SkillsUSA history made: All-female high school refinishing winners

SkillsUSA has announced the winners of its annual SkillsUSA National Championships, and all three high school winners in Automotive Refinishing Technology — for the first time — are female. The career competition brings some of [...]

2023-06-27T14:02:14-04:00June 27th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Mass. Right to Repair Committee: NHTSA’s take on Data Access Law ‘incorrect’

In the ongoing “right to repair” lawsuit in Massachusetts, in which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently agreed with the plaintiff Alliance for Automotive Innovation (Auto Innovators) about alleged safety risks, the Massachusetts [...]

2023-06-27T14:01:43-04:00June 27th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Reports: Washington, Texas will mandate Tesla tech to qualify for funding

Electric vehicle (EV) charging companies in Texas, and now Washington, must include Tesla’s plug-in to qualify for a federally-funded state program, according to new reports. However, a spokesperson said that Washington has denied claims a [...]

2023-06-27T14:01:13-04:00June 27th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Insurance costs continue to rise with NJ bracing for double-digit spikes

Insurers are seeking to further raise rates in New Jersey, the latest in a string of nationwide spikes. In the Garden State, Allstate is seeking a 29% rate increase while GEICO has sought a 26% [...]

2023-06-27T14:00:41-04:00June 27th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

JD Power says new vehicles are becoming ‘more problematic’

New vehicles are continuing to decline in quality as automakers lean into complicated technologies and continue to integrate “known problematic” features into models, JD Power said in a new report. According to its newly-released 2023 [...]

2023-06-27T14:00:11-04:00June 27th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

ARC: Air bag inflator ‘manufacturing anomalies cannot be completely ruled out’

ARC Automotive has replied to a May 31 order from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to recall millions of its air bag inflators, contending that there is no way to know for sure if its [...]

2023-06-27T13:59:40-04:00June 27th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Traffic fatalities continued to drop in early 2023, NHTSA says

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shared new data indicating traffic fatalities dropped 3.3% during Q1 2023, representing the fourth consecutive quarterly decline. The federal agency said its initial projections show that 9,330 [...]

2023-06-27T13:59:09-04:00June 27th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

ICE vehicles not on the out? Likely to continue alongside EVs, alternative fuels

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) says while electric vehicle (EV) use is rising, there’s still room in the market for internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in the years to come, and OEM plans seemingly [...]

2023-06-27T13:58:37-04:00June 27th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Attorney accuses NJ insurance department of favoring carriers in claims disputes

A New Jersey shop owner and his attorney, on behalf of shop customers, are questioning whether the state’s Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) is doing its job to protect consumers and hold insurance carriers [...]

2023-06-23T14:22:41-04:00June 23rd, 2023|RDN News Feed|

TransUnion: Fewer traffic tickets means more fatalities, higher insurance rates

Recent TransUnion research has found that while traffic tickets have decreased nationwide since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, traffic deaths have increased. Compared to the 2019 average, citations have decreased by 13% [...]

2023-06-23T14:22:10-04:00June 23rd, 2023|RDN News Feed|
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