Kia plans 11 electric vehicles by 2025, will launch dedicated EV in ’21
— January 24, 2020Kia announced last week it would sell 11 battery-electric vehicles globally by 2025 as part of a sweeping
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Gerber Collision enters Calif. with purchase of 9 SoCal auto body facilities
— January 16, 2020Southern California auto body shops might face steeper competition following what Gerber Collision on
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Canadian govt. insurer SGI seeks to raise bar, will slash labor rates of underequipped shops in 2021
— December 11, 2019Effective March 1, 2021, any auto body shops failing to meet an upgraded set of equipment and training
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Hyundai: We want to be ‘top three EV’ OEM, offer Level 2-3 ADAS in all models by 2025
— December 9, 2019Hyundai on Tuesday announced global targets for electrification, autonomy, market share and margin over
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Private equity company Searchlight offers $236M for Drew parent Opus
— December 4, 2019A private equity firm on Monday announced it had offered $236 million, or 81 cents a share, to buy DriveCRASH
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Gerber parent company Boyd shifts structure, can sell more shares in U.S.
— December 4, 2019The Boyd Group’s shareholders overwhelmingly voted Monday to convert the publicly traded firm from
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Driven Brands buys windshield, claims management company Clairus, starts ‘Glass’ vertical
— November 20, 2019CARSTAR, Maaco, and ABRA franchise parent Driven Brands announced Monday it had bought the Clairus Group,
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Assured Performance sister to oversee Honda ProFirst Canadian certification
— November 4, 2019Assured Performance Canadian branch Certified Collision Care announced Thursday that Honda has tapped
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FCA, Peugeot S.A. to merge, create No. 4 global OEM
— October 31, 2019FCA and Groupe PSA (Peugeot S.A.) on Thursday announced plans to combine and be the world’s fourth
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Franchises: Fix Auto Canada acquires 172-shop ProColor; Driven Brands to continue ‘ABRA legacy’
— October 10, 2019Uni-Select last week announced closing on the sale of its Carrossier ProColor network to franchisor Fix
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