With the release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s new greenhouse gas emissions standards collision repairers will likely see additional changes in the materials OEMs use and the design of their vehicles. EPA’s final rule signed [...]
Touted by Hyundai as a “breakthrough SUV,” Senior Group Manager Michael Stewart tells RDN the newly released IONIQ 5 is “completely new from the ground up.” As Hyundai started making sales on the new EV, [...]
OEConnection, the North American auto industry’s largest technology provider for original equipment manufacturers’ (OEM) parts distribution networks, is merging with Overall Parts Solutions (OPS) and its OPSTrax parts management and delivery system, OPS announced in [...]
Body shops and other auto repairers in Oregon will have to obtain a $20,000 surety bond, or an irrevocable letter of credit in the same amount, in order to be able to assert a lien [...]
General Motors has begun rolling out its GMC HUMMER EV Edition 1 pickup and BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle, both built on the Ultium Platform. Ultium’s dedicated EV architecture and propulsion system is the foundation for GM’s “all-electric [...]
Ford and Honda equipped more than 95 percent of their light vehicles with automatic emergency braking (AEB) in the 12 months that ended Aug. 31, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced. At [...]
Audi has begun using artificial intelligence (AI) at its Neckarsulm, Germany, site to check on the quality of spot welds in high-volume production. Though the automaker said the technology is not expected to transfer to [...]
Honda is working with the Ohio Department of Transportation on a pilot program that will use vehicle technology to identify damaged lane markings, a step intended to help make roadways safer. Beginning in early 2022, [...]
Only one in five shops that negotiated with a major insurer over time spent researching OEM repair information was reimbursed, but that number is three times higher than it was just six years ago, the [...]
Mercedes-Benz has met the German legal requirements for a Level 3 autonomous driving system, potentially paving the way for offering the system in other countries. The OEM announced that the German Federal Motor Transport Authority [...]
