More than 30 people, nearly all members of the collision repair industry, testified Tuesday before a special commission created to consider auto body labor rates paid by insurers in Massachusetts. During the four-hour-plus virtual hearing, [...]
General Motors is launching a new online parts marketplace, making its catalog of 45,000 mechanical and collision repair parts more easily available to buyers, body shops included. GM said the service will allow customers to [...]
A federal judge has scheduled a jury trial in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Repairify against LKQ subsidiary Keystone Automotive Industries and its Elitek Vehicle Services. The suit, filed on Aug. 9 in the [...]
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has two investigations underway regarding replacement automotive headlamps and taillamps made by four aftermarket and/or recycled parts manufacturers for alleged patent violations. Kia Corporation, of Seoul, Republic of Korea [...]
Two more inquiries submitted to the Database Enhancement Gateway (DEG) have resulted in needed answers for repairers — this time in regard to Chevrolet Equinox impact bar replacement. The repairer that submitted the first inquiry [...]
When a damaged electric vehicle (EV) arrives at a body shop, a prudent first step is to conduct a pre-repair scan of the vehicle where it sits, before moving it into the shop, two presenters [...]
As the COVID-19 pandemic wages on Collision Industry Conference (CIC) Human Resources Task Force Chair Cory King gave an update on what collision repair employers need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS)’s recent [...]
As a special commission prepares to hold its first public hearing Tuesday morning on auto body labor rates paid by insurers in Massachusetts, the executive director of the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts [...]
Legislation was recently introduced in Pennsylvania’s Senate to amend current law to include autonomous vehicle (AV) operation with or without a human driver. If passed, the state will be one of a handful to approve [...]
As more automakers move toward partially autonomous driving systems, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced Thursday it will push the industry for adequate safeguards to make certain that the drivers of these vehicles [...]
