U.S. Senators and Representatives have introduced legislation in the Senate and House to block Biden electric vehicle (EV) mandates made through recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. The bills, introduced by U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan [...]
J.D. Power says notable auto insurance premium increases and “lackluster” customer satisfaction scores have led 49% of more than 10,000 consumers to shop for new policies in the past year. According to J.D. Power’s 2024 [...]
General Motors has added a new level to its Collision Repair Network (CRN) for its BrightDrop fleet. The GM CRN continuously adapts to support the OEM’s rapid pace of evolving technology by promoting safe and [...]
A California bill would require 50% of passenger vehicles, motortrucks, and buses sold in the state to be equipped with a speed assistance system by the 2029 model year and all vehicles by the 2032 [...]
Connecticut’s Senate recently passed what the Associate Press is calling “one of the first major legislative proposals to rein in bias” in AI decision-making in the nation. The bill passed the Senate 24-12 April 25 [...]
ALLDATA now offers a repair planning software tool that it says will include daily updated OEM repair procedures and save shops time. Called Repair Planner, ALLDATA says it works with all three major estimating systems [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has finalized a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) that will make automatic emergency braking (AEB), including pedestrian AEB (PAEB), standard on all passenger cars and light [...]
The deadline to submit comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning potential ways that people might be exposed to lead through the use of wheel weights is coming up Friday. Collision repair businesses [...]
The length of rental (LOR) continued the trend of decreasing in Q1 2024 but remains higher than pre-pandemic levels as market conditions remain challenging, Enterprise’s most recent U.S. Length of Rental report says. Collision-related rentals [...]
Virginia has passed legislation that requires auto insurers to pay policyholders double the judgment amount if a court finds it denied, refused, or failed to pay property damage, medical expense benefits, or loss of income [...]
