CCC, which also has developed a damage analysis system based on telematics data from the actual crash, announced Monday a service in which an artificial…
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Artificial intelligence photo estimating could check some of the worst behavior in the collision repair and auto insurance industries — or draw upon it to…
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Some of America’s Top 6 insurers are already testing Tractable’s artificial intelligence photo estimating system — technology which could possibly replace human desk review on…
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Just because a vehicle hasn’t gone completely aluminum or some other exotic material doesn’t mean it won’t bring additional complexity to shops — or even…
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Though usage has again ticked up since the prior year, the number of shops reporting consistently consulting OEM procedures still remains far lower than where it…
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Have an opening at your body shop? Let the collision repair community know with a free post on the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ online…
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A Texas jury on Monday found John Eagle Collision Center’s incorrect repair liable for much of the severity of the crash of a 2010 Honda…
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Automotive bodies-in-white and related structures grow more complex both because of new emissions standards but also new crash testing requirements. The latter can generate more…
One of the first Mercedes-certified auto body shops in America has sued a local dealership for demanding what the repairer called a “mafia-style bribe” and…
Auto body shops will be able to leverage a Mitchell-Tractable photo-estimating artificial intelligence to double-check their own estimators’ repair or replace decisions, Mitchell confirmed Thursday….
A Florida high school senior beat out 19 other nominees to earn 2017 Collision Repair Education Foundation Student of the Year honors, the nonprofit announced…
Irritated by Farmers’ insistence on aftermarket parts on a late-model Fusion, a Wichita, Kan., auto body shop decided to play ball — and film the…
Just because a vehicle hasn’t gone completely aluminum or some other exotic material doesn’t mean it won’t bring additional complexity to shops — or even…
Geoffrey Crane, who marketed Diamond Standard aftermarket parts for more than a decade as director of industry relations, has died. He was 70. “With sadness,…
While not directly related to collision repair, auto body professionals who’ve learned from consultant and repeat OEM Collision Repair Summit participant John Ellis in the…
Though nothing has happened for nearly a year, the state of Louisiana’s revised lawsuit against State Farm remains active in an East Baton Rouge Parish…
A Florida woman has told a television news station that a GEICO direct repair shop inadequately handled the auto body work on her 2012 Dodge Challenger, though the…
Subaru states that only OEM windshields can be used on models equipped with EyeSight, according to I-CAR and glassBYTES. “As a special caution, vehicles equipped…
An ArcelorMittal executive proclaimed that “steel is, and always will be” the answer to vehicle design, throwing down the gauntlet to aluminum at the start…
A proposed “anti-steering” regulation for California auto insurers has been revised, loosening a requirement that insurers back up statements made to a customer about the policyholder’s choice of…
