Recent legislative action in at least three states stands behind a shift in widespread focus on emerging technologies workforce training and outcome-based post-secondary education funding. In Alabama, a new workforce training center, to be built [...]
An upcoming meeting in Maine could determine whether the state becomes the latest to adopt an electric vehicle mandate. The state’s Board of Environmental Protection will discuss the proposed regulations Dec. 21 after previously voting [...]
Safety concerns related to Tesla’s Cybertruck have arisen, with some industry members saying that the vehicle’s angular design and stainless steel body could pose danger to other road users. A Reuters report released last week [...]
Volkswagen says the latest generation of its exit warning system can warn vehicle occupants about road users approaching from behind. The new advanced driver assistance (ADAS) feature, which can detect approaching cyclists, are standard in [...]
The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) has identified a trend in manufacturing vehicles — especially electric vehicles, SUVs, and trucks — which are heavier, more powerful, and taller, as a risk for drivers [...]
The auto industry’s digital transformation is causing its cyberthreat exposure to grow in parallel, according to a newly-released report. VicOne’s annual Automotive Cyberthreat Landscape report detailed how more than 40% of data breaches targeted third-party [...]
While the results of a recent survey by the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) and I-CAR show that collision repair technician career satisfaction is influenced, both positively and negatively, by a variety of cultural [...]
The credit rating agency AM Best said in its latest property insurance report that the market segment continues to have a subpar outlook, driven by a number of factors working against the industry. “The outlook [...]
U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and 16 co-sponsors have introduced the “Insurance Data Protection Act” to amend current law and mitigate what they call overstepping by the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) into state-regulated insurance. The [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is calling on automakers, lawmakers, and fleet operators to promote intelligent speed assistance (ISA) and speed limiters to curb speeding-related deaths. The IIHS, together with some other Road [...]
