LexisNexis has predicted that 80 percent of auto claims will be virtual in 2025 — just four years from now — and leading insurers’ recent accounts of COVID-19 digitization give credence to this theory. State [...]
The Database Enhancement Gateway, which allows repairers and insurers to make inquiries and suggestions of the estimating providers at no cost, offers weekly tips for repairers on the Audatex, Mitchell and CCC programs online and through the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ email list. [...]
A CCC and Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. investor webinar Wednesday described hot trends like artificial intelligence and digitization but also stressed the value of the company’s predictable revenue stream. CCC announced Wednesday its existing owners [...]
CCC announced Wednesday its existing owners and a Dragoneer subsidiary have agreed to a merger and subsequent listing of shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The plan to go public values CCC at about [...]
Tesla on Thursday alerted customers that it could perform minor collision repairs at the company’s service centers, CNBC reported Friday. The network said Tesla sent customers a message announcing “Collision Repair is Here.” “Fix minor [...]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk last week announced his company had reached volume production of a Model Y rear underbody made out of a single cast part. “For the first time in history, the entire rear [...]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday announced it had produced “stronger worker safety guidance” to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. “More than 400,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and millions of [...]
A quality control checklist at the end of an auto body repair is like a team waiting to examine their gameplay after they’ve lost, a consultant recently warned the industry. It “does nothing to improve [...]
General Motors pledged Thursday to make 40 percent of its models fully battery electric by 2025 and said it wants “to eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035.” Thirty all-electric models will be [...]
Auto body shops have gotten “desensitized” by minor quality issues that naturally arise over the course of a repair, a Sherwin-Williams lean educator and former shop owner said last year. Repairers argue, “‘It’s just part [...]
