In its third-quarter earnings report, Tesla announced earlier this month it launched its telematics insurance product in its first state. Texas will be the testing ground as Tesla Insurance has rolled out its brand-new Safety [...]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation ensuring and requiring retirement plan options for private sector employees on Thursday. Assembly Bill A3213A mandates that private sector employers of 10 or more who don’t provide their [...]
Lucid is poised to be the first OEM in the North American market to offer on-board lidar as part of its advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), the company said in offering its first detailed look [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) will host demonstrations of its Blueprint Optimization Tool (BOT) and Database Enhanced Gateway (DEG) at its booth Tuesday-Friday of next week’s 2021 SEMA Show in the Las Vegas [...]
Subaru has been voluntarily disabling its telematics systems in 2022 vehicles sold in Massachusetts to comply with the state’s disputed “Right to Repair” (RTR) law, despite a contention by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI) [...]
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has released its third quarter U.S. Length of Rental (LOR) report. Enterprise called it “striking,” highlighting the dramatic increase in both state and regional numbers. Overall LOR for collision replacement-related rentals in [...]
The number of auto insurance collision claims filed in 2021, though rising, remains below pre-pandemic figures, while average claim costs have increased, industry information providers CCC and Mitchell have reported in their examination of trends [...]
Mercedes-Benz Canada announced on Tuesday full deployment of its Virtual Remote Support program that is powered by Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Remote Assist. The automaker said Virtual Remote Support will “redefine automotive [...]
OEConnection (OEC), the North American automotive industry’s largest technology provider for original equipment manufacturers’ (OEM) distribution networks, has acquired VeriFacts Automotive, further broadening OEC’s footprint in the services provided in alignment with automakers in North [...]
One year after laying off 3,800 employees as part of its Transformative Growth Plan, Allstate recently announced that it is closing and selling its 54-year-old headquarters in Northbrook, a township that’s a northern suburb of [...]
