USAA on Thursday announced it would buy the smartphone telematics insurer Noblr and use it to sell mileage-based policies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Noblr has the capability to detect and track risky [...]
AsTech on Tuesday announced it had bought Mobile Tech RX, a software provider to about 6,000 users within the reconditioning industry. Terms of the Mobile Tech RX deal were not disclosed by Repairify, the official [...]
General Motors has obliged both the collision repair and auto insurance industry by refining its guidance on which collision circumstances trigger certain inspections. It has provided more clarity on how the inspections would be conducted [...]
Collision repairers are used to adhesive bonding, but there’s another automotive bonding concept shops should also learn, according to I-CAR. “Bonding” in the context of vehicle electrical systems provides a valuable hedge against electrocution when [...]
IHS Markit on Monday announced the average light vehicle age has risen nearly two months since 2020 and broken the 12-year mark. 2021’s 12.1-year average follows 2020’s mean age of 11.9 years. A decade ago, [...]
Rather than demand extensive inspections or replacements after any crash, General Motors’ recently revised “Repairs and Inspections Required After a Collision” document (No. 5807146) draws a distinction between major and minor damage. On minor collisions [...]
As automakers prepare to launch a flurry of electric vehicles, I-CAR has warned repairers against protecting themselves with the wrong type of PPE glove — or being tempted to remove the right ones at a [...]
I-CAR in a video released earlier this year demonstrated how multiple disconnection procedures might be required on an electric vehicle to protect repairers from shock or electrocution. These precautions could also include waiting an OEM-specified [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists this year launched a new weekly video series featuring quick-hit tips for body shops. Repairers can subscribe to the SCRSCollision YouTube webpage to view the free industry video series, [...]
General Motors has given auto body shops more clarity into how they should conduct post-crash inspections and declared that numerous inspections or replacements wouldn’t be necessary “instances of vehicle collision where damage exceeds minor outer [...]
