Board moves to reaffirm its own licensed-appraiser requirement after the Division of Standards stopped mandating one for shop registration. Public comment is open before the July 14 vote. The Massachusetts Auto Damage Appraiser Licensing Board is seeking public comment on a proposed advisory ruling that would reaffirm that auto body repair shops must keep licensed […]
Used-Vehicle Listing Prices Reach Highest Since Mid-2023 as May Sales Pace Slows
The average used-vehicle listing price climbed to $26,918 in May, the highest reading since mid-2023, even as the retail sales pace slowed, according to Cox Automotive’s analysis of vAuto Live Market View data. The figure was up 6.0% from a year earlier and 2.2% from April’s revised $26,329, marking the third consecutive month of above-normal […]
Universal Technical Institute Completes Nationwide Rollout of Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Training
Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI) has added battery hybrid electric vehicle and electric vehicle courses to every core Automotive Technology program it offers, making high-voltage vehicle training a standard part of the curriculum at its campuses across the country. The move feeds an automotive service workforce that the collision repair and claims industries increasingly depend […]
CREF Support and Industry Partnerships Build a New York Collision Repair Pipeline
A New York City career and technical high school has turned more than a decade of Collision Repair Education Foundation support and a widening circle of industry partners into a pipeline that carries students from the classroom to SkillsUSA competition and into entry-level collision repair jobs. At Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High […]
Consumer Sentiment Rebounds 9% in Preliminary June Reading
Early-month relief at the gas pump lifts sentiment off a record low, though consumers remain wary of stubborn inflation. Consumer sentiment rose in the preliminary June 2026 reading from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, as an early-month easing in gasoline prices brought relief to households, though the index remained well below year-ago levels […]
Missouri’s James Cahill to Represent U.S. in Automobile Technology at WorldSkills 2026 in Shanghai
SkillsUSA has named James Cahill of St. James, Mo., to represent the United States in Automobile Technology at the 48th WorldSkills Competition, scheduled for Sept. 22-27, 2026, in Shanghai. Cahill is one of nine competitors on the 2026 WorldSkills USA team that SkillsUSA introduced before more than 19,000 attendees at its National Leadership & Skills […]
Manitoba Public Insurance Expects Record Claims, Phased Repair Response After Severe Storm
Manitoba Public Insurance has received about 20,000 claims since a severe storm swept the Canadian province June 9, a total the public auto insurer expects to become the most it has ever recorded from a single event. The Crown corporation said the count is on pace to surpass its previous single-event record of about 24,000 […]
Lucid Begins Hands-Free Highway Driving Rollout for Gravity SUV
Lucid Group Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID) has begun deploying an over-the-air software update for its Gravity SUV that adds hands-free highway driving in North America, the centerpiece of a broader release that also revises the electric SUV’s navigation, headlights and charging functions. The hands-free capability runs through DreamDrive 2 Pro, an optional driver-assistance package that supports […]
SUN Collision Adds QuickSpecs Feature for Faster Vehicle Specification Lookups
SUN Collision has added a feature called QuickSpecs to its online repair-information software that surfaces common vehicle specifications — such as wheel torque, engine oil pressure and belt routing data — directly from a technician’s search rather than from long reference tables. The feature, part of SUN Collision Repair Information, changes how Common Specs appear […]
New Light-Vehicle Sales Rise in May Ending Eight-Month Decline Streak
A softer year-ago comparison and a five-weekend selling month lifted the sales pace, but the year-to-date total remained below last year. New light-vehicle sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 16.1 million units in May 2026, up 3.1% from May 2025, according to the latest National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Market Beat report […]
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