Tesla told employees Monday it will lay off 10% or about 14,000 people as it cuts costs, according to a New York Times article.  Hours after Elon Musk sent an email to employees about the [...]

The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) now offers a health insurance benefits plan to collision repair businesses that employ under 10 people, as few as two, including in the state of Washington. Previously, plans [...]

Washington recently passed a bill creating a 19-member task force to study AI and make legislative recommendations by July 1, 2026.  The bill, SB5838, was proposed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson and sponsored by Sen. [...]

California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) will discuss a number of important repair shop issues including current legislation and proposed requirements for storage and towing fees during two meetings later this month. The BAR Advisory [...]

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently published a report that states electric vehicle (EV) efficiency improvements could reduce future electric infrastructure buildout, energy usage, and consumer costs over [...]

President Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for a 12-week paid family and medical leave plan in his 2025 budget proposal released last month. “Look, it’s past time America caught up with the rest of the [...]

The Biden administration’s push toward greener automobiles, rolled out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last month, works to reduce carbon emissions but ignores other potential environmental implications, such as a rise in e-waste likely [...]

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed legislation last week that prohibits an assignment of rights or benefits under a property or casualty insurance policy, and further regulates motor vehicle glass repair shops from offering incentivizing insureds [...]

DataTouch now offers a technology that the company says provides repair shops with control over software data pumps that have been installed on their computer systems. Called Data Pump Manager, the new DataTouch tool is [...]

The Auto Care Association (ACA) has released a nationwide sample-based survey that found 84% of the 407 individuals who participated view vehicle repair and maintenance data access as the top issue for their business. The [...]