A funding package totaling $15.5 million will go toward helping OEMs transition to electric, hybrid, and hydrogen-fueled vehicles, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week. However, no mention was given to supporting repair shops [...]
TechForce Foundation’s new technical education campaign, “Grab the Wheel,” launches this Labor Day to usher 1 million new entry-level automotive, collision, and diesel repair technicians into the industries over the next five years to meet [...]
The Texas Commissioner of Insurance Cassie Brown has served an emergency cease and desist order on Peachtree Casualty Insurance Co., also doing business as Go Insurance Co. and Go Car Insurance, after receiving 50 complaints [...]
Hydrogen proponents discussed how fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) could complement electric vehicles (EVs) Thursday as the push to advance zero-carbon transportation grows. Jackie Birdsall, senior engineering manager for Toyota’s fuel cell integration group, and [...]
Representatives from the insurance arms of Rivian, General Motors (GM) and Toyota will kick off a series of OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit sessions during this year’s SEMA show, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists [...]
A newly released survey is shedding light on insurance fraud, reporting that 35% of auto policyholders have submitted claims for preexisting damage. ValuePenguin’s survey of nearly 1,950 consumers found 60% of Millennials have filed insurance [...]
Newly released results from a survey conducted by Cox Automotive have found that consumers looking to purchase an electric vehicle (EV) prefer pickup trucks, specifically the F-150 Lightning. The survey was conducted in July and [...]
PPG has shared details on its launch of new software and a wireless device that they say would improve shop efficiency and cut back on paint remixes through automated processes. The software, called PPG LINQ, [...]
General Motors (GM) shared this week how it’s working with Google Cloud to bring conversational artificial intelligence (AI) technology into millions of vehicles. It’s doing so through its OnStar interactive virtual assistant (IVA), launched last [...]
Within the ongoing push and pull between college and trade school recruitment many are saying more needs to be done to build up the number of skilled trades workers as older workers age out. While [...]
