GM: Chevy Malibu pedestrian auto-braking among 22 new safety technologies in ’16 MY
— July 28, 2015The all-new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu, one of Chevrolet’s most popular vehicles, will automatically
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Baltimore Sun/Towson Times provides look into lives of pro ‘storm chasers’
— July 27, 2015A recent Baltimore Sun post gives an interesting perspective on the lives of “storm chasers”
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GM to have aluminum repair auto body network for Cadillac CT6
— July 24, 2015General Motors will restrict structural parts on the aluminum-intensive 2016 Cadillac CT6 to a specific
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Panel: GM MyPriceLink will have seamless integration with estimating IPs, roll out as early as October
— July 24, 2015General Motors’ MyPriceLink service could go national as soon as October and will be seamlessly available
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Get live updates from GM 11:15 a.m. MyPriceLink panel
— July 24, 2015We’ll be live-tweeting all the action from General Motors’ Friday NACE panel on MyPriceLink.
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Get live updates from Day 1 of July CIC in Detroit
— July 21, 2015We’re traveling to the Collision Industry Conference today in Detroit for the first day of the
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University of Michigan’s Mcity opens to test driverless cars
— July 20, 2015The University of Michigan’s Mobility Transformation Center on Monday officially opened Mcity,
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OK, you’re certified by an OEM. But do customers even care?
— July 20, 2015Now that we’ve examined the concept of OEM certification for mainstream and luxury brands last
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Decoding ‘I’m certified’ for Assured Performance OEMs, luxury brands
— July 17, 2015Collision repairers call themselves “I-CAR certified,” “Ford certified,” etc. — but are
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Experts: Self-driving car systems to appear gradually, must work for 11-year car life
— July 17, 2015An Automotive Megatrends webinar Thursday revealed some less-obvious considerations about self-driving
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State Farm to require I-CAR-approved steel, aluminum welding technicians at DRP shops
April 13, 2017 | Announcements | Associations | Business Practices | Insurance | Market Trends | Repair Operations | TechnologyState Farm will require between one and two technicians at every Select Service auto body shop to have
Mitchell overhauls UltraMate for cloud access, collaboration
July 24, 2017 | Announcements | Business Practices | Repair Operations | TechnologyMitchell on Monday announced a major upgrade from UltraMate that will allow cloud-based estimating across
‘Repair U’: Measuring always needed, even on cars, sections that don’t look it
July 21, 2017 | Business Practices | Education | Repair Operations | TechnologyA shop must measure a vehicle in three dimensions every time, without exception, a panel of experts advised
Baltimore Sun: Mechanic donates entire auto repair shop to car-fixing, employee-training charity
January 16, 2017 | Associations | Business Practices | Repair OperationsAging owners trying to decide the future of their shop might consider an unusual but generous gesture:
Mass. bill would eliminate insurance appraiser licensing process, ADALB
December 1, 2015 | Associations | Insurance | LegalA bill before a joint Massachusetts Legislature committee today would throw out the state’s auto
