Toyota has revised a Collision Repair Information Bulletin to carry more definitive and universal language regarding scanning. The old CRIB No. 191 bulletin language dated back to 2016. Toyota at that time called for a [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists announced Tuesday that Key Choice Collision Centers‘ network of 22 Great Plains auto body shops had become SCRS members. The news represents the first network of independent shops to [...]
Representatives of a national auto body repair trade group and an Ohio affiliate last week described demand as returning to normal for their respective collision constituencies. “The volume of work is certainly returning,” Society of [...]
Declaring that the bill would raise costs “without adding commensurate benefits to consumers,” Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee on Friday vetoed legislation supported by the auto body repair industry. House Bill 6324 and the [...]
AEye on Tuesday announced it had successfully tested its lidar behind windshield glass at a range of 1,000 meters amid rainfall. “The ultra-long-range capabilities of our adaptive LiDAR enables OEMs to release new revenue-generating applications [...]
Though the majority of shops polled hadn’t attempted to charge for the work, some of the repairers who did itemize vehicle fluid cleanup found major insurers consistently reimbursing the charges, a new “Who Pays for [...]
An Ohio high school collision repair program has restored the 1986 Monte Carlo Super Sport passed down to kidnapping survivor Amanda Berry by her grandfather Troy Berry. Max S. Hayes High School students, collision instructor [...]
Collision Industry Conference audience members voted Thursday in favor of a new information “Golden Rule” supporting collision repair ecosystem data access and sharing. “Application providers should allow end-users unfettered access to their own business data,” [...]
CCC this summer will begin rolling out the ability for auto body shops to have an AI write a partial estimate based upon vehicle photos, the information provider announced this week. This CCC One Estimating [...]
CRASH Network and Collision Advice this week celebrated “Who Pays for What?” results indicating the proportion of body shops charging to inspect seat belts has grown over the past five years. The data from the quarterly [...]
