ABI Research has reviewed the current state of autonomous driving technology within the automotive industry in conjunction with artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing, mapping, and location intelligence to find that, by 2030, the majority of [...]
Proposed federal legislation aimed at lowering credit card transaction fees could ultimately harm small businesses and lower-income households, according to a recent Forbes Article. The Credit Card Competition Act of 2023 would require large financial [...]
As electric vehicle (EV) sales rise, fire departments and fire associations nationwide are looking for ways to prepare for EV battery fires. Brian O’Connor, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) senior fire protection engineer, said firefighters [...]
Public comment closed Feb. 2 on a petition for rulemaking regarding “right to repair” to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (PIRG) and iFixit with more than [...]
Beginning with model year 2025, some OnStar features will come standard on GM vehicles at no additional cost above the vehicle purchase price. All Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac vehicles will be equipped with the new [...]
Thirty-nine percent of small businesses were unable to fill positions in January, despite the same percentage of small businesses raising compensation, according to the results of a National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) survey. “Although [...]
New data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)’s Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) indicates that collision claim frequency for 2021–2023 model year passenger vehicles was 6.2 claims per 100 insured vehicle years with [...]
Martin Ellingsworth, former J.D. Power P&C Insurance Intelligence managing director, spoke last week about how insurance and shop business operation trends of the past decade paired with today’s vehicle values could affect the “Garage of [...]
A California law has given Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, the ability to block $3.16 billion in auto insurance overages since 2002, a new report from the group said. “The savings are thanks to [...]
A 7,000-plus-pound electric truck tore through a guardrail with little speed reduction during a crash test conducted by the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a university press release said. The university [...]
