CCC announced Wednesday that a new Honda partnership permitted OEM scan data to be uploaded “seamlessly” into CCC ONE via the CCC X data exchange. The free feature increases a repairer’s efficiency on any pre-, [...]
A system where auto body shops filed claims on behalf of their customers could improve life for the repairer, consumer and insurer, Bodyshop Booster CEO Ryan Taylor proposed recently. It was no different than what [...]
Greater awareness of Recycled Rides has boosted participation, leading to the collision industry restoring and gifting more than 450 vehicles last year, National Auto Body Council CEO Bill Garoutte observed last week. “That awareness has [...]
ZF on Monday announced it would deliver an advanced driver assistance system package to OEMs “at a price well under $1,000.” It said the “Level 2+” system coASSIST would enter production “with a major Asian [...]
USAA announced last month that property and casualty insurance group President Wayne Peacock would ascend to the CEO role effective Feb. 1. Peacock, who has more than 30 years with USAA and spent three as [...]
Get ready to start a new shopping list. The annual “Kool Tools” presentation returns next week, offering the industry a look at some of the notable equipment from the SEMA show. Veteran shop owner Kye [...]
Collision industry professionals who were out of the office or hustling to leave it for the holidays over the past two weeks might not have had time to keep up with their daily doses of [...]
Calling the company “widely used in the US collision scanning market,” Drew Technologies announced Friday it had acquired AutoEnginuity for $20 million. “Their broad coverage and diagnostic depth represent an interesting growth potential for Opus [...]
Auto body repair banner network Certified Collision Group announced last month it had grown 35 percent in 2019 to support more than 400 collision repair companies. CEO Tom Matlack on a media teleconference Dec. 17, [...]
ABI Research on Thursday announced its prediction that connected cars would share more information with each other in more “cooperative forms of mobility.” We’ve been focusing on the idea of connected cars (or devices within [...]
