Small Business Administration data released this summer suggests the federal COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program yielded more than $200 million worth of small-business loans to more than 2,000 auto body shops. And the EIDL [...]
U.S. District of Columbia Judge James Boasberg earlier this month ordered the Small Business Administration to by Nov. 19 release details on Paycheck Protection Program recipients and loan amounts, information the agency had withheld from [...]
Ford on Friday confirmed that despite the weight and range issues batteries can introduce, it kept the body of the fully electric 2022 E-Transit van fairly similar to the existing 2020 Transit. “We made no [...]
State Farm claim consultant Chris Evans said Thursday his company’s Select Service auto body shop locator will soon reveal OEM certifications held by individual repairers. This would probably happen in the first quarter of 2021, [...]
FCA has warned collision repairers against using “Opt OE” parts in a new position statement. “Mopar does not have an Opt OE program or an OE surplus program and does not recognize the sale of [...]
FCA warned collision repairers against using “Opt OE” parts in a new position statement. “Mopar does not have an Opt OE program or an OE surplus program and does not recognize the sale of Opt [...]
Ford on Thursday revealed its 2022 E-Transit, an all-electric version of the world’s No. 1 cargo van it’ll start selling at the end of next year. The OEM hasn’t yet responded to an inquiry about [...]
Collision repairers having difficulty capturing customer keys might be talking about the wrong things, according to a Collision Hub broadcast Monday. In fact, the auto body shop shouldn’t be talking very much at all, just [...]
The Collision Industry Conference audience on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to adopt a set of “Golden Rules” for data as an official work product from the body. The decision gives collision repairers and others in the [...]
I-CAR sales and marketing Senior Vice President Nick Notte on Tuesday announced his organization would create a role devoted to advanced driver assistance systems work. Notte said the January CIC included a suggestion for I-CAR [...]
