Volkswagen on Friday said it sought to 3D-print 100,000 components a year by 2025 and announced significant progress with A-pillar parts formed through additive manufacturing. “Together with our partners, we aim to make 3D printing [...]
SkillsUSA returned for 2021 after a pandemic-forced hiatus last year — but it did so virtually. Collision Repair Technology Organizer Jason Bartanen said students had “so much taken away from them.” Organizers didn’t want to [...]
Automakers on Wednesday told a judge the timeframe Massachusetts voters established with November 2020’s “Right to Repair” ballot initiative was impossible, and the measure itself violated federal law. But Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on [...]
A consumer complaint to California regulators doesn’t necessarily end when a body shop addresses the issue to the customer’s satisfaction, the CAA warned repairers last week. And a complaint over one topic doesn’t preclude Bureau [...]
Crash Champions will soon exceed 100 body shops once it closes on Signature Collision, but the booming, private equity-backed MSO has no plans to cash out and sell to a rival, according to CEO Matt [...]
LKQ announced Tuesday its mobile services provider Elitek now had the capability to scan and program vehicles remotely. Elitek had previously offered scanning services during a visit from one of its mobile technicians. Now, it’ll [...]
Crash Champions on Tuesday announced it would grow to 118 locations in 12 states after acquiring the 24-shop regional MSO Signature Collision Centers. Signature CEO Charles “Chuck” Pipkin will own a piece of Crash Champions [...]
Liberty Mutual’s free, opt-in hail alert service prompted 44 percent of customers to move their vehicle in time to avoid hail damage, a survey of policyholders found. “We are constantly testing new digital insurance offerings [...]
Chevrolet brought back the Trailblazer for the 2021 model year with a larger yet lighter body, according to a presentation last month by General Motors upper-body engineer Youngtaeck Kim. Part of the 10 percent mass [...]
A Texas public adjuster earlier this year used GEICO’s own policy language to prevent the insurer from totaling a vandalized Cadillac with an actual cash value above the cost of repairs. The incident demonstrates how [...]
