AirPro Diagnostics was acquired by Rotunda Capital Partners, a private equity firm, late last week, according to AirPro officials. “The partnership, formed in collaboration with existing management, will accelerate AirPro’s growth trajectory and broaden its [...]
Responses from the Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) to concerns raised by a Southern California body shop manager and Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) Board member may bring clarity to repairers in the industry [...]
The Certified Automotive Parts Association’s (CAPA) Decertified Part Report for February lists four metal, four plastic and one lighting part for decertification. All parts were decertified between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31. The parts include [...]
Renault Group now offers free licensure to its Fireman Access patents to help streamline electric vehicle emergency response. Car manufacturers and parts suppliers can obtain a license through an open collaborative platform at www.renault.fr/universalpatent. Any upgrades [...]
State Farm is asking its National Glass Program participants to provide a recalibration failure report when requesting authorization for OEM glass if the installed non-OEM windshield can’t be recalibrated. A notice from the insurance company [...]
The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Property & Casualty Insurance Committee recently adopted a Motor Vehicle Glass Act Model that prohibits benefit assignment and requires shops to notify consumers of advanced driver assistance systems [...]
In its latest round of infant car seat crash testing, Consumer Reports (CR) found two models have “significant structural integrity issues” — a heads up that collision repairers may be able to give to their [...]
The Washington House Committee on Consumer Protection and Business did not discuss or vote on a right-to-appraisal bill Friday, the last day the committee could pass it to the House Rules Committee, ultimately killing the [...]
asTech officials say their remote technicians now ask if repair shops have a seat weight when assisting shops performing calibrations. Kennedy Taylor, asTech senior vice president of marketing, said information provided by Mike Reynolds, Mobile [...]
Mitchell International reports that the frequency of battery electric vehicle (BEV) repairable claims increased year over year to 38% in the U.S. and 34% in Canada. In its most recent “Plugged-In: EV Collision Insights” report, [...]
