Ford Motor Company has issued a new collision repair position statement covering advanced driver assistance systems, bringing its Ford-brand roster to 12. The statement is detailed in the 2026 Vol. 2 edition of On Target, the automaker’s quarterly collision repair publication. Posted for both Ford and Lincoln vehicles as “ADAS Integrity and Technical Imperatives,” the […]
GM Rewrites ADAS Position Statement to Prohibit Salvaged and Aftermarket Sensors
Vehicle manufacturer adds “strictly prohibits” language to three collision position statements and publishes a new statement barring trailer hitch repair and non-GM hitches. General Motors has rewritten its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems collision position statement to prohibit the use of salvaged, recycled, reconditioned, remanufactured and aftermarket ADAS sensors and related components, replacing advisory language that […]
Bosch Adds Mercedes-Benz Secure Access, 2026 Coverage in ADS X Software Updates
Bosch Diagnostics released software updates 7.3 and 7.4 for its ADS X series scan tools, adding support for 2026 model year vehicles, additional ADAS calibrations and a secure-access method for Mercedes-Benz vehicles that no longer requires an AutoAuth subscription. Technicians scanning late-model Mercedes-Benz vehicles can now reach control modules protected by Certificate Based Automotive Security, […]
CCC Adds Autel to Diagnostics Network
CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. has added Autel to the CCC Diagnostics Network, giving collision repair facilities that use the diagnostic tool maker’s services the ability to have scan documentation flow automatically into their CCC ONE workfiles. Diagnostic scans and ADAS calibrations have become routine steps in modern collision repairs, and the records they generate increasingly […]
Mobile Tech RX Launches Connected ADAS Workflow for Calibration Companies
Mobile Tech RX has launched a mobile-based workflow for advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) calibration companies that combines calibration identification, documentation, pricing and invoicing in a single application. The workflow is powered by adasThink, a software platform that reads collision repair estimates and flags the ADAS calibrations a damaged vehicle requires. The two products share […]
Private Passenger Auto Drives Louisiana’s First Broad Rate Relief, Triple-I Says
Trade group points to litigation and glass-claim fraud as the cost drivers still to be addressed. A new state law folds ADAS calibration disclosures and an assignment-of-benefits ban into Louisiana’s unfair trade practices statute. Private passenger auto insurance produced the sharpest turnaround in a Louisiana property/casualty market that posted its first broad rate relief of […]
Plasnomic, Industry Partners Launch Textured Plastic Parts Repair Pilot
Plasnomic announced June 30 that it and a group of supplier partners — 3M, 4Plastic, Mirka, PPG, Polyvance and SEM — will launch a pilot program to validate repair methods for textured plastic parts, one of the more frequently replaced and increasingly costly categories of components on modern collision claims. More than 95% of textured […]
SCRS Forms ADAS Repair Division, Names Five-Member Governing Council
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists has established an ADAS Repair Division and named an inaugural five-member Governing Council, creating a dedicated platform for the diagnostics, calibration and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) repair professionals who have emerged as a distinct specialty within collision repair across North America. As ADAS content has spread across the […]
Kinetic Enters Arizona with Two Phoenix ADAS Hubs, Opens First Los Angeles-Area Location
Kinetic, which operates a network of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) calibration and diagnostics hubs, has opened three new facilities — two in Phoenix and one in Inglewood, California — expanding its third-party calibration network to 11 locations across four states. The Phoenix openings mark the company’s entry into Arizona. The hubs provide appraisal, diagnostics, programming […]
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 […]
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