BAR received 30 complaints during roughly one year when the business had been licensed. A California administrative law judge has suspended the automotive repair dealer registration of Los Angeles collision repair facility LA Custom Collision LLC, finding that the business ran a predatory towing and storage-fee scheme that defrauded crash victims and their insurers out […]
AutoNation Acquires Three Bay Area Luxury Dealerships
Acquisition includes collision repair center. AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) has acquired three luxury dealerships in the San Francisco Bay Area — Audi Fremont, Mercedes-Benz of Fremont and Porsche Fremont — in a transaction that took effect June 22. The Fremont stores generate about $400 million in combined annual revenue and sell about 4,800 new and […]
UVeye Integrates Carfax Service and Recall Data Into Vehicle Inspection Platform
UVeye has integrated Carfax vehicle history data into its automated drive-through inspection platform, allowing dealerships to pull maintenance records, recall information and condition insights the moment a vehicle enters the service lane. The integration pairs UVeye’s computer-vision inspection systems — which scan a vehicle’s tires, underbody and exterior as it passes through — with Carfax […]
Lemonade Expands Autonomous Car Insurance for Tesla FSD to Colorado
Lemonade Inc. (NYSE: LMND) said June 22 that its Autonomous Car insurance is now available in Colorado, bringing to the state a usage-based product that gives Tesla owners 50% off every mile driven using the automaker’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) technology. The expansion continues an early test of whether autonomous-assisted driving can be priced directly into […]
IAA Adds Matus International to El Salvador Market Alliance Network
IAA, the salvage and total-loss vehicle auction unit of RB Global Inc. (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA), has launched a new Market Alliance in El Salvador with Matus International, expanding a network the company first established in the country in 2022. Matus International will operate an auction center in the capital, San Salvador, providing local support […]
Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index Rises 0.6% in Mid-June
Index climbs back toward its March peak as electric-vehicle values widen their lead over the broader market. Wholesale used-vehicle prices rose in the first half of June, lifting the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index (MUVVI) to 213.9 on a mix-, mileage- and seasonally adjusted basis, Cox Automotive reported June 17. The reading marked a 0.6% […]
AASP/NJ Board Meets with New Jersey Insurance Regulator on Claims Practices, Consumer Safety
Members of the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) board met last week in Trenton with New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Susan Ochs and her team, pressing the regulator on insurer claims practices and the consumer-safety stakes of manufacturer-based repairs. The sit-down marks the latest step by the […]
Progressive Donates to Collision Engineering Career Alliance
The Collision Engineering Career Alliance said June 22 that Progressive has made a charitable contribution to support its collision repair technician training program, adding one of the nation’s largest auto insurers to a growing roster of industry donors. The alliance did not disclose the size of the gift. “This is a national movement to connect […]
Highline Warren Hosts Volunteers to Assemble Women in Auto Care Tool Kits
Volunteers assembled 40 professional-grade tool kits for female students pursuing automotive careers during a June 17 event hosted by Highline Warren at its Memphis, Tenn., distribution center. The kits will be distributed to high school and post-secondary students through the Women in Auto Care Tool Kit Program. The Women in Auto Care Tool Kit Program […]
Gas Prices Fall Below $4 as U.S.-Iran Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Pulls Crude Lower
The U.S. national average price of regular gasoline fell below $4 a gallon for the first time since March 30, slipping to $3.999, AAA reported June 18. The decline — a fourth consecutive week of falling prices — came as crude oil retreated on a deal between the United States and Iran to reopen the […]
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