 219,000-square-foot press shop at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, which will create more than 200 advanced-level manufacturing jobs, according to a press [...]

2022-03-04T07:21:05-05:00March 4th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

NHTSA to add 4 ADAS technologies in update of its 5-Star Safety Rating program

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Thursday that it intends to add lane-keeping support, pedestrian automatic braking, blind spot detection, and blind spot intervention to the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technologies recommended [...]

2022-03-04T06:51:05-05:00March 4th, 2022|RDN News Feed|

DEG announces new sponsors, industry-level support on the rise

The Database Enhancement Gateway (DEG) has several new sponsors, including Reliable Automotive Equipment (RAE) and AkzoNobel at the platinum contribution level, the highest level of support within the sponsor framework. DEG is a free online [...]

2022-03-03T07:21:06-05:00March 3rd, 2022|RDN News Feed|

As Lucid ramps up Air production Stellantis talks EV cost, future

Lucid plans to ramp up production of its Lucid Air models to 12,000-14,000 this year after reaching “a significant milestone” in the fourth quarter of 2021. CEO Peter Rawlinson was referring to the delivery of [...]

2022-03-03T06:51:05-05:00March 3rd, 2022|RDN News Feed|

AAA study: Small group of risky drivers may have influenced spike in fatalities in 2020

An surge in driver fatalities and risky driving behaviors in the midst of a sharp reduction in miles driven during the COVID-19 pandemic can partly be tied to an increase in driving by a small [...]

2022-03-02T08:51:14-05:00March 2nd, 2022|RDN News Feed|

SEMA Show 2022 to include ADAS repairs learned at soon-to-open Detroit garage

Exhibit rental applications are now available online for the 2022 SEMA Show that will be held Nov. 1-4 in Las Vegas, and SEMA Vice President of Events, Tom Gattuso, told Repairer Driven News that repairs [...]

2022-03-02T07:21:05-05:00March 2nd, 2022|RDN News Feed|
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