The total cost of repair (TCOR) has increased by 3.7% to $4,642 for the first half of 2024, compared to $4,477 in H1 2023, according to CCC’s Q3 Crash Course Report. “This increase may indicate [...]
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) dock workers announced late Thursday that they will return to work today after coming to a tentative agreement with the United States Maritime Alliance USMX. The tentative agreement on wages will [...]
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that state law doesn’t grant an insurance company the right to deny payment and sue repair shops when a written repair estimate isn’t provided — one of the alleged [...]
In passenger vehicles built by July 31, 2023, 10 out of 14 advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) features had surpassed 50% of the market share, with five features exceeding 90%. The Partnership for Analytics Research [...]
About 35% of shops surveyed in the most recent “Who Pays for What?” survey said they didn’t perform a post-collision safety inspection because OEMs did not make it clear what is “required” versus “recommended” for [...]
GM’s Cruise must pay a $1.5 million penalty to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) following incomplete reports the company made, according to a NHTSA press release. Two of the reports failed to disclose [...]
Nissan has compiled a library of more than 500,000 vehicle paint imperfection evaluations, and growing, using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to improve its detection rate by nearly 7% at its Smyrna Vehicle [...]
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are ramping up their efforts to enhance competitiveness in future electric vehicle (EV) batteries through a project they’ve launched to develop lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cathode material, according [...]
An electric vehicle (EV) that caught fire in a Florida resident’s garage during Hurricane Helene flooding last week has brought attention to EV fire risks. CNN reports Morgan Hodges, of Sarasota, said he raised the [...]
A contract between the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) expired Monday without an agreement, sending thousands of dock workers from Texas to Maine on strike. The New York Times reports [...]
