With more ADAS comes more scans and calibrations — more than four times the calibrations for 2023 model year (MY) vehicles versus 2014, according to CCC Intelligent Solutions. CCC’s latest Crash Course Report found that [...]
About 39% of Americans are not contributing to any retirement fund and 30% believe they will never be able to retire comfortably, a recent MSN article says. Twenty-eight percent of Americans between the ages of [...]
As the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) grows, from obvious uses to those that we may not think about like populating our news feeds and music playlists, collision repairers and insurers are often seemingly [...]
The New York Stock Exchange suspended trading of Fisker as its stock fell to $0.09 a share Monday, as the electric vehicle manufacturer also announced a potential deal with a major automaker was terminated. Fisker [...]
Stellantis Ventures, the automaker’s corporate venture fund, has invested in SteerLight — the developer of a new generation lidar sensing technology. Employing silicon photonics technology, which combines a universal semiconductor material with the speed of [...]
Indiana and West Virginia legislators have passed bills to put limits on litigation financing — a practice that insurers say encourages unnecessary lawsuits, and burdens the legal system. Others argue that litigation financing provides consumers [...]
BMW plans to spend more in research and development (R&D) than it ever has before in 2024 with a focus on electrification of its vehicle portfolio, in-car digital innovations, software stacks and automated driving, according [...]
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office provides a somewhat vague answer to the “right to repair” question — it isn’t a matter of access for independent repair shops; access exists, but is [...]
Audi is redefining steel welding training with a new four-day course certified shops are required to take. The training is 70% hands-on and focuses on the basics of welding steel and welder settings. “It meets [...]
Stellantis plans to lay off about 400 U.S. workers as it shifts its focus to electric vehicle (EV) production, according to multiple media reports. The layoffs will be effective March 31 and represent 2% of [...]
