Enterprise Holdings Inc., the parent of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands, and Discount Car and Truck Rentals Ltd., announced they have signed an agreement for Enterprise Holdings’ Canadian subsidiary to acquire Discount Car and Truck Rentals. This includes all corporate-owned locations and the Quebec licensee’s daily rental businesses. The […]
Vehicle Manufacturer Backed Coalition Raises Data Security Concerns with Massachusetts Right to Repair Proposals
The Coalition for Safe and Secure Data (CSSD), which is backed by the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the Global Automakers Association and the Computing Technology Industry Association, is raising concerns that revisions proposed to Massachusetts Right to Repair regulations governing vehicle data and repair procedure access for consumers and independent repairers could lead […]
Vermont Insurance Division Bulletin Cautions Insurers that Consumers Can Request Physical Inspections versus Virtual Claims Systems
The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Division of Insurance issued its Insurance Bulletin No. 206 titled Virtual Adjustment of Vehicle Partial And Total Loss Claims that clarifies that insurance companies must provide an in-person inspection by a licensed adjuster within a reasonable period of time if requested by a claimant. According to the bulletin, the […]
CIC Video Details Interview with Consumers from Texas $42 Million Improper Repair Verdict
The Collision Industry Conference (CIC) published the interview with the husband and wife whose improperly repair vehicle was at the center of a $42 million verdict in 2017 against an OEM-certified dealer collision repair facility in Texas that a jury concluded improperly repaired a vehicle that caused it to fail to protect the next owners […]
Massachusetts Right to Repair Law Updates Headed to 2020 Ballot
Voters will weigh in on extending consumer and third-party access to telematics data necessary for mechanical and collision repair. The Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition today announced that it has turned in 102,000 signatures to ensure an initiative petition to enact an update to the Commonwealth’s Right to Repair law reaches the 2020 ballot. The […]
Boyd Group Acquires Collision Repair Center in Washington State
The Boyd Group Inc. today announced the acquisition of a collision repair center in Tacoma, Washington. The new Gerber Collision & Glass location previously operated as Salatino’s Collision Center. Located in Washington’s Puget Sound, Tacoma is the county seat of Pierce County and the third largest city in Washington with a population of approximately 200,000 […]
General Motors and LG Chem to Invest $2.3 Billion in Ohio Battery Manufacturing Joint Venture
General Motors (NYSE:GM) and LG Chem today announced plans to mass-produce battery cells for future battery-electric vehicles. Together, the companies will invest up to a total of $2.3 billion through a new, equally owned joint venture company. The joint venture will establish a battery cell assembly plant on a greenfield manufacturing site in the Lordstown […]
BASF to Double Refinish Coatings Production Capacity in China
BASF will continue to invest in its coatings site in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province in South China, by constructing a new facility for automotive refinish coatings that will start production in the first half of 2022. “Guangdong Province is of strategic importance to BASF in Greater China,” said Zheng Daqing, Senior Vice President, Business and Market […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Hosting Golf Fundraiser April 7 in Jacksonville
The Collision Repair Education Foundation will hold a fundraiser Tuesday, April 7 at TopGolf in Jacksonville, Fla. The golf fundraiser will be held in conjunction with collision industry meetings taking place later that week. Proceeds from the event will benefit local Jacksonville high school collision programs as well as other high school and college collision […]
Boyd Unitholders Vote in Favor of Corporate Conversion
Transition to public corporation expected to be completed by January 1. The Boyd Group Income Fund (TSE: BYD.UN) announced that its unitholders have voted in favor of the plan to convert the Fund from an income trust to a public corporation named Boyd Group Services Inc. Unitholders representing 81.03% of all units outstanding voted in […]