WSJ: 42% of small businesses surveyed facing health insurance rate increases of 10% or more

A recent Wall Street Journal article highlights the cost increases in various insurance lines that small businesses face, and the cutbacks that have to be made to keep afloat. Rising insurance costs represent the greatest [...]

2024-08-08T14:52:04-04:00August 8th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Sonic Automotive reports $30M loss from CDK cyberattack in SEC filing

Sonic Automotive, one of the nation’s largest auto dealerships, is estimating losses of about $30 million following a ransomware attack on CDK last month.  The company reported the losses in an 8-K filing with the [...]

2024-08-08T14:51:33-04:00August 8th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Nissan creates paint that deflects heat to save vehicle energy consumption

Nissan has been trialing an innovative automotive paint aimed at helping lower a vehicle’s ambient cabin temperature in summer and reduce the energy usage of the air conditioning system. Developed in partnership with Radi-Cool, a [...]

2024-08-08T14:51:02-04:00August 8th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

U.S. Commerce expected to propose bans on Chinese software, connected vehicles

The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to propose bans on Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles because of security risks later this month, according to multiple media reports.  A ban, under the Biden administration, [...]

2024-08-08T14:50:31-04:00August 8th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

California Supreme Court says fair claims suit against State Farm can proceed

The California Supreme Court recently reversed lower court judgments by saying a fair claims suit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is allowed to proceed under the four-year statute of limitations set in the [...]

2024-08-08T14:50:01-04:00August 8th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Las Vegas collision facility donates repair for school band trailer

A Las Vegas collision repair facility responded when it saw a local high school marching band trailer was stolen and later left stripped underneath a bridge in the city. Ozzie Arias, BRC Coach and Transit [...]

2024-08-08T14:49:30-04:00August 8th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Axalta records highest quarterly sales in company’s history

Axalta Coating Systems recorded its highest quarterly net sales and adjusted EBITDA in the company’s history during Q2. Net sales increased 4.4% year-over-year (YoY) to $1.35 billion and net income increased $52 million YoY to [...]

2024-08-08T14:48:59-04:00August 8th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

First trial of humanoid AI robot successful at BMW plant, testing moves forward

BMW Group says a trial run using a humanoid robot in vehicle production was successful. The trial was conducted at the BMW Group Plant Spartanburg over several weeks with Figure’s latest humanoid robot, Figure 02. [...]

2024-08-08T14:48:28-04:00August 8th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Length of rental continued to decrease through Q2 and shop backlogs are improving

Length of rental (LOR) has decreased by 1.4 days to 16 compared to Q2 2023, but is still high above pre-pandemic figures, according to Enterprise Mobility’s latest LOR report for Q2. Traditionally, LOR continues to [...]

2024-08-06T14:58:50-04:00August 6th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi join forces for EV development

Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. announced last week that they’ve signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on a framework for further intelligence and electrification of automobiles.  The [...]

2024-08-06T06:44:02-04:00August 6th, 2024|RDN News Feed|
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