State Farm has filed a $1.27 million subrogation claim against Tesla, claiming that a “defect in design or manufacture” of a 2016 Tesla Model S started a fire that heavily damaged a Carmel, Indiana couple’s [...]
Honda has announced that Honda Sensing, its advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) that can allow Level 2 semi-autonomous driving, is now available on all Honda vehicles as standard or optional equipment. In addition, Honda revealed [...]
Sixty-three of the 135 individual insurance companies writing auto policies in New York earned a perfect score, with no consumer complaints upheld against them, in the New York Department of Financial Services’ annual ranking. Of [...]
“Smart driver alert technology” testing is underway by Ford in Germany using real-world sounds to let drivers know there are pedestrians, bicyclists, other road users, or objects approaching. Engineers are exploring the use of in-car [...]
As data breach threats continue to grow, CCi Global Technologies shared some data privacy and security tips Thursday during a Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) webinar that can be applied in the collision repair industry. [...]
A lawsuit filed in Texas against USAA will now move forward as a class-action case on behalf of thousands of policyholders whose vehicles were allegedly deemed total losses without their consent and, as a result, [...]
Slightly more than a third of the 93 auto insurers graded by collision repairers earned an overall grade of B or above, while none of the nation’s 10 largest insurers received a grade higher than [...]
A federal appeals court has partially overturned the dismissal of a class action suit against Geico that claims the insurer underpays for vehicles that have been declared a total loss in certain cases. Based in [...]
Volvo is instructing body shops not to perform any kind of clearcoat blending on its vehicles, and not to attempt to repair a vehicle by cutting and joining two damaged vehicles, a process known as [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Tuesday its issuance of a final rule that allows OEMs to install adaptive driving beam (ADB) headlights on new vehicles to increase visibility and reduce headlight glare [...]
