A Texas public adjuster’s data from more than 700 Texas total loss appraisal clause proceedings show insurer estimates of customer vehicle value were on average around $3,500 too low. On the whole, the insurers would [...]
Ford on Wednesday revealed an all-electric 2022 F-150 Lightning it said would have a “massive lockable frunk” an “upgraded frame” and be built out of aluminum. “The military-grade aluminum alloy body and upgraded frame support [...]
Kia this week said the 2022 EV6 — the OEM’s first fully electric vehicle — would predominantly be built from steel. It said Tuesday the crossover sits on the E-GMP electric vehicle platform and mentioned [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists and OEConnection on Wednesday announced they had added more than 350 operations to the Blueprint Optimization Tool, including line items for work related to inspection, scanning and calibration. The [...]
A semiconductor shortage has been a hot topic for automobile manufacturing, and reports of a collision part shortage have arisen and persisted “since early January,” according to PartsTrader Chief Innovation Officer and industry analyst Greg [...]
Lamborghini on Tuesday announced it would only sell plug-in hybrids by the end of 2024, and “acceleration in the second part of the decade will be dedicated to full-electric vehicles.” The OEM said its first [...]
Boyd Group Services Tim O’Day told investors last week that efforts to require OEM auto body repair procedures in certain states wouldn’t affect his company. “We follow OEM repair procedures today,” said O’Day, whose publicly [...]
The Collision Industry Conference will again accommodate both in-person and virtual participation at its upcoming meeting, according to a Monday email from the industry summit. “Due to COVID regulations in Ohio – and limited seating [...]
Data from 46 appraisal clause process outcomes shared by a Texas public adjuster last week found insurers’ offers would have left customers short of the amount needed to fix their vehicles by an average of [...]
A recent Collision Industry Conference presentation on the CIECA BMS data standard might get repairers interested in exchanging information with vendors that way rather than with the EMS format. The older EMS standard of communication [...]
