EV startup Rivian plans certified auto body repair network, will restrict parts

Brand-new OEM Rivian intends to establish a certified collision network to fix its electric truck and SUV reaching consumers next summer. The startup electric vehicle manufactuer has begun soliciting interest from auto body shops through [...]

2020-11-11T07:09:31-05:00November 11th, 2020|RDN News Feed|

Watch the virtual Repairer Driven Education sessions through August 2021

Auto body shops and others seeking insight into technology, resources and business practices relevant to the collision repair industry will be able to access the virtual Repairer Driven Education series through Aug. 31, 2021. The [...]

2020-11-10T07:08:29-05:00November 10th, 2020|RDN News Feed|

Honor good insurers, flunk bad ones with latest ‘Insurer Report Card’ survey for auto body shops

CRASH Network again seeks collision repairers’ perspective on national and regional insurers’ claims behavior with the launch of its latest “Insurer Report Card” survey. The anonymous study has asked auto body shops to grade insurers [...]

2020-11-09T07:08:46-05:00November 9th, 2020|RDN News Feed|

General Motors: New ‘VIP’ electric system can permit timestamped DTCs, might alter ADAS, calibration

General Motors said the addition of its new advanced new electrical platform can create differences between structurally similar vehicles but offer a benefit for repairers as well. General Motors unveiled the architecture in 2019, reporting [...]

2020-11-06T22:38:51-05:00November 6th, 2020|RDN News Feed|

Final 4 virtual Repairer Driven Education classes out now

The entire virtual Repairer Driven Education series is live, delivering nearly 24 hours of content replayable by subscribers through Aug. 31, 2021. SCRS has released the final four online classes, featuring instructors from Hunter Engineering, [...]

2020-11-06T07:08:29-05:00November 6th, 2020|RDN News Feed|

N.Y. DFS levies $2.1M in fines on insurers; violations include auto physical claims activity

New York Superintendent of Financial Services Linda Lacewell announced Tuesday her agency had levied fines between $217,300 and $671,200 on AIG, Allstate, State Farm and Tri-State Consumer Insurance. Some of the fines were tied to [...]

2020-11-05T20:08:32-05:00November 5th, 2020|RDN News Feed|

Virtual SEMA360 includes significant collision repair presence

The Collision Repair and Refinish section of the virtual SEMA360 contains more than more than 50 virtual “booths” and more than 100 new products for the industry to peruse. Overall, SEMA360 offers more than 650 [...]

2020-11-05T11:53:47-05:00November 5th, 2020|RDN News Feed|

See Ford, GM, Subaru, Audi, DuckerFrontier in virtual OEM Summit today

Give your collision business a jump on some of the latest vehicles and trends by tuning in to the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ virtual OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit. SCRS has released the five [...]

2020-11-05T07:08:59-05:00November 5th, 2020|RDN News Feed|
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