CCC found repair costs, nondriveable vehicle proportions and total losses climbed in March compared to prior years, potentially as a result of altered traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic. The estimating service reached its conclusions in [...]

Nationwide last week announced it would let the whole working-from-home thing ride beyond the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to become a permanent business strategy. The carrier on April 29 said it would “exit most buildings” and [...]

Steps including a “Blow Out” could help a collision repairer or other automotive professional reduce the risk of COVID-19 from a vehicle HVAC system, a Centers for Disease Control spokeswoman wrote Monday. CDC press officer [...]

I-CAR announced Friday it would extend its moratorium on live courses, including welding certification, until June 15 due to the COVID-19 coronavirus issue. However, its curriculum of “Virtual” (webinar-style courses led by an instructor) and [...]

The Small Business Administration and Department of the Treasury on Tuesday announced the SBA would review all Paycheck Protection Program loans of more than $2 million, “in addition to other loans as appropriate.” “The Paycheck [...]

A little advance thought on personal protective equipment and process can help minimize the threat of COVID-19 to an auto body shop’s staff and customers, according to an SCRS webinar Tuesday. This can involve considering [...]

One of the main takeaways from this week’s SCRS webinar on cleaning and disinfecting vehicles involved advice repairers should find familiar: Don’t deviate from the instructions validated to have worked. Essentially, follow the disinfectant manufacturer’s [...]

Strategies like UV light or heat might help eliminate the COVID-19 coronavirus in theory, but in practice might miss spots or harm a vehicle or employee, according to an SCRS webinar Tuesday. Other ideas your [...]

Texas A&M announced this month it and the Air Force Research Laboratory had figured out how to 3D-print martensitic steel “into very sturdy, defect-free objects of nearly any shape.” Martensitic steel has a range of [...]

Collision repairers who reassure customers they’ve “sanitized” or “disinfected” a vehicle during the COVID-19 pandemic are inadvertently making a significant semantic error, according to property restoration experts. Vocabulary is “critical,” according to Gearhart and Associates [...]