LKQ on Wednesday announced it consolidated its mobile services companies VeTech Automotive Electronics and Elite Electronics under a single Elitek Vehicle Services brand. LKQ bought Elite and VeTech in 2019. It said it had grown [...]
At least as far back as 2017, Volkswagen has banned collision repairers from mounting its vehicles using the pinchweld area. Failure to respect this mandate from Volkswagen can compromise the vehicle’s structure and be a [...]
The Small Business Administration on Tuesday announced it had granted nearly 85 percent of the applications for Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness to date. Borrowers of $50,000 or less have fared even better, with an [...]
The Small Business Administration on Tuesday announced it had granted nearly 85 percent of the applications for Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness to date. Borrowers of $50,000 or less have fared even better, with an [...]
AsTech on Tuesday announced it had bought Root Four Imagination, manufacturer of the more consumer-oriented BlueDriver scanning device. “asTech is now the only company in the world that has both aftermarket / quick-scan and full [...]
FCA on Thursday announced a seven-seater 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L with a “more robust and innovative body structure” derived from third-generation high-strength steels. FCA didn’t provide exact tensile strengths in its news release Thursday, [...]
The brand-new 2021 Genesis GV80 SUV recently released to dealerships will incorporate higher-strength steels but also feature an aluminum hood and tailgate and aluminum doors, according to Hyundai. This strategic aluminum usage by a manufacturer [...]
Enterprise Holdings announced Monday a new pilot program based on Ranken Technical College’s hybrid school-and-shop collision vocational education model. The Automotive Collision Engineering Pilot Program will run two years and debut at the Saint Louis, [...]
Updated Highway Loss Data Institute research into rear autobraking found the ADAS technology cut property damage liability claims 28 percent and collision claims 10 percent, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday. The success [...]
Chief announced Tuesday it would this hail season offer an automated system able to identify and measure vehicle hail dents and produce an estimate to fix them. The Constellation technology “eliminates the need for an [...]
