Allstate fined $40,000 by Washington insurance commissioner

Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. $40,000 following an internal referral that led Kreidler’s office to randomly select 95 auto insurance claims from April to September 2022 [...]

2024-10-29T14:53:13-04:00October 29th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Stellantis continues advancement in aerodynamics testing and future solid-state EV battery

Stellantis has unveiled its $29.5 million “Moving Ground Plane (MGP)” technology housed in the automaker’s research and technical center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and begun the next phase of its electric vehicle solid-state battery partnership [...]

2024-10-29T14:52:42-04:00October 29th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

PropertyCasualty360 editorial outlines 5 ways sensors are preventing crashes

Co-founder and CTO of Tactile Mobility, Boaz Mizrachi, discussed five ways sensors are helping to prevent accidents in a recent opinion editorial published by PropertyCasualty360.  Tactile Mobility uses advanced tech, like sensors and AI, to [...]

2024-10-29T04:09:21-04:00October 29th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Ford releases new BlueCruise with automatic lane change on 2025 Mustang Mach-E

Ford recently shared that it will offer its newest version of BlueCruise on the 2025 Mustang Mach-E, which can “smoothly and seamlessly” switch lanes to go around slower-moving traffic so drivers can continue hands-free driving [...]

2024-10-29T04:08:50-04:00October 29th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

GM to continue focus on EV and ICE balance, expects record full-year earnings

In its Q3 earnings call, General Motors executives said it’s been a record year so far, upping its guidance for the rest of the year, and sharing that going into 2025 there will be a [...]

2024-10-29T04:08:19-04:00October 29th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

California’s BAR holds third and likely final workshop on storage fee regulation

California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) recently held its third, and likely final, workshop to discuss proposed regulations on storage and towing fees that will impact collision repair shop operations in the state.  The passage [...]

2024-10-25T14:58:07-04:00October 25th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Maryland woman says driverless-Tesla crashed into her parked vehicle, and then drove away

A Maryland woman says she was sitting in her parked car at a local mall when a Tesla with no driver crashed into her vehicle, according to a news report from NBC Washington.  “I couldn’t [...]

2024-10-25T14:57:36-04:00October 25th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

AAA says AEB has drastically improved for avoiding collisions at up to 35 mph

New research from AAA has found that 2024 model year vehicles equipped with automatic emergency braking (AEB) avoided all forward collisions when tested at speeds up to 35 mph. In comparison, 2017 and 2018 models [...]

2024-10-24T14:17:31-04:00October 24th, 2024|RDN News Feed|

Volvo releases 6 position statments including scanning and diagnostics and EV battery handling

Volvo recently uploaded six new position statements including an updated Scanning and Diagnostics Position.  Newly added position statements include Aluminum Inspection, EV Battery Handling, EV Welding, Glass Position, and Steering Column Inspections.  Each of the [...]

2024-10-24T14:17:00-04:00October 24th, 2024|RDN News Feed|
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