Ford, BMW and Honda team to build new bidirectional charging platform

A trio of automakers have announced they’ll work together to create a new company called ChargeScape that will create a single platform for connecting electric utilities and automakers with electric vehicle (EV) drivers. BMW, Ford [...]

2023-09-16T15:01:45-04:00September 16th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

SCRS’s early bird SEMA’s Repairer Driven Education registration offers advantages

With SEMA just around the corner, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ (SCRS) is issuing a reminder that early bird registration is still available for Repair Driven Education (RDE) sessions. A number of benefits are [...]

2023-09-12T13:38:05-04:00September 12th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Driven Brands business cited with numerous OSHA violations, fined $256K

While the potentially deadly risks of mixing electricity and water are well known, OSHA says a Take 5 Car Wash in Ohio, operated as a subsidiary of Driven Brands Shared Services, “ignored reports of employees [...]

2023-09-12T13:37:34-04:00September 12th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Swiss Re: P&C insurance likely to regain profitability despite hard market

Profitability for non-life insurance companies is likely to improve globally as the industry adapts to elevated risks, according to a new analysis. Swiss Re’s study found that although a hard market is likely to continue, [...]

2023-09-12T13:37:02-04:00September 12th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Interactive index show how each U.S. state measures up in EV charging

A newly published interactive index shows that Washington, D.C. is No. 1 in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure availability while California rounds out the bottom 10 states with the worst vehicle-to-charger ratio. Since 2020, HERE [...]

2023-09-12T13:36:31-04:00September 12th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Millennials & Gen Z prefer earlier retirement, ages 22-65 want a 4-day work week

According to new research from ResumeBuilder.com, 51% of Millennials and Gen Zers want to lower the full retirement age with six out of 10 saying it should be changed to age 60 or younger. Resume [...]

2023-09-12T13:36:00-04:00September 12th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Florida law charges interest to insurers on delayed claim resolutions

A law on the books in Florida regarding interest charged to insurers was brought to the attention of Repairer Driven News by a reader and found not to be new. Statute 627.4265 states that if “a [...]

2023-09-12T13:35:29-04:00September 12th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

EV adoption and increased technology driving rise in repair costs, CCC says

The growing electric vehicle (EV) and advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) markets are forcing shops to spend more time and money properly repairing the vehicles, CCC Intelligent Solutions said. Its latest trends report highlighted how [...]

2023-09-12T13:34:26-04:00September 12th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Healthcare focused op-ed draws notable parallels to constrained collision industry

Some interesting correlations can be drawn between the health care and collision repair industries, namely the struggles faced by those who offer independent care and services. In a Washington Post op-ed, Elizabeth Rosenthal, an author [...]

2023-09-08T15:07:45-04:00September 8th, 2023|RDN News Feed|
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