Final figure up from the preliminary results but remains nearly 13% below a year ago as higher borrowing costs weigh on vehicle buying conditions. Consumer sentiment fell 7.0% in September in the final reading from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, with the Index of Consumer Sentiment at 48.1, down from 51.7 in August […]
VIVE Collision Expands in New Hampshire With Concord Acquisition
VIVE Collision has acquired Above All Collision Center in Concord, N.H., the Northeast multiple shop operator announced Sept. 30, adding a collision repair facility in the state capital. Financial terms were not disclosed. Located at 45 Chenell Drive, the shop will operate as Above All Collision Center, Powered by VIVE. It offers collision repair and […]
Auto Glass Safety Council Urges Congress to Strengthen Right-to-Repair Protections in H.R. 7389
The Auto Glass Safety Council (AGSC) is calling on Congress to amend H.R. 7389, the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026, so that auto glass technicians are expressly guaranteed access to the vehicle manufacturer data, tools and calibration functions needed to restore advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) after a windshield replacement. In a September policy […]
AkzoNobel Completes Sale of Pakistan Business to Packages Group
AkzoNobel has completed the sale of Akzo Nobel Pakistan Limited to IGI Investments (Pvt.) Limited, part of Pakistani conglomerate Packages Group, closing a transaction first announced in April at an enterprise value of approximately €50 million ($56.7 million), or 16.2 billion Pakistani rupees. The deal represents an EV/EBITDA multiple of 14x and includes AkzoNobel’s decorative […]
Mobility Global Forecasts U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales to Stay Below Pre-Pandemic Levels Through 2030
Affordability cited as the main constraint as full hybrids are projected to approach one-third of North American assembly by 2030. U.S. light-vehicle sales are expected to reach 16.1 million units in 2026 and only 16.4 million by 2030, remaining well below the roughly 17 million units a year the market sold before the pandemic, according […]
Newsom Signs California Motor Vehicle Glass Act, Setting ADAS Calibration and Glass Claim Rules
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 988, the California Motor Vehicle Glass Act, on Sept. 27. The law bans assignment of benefits on first-party glass claims, requires glass shops to disclose advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) calibration needs before work begins and bars insurers from misleading, threatening or coercing policyholders over their choice of […]
Global Insurer Research Centers Call for Repairability by Design as Thatcham Data Shows Automakers Responding
Motor insurance research institutes from 15 countries called on vehicle manufacturers to build repairability into new models from the earliest stages of development and to fit low-speed automatic emergency braking (AEB) as standard, following the annual conference of the Research Council for Automobile Repairs (RCAR) in Mexico City. Thatcham Research, the U.K. member of RCAR, […]
Bosch Launches Remote Diagnostics Service for ADS X Scan Tool Users
Bosch Diagnostics launched Bosch Remote Diagnostics Service (RDS), which connects technicians using the company’s ADS 625X and ADS 10X Plus scan tools with Bosch diagnostic experts who remotely perform OEM pre- and post-repair scans, diagnostics, coding and ADAS calibration procedures using licensed OEM software, the company said Sept. 29. The service gives collision repair facilities […]
Changing and Saving Lives Foundation Names Wolf Chairman, Thring Treasurer
Tom Wolf and Sabrina Thring will lead the Changing and Saving Lives Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable arm of the National Auto Body Council (NABC), as chairman and treasurer following the retirements of Don Porter and John Winchell from those posts, the NABC announced Sept. 28. Both take on the foundation roles in addition to the […]
State Farm Plans to Add 3,000 Claims Employees in 2027
Company says new vehicles and technology, changing repair methods, and increasing severe weather events change the skills and capabilities required of claims professionals. State Farm plans to expand its claims workforce by approximately 10%, or about 3,000 employees, during 2027, the insurer announced Sept. 25, adding capacity to an operation that handles nearly 11 million […]
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