The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence is reminding collision repair technicians and refinishers to earn, maintain or advance their ASE certifications through its four-test B-series program. ASE offers four collision repair and refinish tests: painting and refinishing (B2), non-structural analysis and damage repair (B3), structural analysis and damage repair (B4) and mechanical and electrical […]
State Farm Adds Crash Data Sharing for Toyota and Lexus Claims
Eligible customers driving 2020 or newer Toyota/Lexus models can opt in to share accident data to help facilitate claims processing. State Farm has begun offering owners of 2020 or newer Toyota and Lexus vehicles the option to share crash data directly from their cars to help process auto insurance claims, under a new collaboration with […]
AkzoNobel Sets Aug. 5 Shareholder Meeting on Axalta Merger as SEC Clears Registration Statement
AkzoNobel N.V. will convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders Aug. 5 in Amsterdam to vote on its proposed all-stock merger of equals with Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., advancing a roughly $25 billion combination that would create the world’s No. 2 coatings company and one of the largest suppliers to the collision repair industry. The […]
Kirmac Collision & Autoglass Opens 28th Location
Kirmac Collision & Autoglass has opened a collision and glass repair facility in Mission, British Columbia, Canada deepening the family-owned company’s footprint in the Fraser Valley and bringing its network to 28 locations. “We had been looking to open a location in Mission for many years,” said Sean McIntosh, president and CEO. “We’re proud to […]
PGW Auto Glass Acquires Windshield Surgeons in Alberta, Expanding Canadian Operations
PGW Auto Glass has acquired Windshield Surgeons, an Alberta-based automotive glass company, in a move the distributor said June 24 extends its push to build out its Canadian business. “Windshield Surgeons is a strong strategic fit for PGW as we continue to grow our Canadian business,” said Todd Fencak, CEO of PGW. “This acquisition allows […]
Registration Open for 2026 Repairer Driven Education Series at SEMA Show
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) has opened registration for its 2026 Repairer Driven Education series, a slate of 19 sessions running Nov. 3-6 alongside the SEMA Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev. The education sessions span three days, Nov. 3-5, and target collision repair facility owners, managers, estimators […]
California Bureau of Automotive Repair Suspends Los Angeles Collision Repair Center Over Predatory Towing Scheme
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 […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- …
- 1143
- Next Page »