Ford has filed an application for a floor-mounted air bag system that would surround passengers on all sides during a collision. The C-shaped curtain air bags would be designed to protect passengers in frontal and [...]
Repairers are likely familiar by now with changes in the materials used in vehicles, within battery electric vehicles (BEVs) particularly, but what does that mean in repairability, and how are manufacturing and repairs forecast to [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) is reminding businesses that a deadline is approaching for those that offer a certain type of Individual Retirement Account (IRA) plan. Businesses who provide a Savings Incentive Match [...]
Social and economic inflation caused U.S. auto insurer liability claim payouts be to upward of $105 billion higher between 2013 and 2022, a new Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) study says. Its study, called the Impact [...]
Collision repair center owners and collision and insurance trade groups testified before Massachusetts legislators on Tuesday in the continued fight to raise the state’s labor rate of $40 — the lowest in the U.S., which [...]
An independent Tesla-certified collision repair center in Maryland has sued a second auto insurance carrier over steering, in violation of the Maryland Insurance Act, because of the OEM-approved labor rate it charges its customers. As [...]
Phone calls continue to be the preferred way for consumers to interact with businesses, according to a report by Hiya, a call performance management cloud. Its annual State of the Call report, updated in June, [...]
Roadway deaths were down during the first six months of the year and have now been on a decline for the fifth consecutive quarter, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). When releasing [...]
Toyota has agreed to settle a $78.5 million class action defective air bag lawsuit that the plaintiffs say will “resolve all economic loss claims and any and all economic loss controversies” alleged against the automaker. [...]
Two weeks into the United Auto Workers (UAW) ongoing strike against the Big 3 — General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis (the Detroit 3), Ford executives spoke out about the impacts it could have if a [...]
