BMW’s new SC press shop can stamp up to 10,000 sheet metal parts daily

BMW Manufacturing opened a press shop in Spartanburg, South Carolina last week that can stamp up to 10,000 parts daily, according to a press release. The press shop is preparing to stamp sheet metal parts [...]

2024-06-26T14:26:51-04:00June 26th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

New Hampshire bill exempts anyone handling auto glass claims from adjusters statute

Legislators in New Hampshire have passed a bill that would make glass repairs exempt from current regulations in the state.  The bill has been passed by both the House and Senate and was sent to [...]

2024-06-26T14:26:20-04:00June 26th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Auto Innovators pushes back against parts of AEB mandate

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation has asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reconsider portions of its new automatic emergency braking (AEB) mandate. NHTSA’s new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, FMVSS 127, will require [...]

2024-06-25T14:46:41-04:00June 25th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

LexisNexis: High claim severity due to litigation, parts and labor shortages

LexisNexis Risk Solutions found in its 2024 U.S Auto Insurance Trends Report that high claim severity continues due to parts and labor shortages and rising attorney involvement. According to the report, 93% of claimants who sought [...]

2024-06-25T14:45:40-04:00June 25th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Cybersecurity top 2024 concern for auto manufacturers, report says

Automotive manufactures said cybersecurity risk is their top external obstacle in 2024, according to a Rockwell Automation report based on global survey results.  Thirty-five percent of respondents ranked cybersecurity as their top concern, according to [...]

2024-06-25T14:45:09-04:00June 25th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Grayscale colors continue to hold market majority of used car sales

Grayscale colors — white, black, gray, and silver — made up 80% of used model year 2023 vehicles bought between January 2023 and April 2024 compared to 60.3% of model year 2004 vehicles purchased during [...]

2024-06-25T14:44:08-04:00June 25th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

IIHS: ‘Designers must make vehicles safe for everyone, not just drivers and passengers’

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Senior Vice President of Research Jessica Cicchino says improving pedestrian safety will take better road and infrastructure designs as well as vehicle design. A similar conclusion was recently made [...]

2024-06-25T14:43:38-04:00June 25th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Tesla owner posts video of full self-driving mode in action; avoids head-on crash

Earlier this month, a Tesla owner shared a dash camera video on social media that showed his vehicle swerving to avoid a head-on collision while in full self-driving mode (FSD).  The post on X by [...]

2024-06-25T14:43:07-04:00June 25th, 2024|RDN News Feed|
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