CIECA May 19 Webinar Examines ADAS Recalibration
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced that its next CIECAst webinar will feature Brent Johnson, director of Global Product Management for Collision at Chief Collision...
View ArticleFord Announces Hands Free Driving System
Ford Motor Company today announced its Ford Co-Pilot360 Technology, a collection of available driver-assist features, and adds new offerings including Active Drive Assist, that will allow for...
View ArticleStand Alone ADAS Calibration Center Opens in Ohio
Ulmer’s Auto Care Center, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based automotive repair company announced the ADAS Calibration Center of Cincinnati opened for business today, with a celebratory Grand Opening event...
View ArticleRefinish Distributors Alliance August 12 Webinar Provides Update on Collision...
The Refinish Distributors Alliance (RDA) is hosting a Webinar on Wednesday August 12th at 2:00 p.m. EDT that will include a presentation providing an update on the major disruptions the collision...
View ArticleAAA Testing Raises Concern with Performance of Active Driving Assistance Systems
AAA automotive researchers found that over the course of 4,000 miles of real-world driving, vehicles equipped with active driving assistance systems experienced some type of issue every 8 miles, on...
View ArticleCalifornia Color Source Hosts ADAS Webinar September 16
California Color Source, an independent PBE distributor servicing Northern California, announced it is hosting a client webinar on September 16th discussing advanced driver assistance system (ADAS)...
View ArticleIIHS Study Shows Automatic Emergency Braking Reduces Heavy Duty Truck Accidents
Equipping large trucks with forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems could eliminate more than 2 out of 5 crashes in which a large truck rear-ends another vehicle, a new...
View ArticleMitchell Third Quarter 2020 Industry Trends Report Examines Diagnostic...
Luxury vehicles record the most DTCs including 2018-2020 models where more vehicles have ADAS systems. Mitchell International released its third quarter Industry Trends Report for 2020. The Auto...
View ArticleI-CAR Launches ADAS Resource Library
The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) announced the creation of an online Advanced Driver Assisted Systems (ADAS) resource library to provide the collision repair industry with...
View ArticleBosch and Hunter Engineering Partner on ADAS Calibration System
Bosch and Hunter Engineering announced today a collaboration to develop and sell advanced driver assistance calibration systems (ADAS) in North America. Technicians will benefit from an integrated...
View Article10 Vehicle Manufacturers Reach Automatic Emergency Braking Commitment Ahead...
Ten automakers have fulfilled a voluntary commitment to equip nearly all the new light vehicles they produce for the U.S. market with automatic emergency braking (AEB) — well ahead of the 2022-23...
View ArticleAudi of America and I-CAR Expand Training Partnership
The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) announced the expansion of its Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV), Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems...
View ArticleReport Shows Evidence of Rear Autobrake Effectiveness
HLDI analysis shows 28% few liability claims and 10% fewer collision claims. According to an analysis by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), rear automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems are...
View ArticleInterview: Susanna Gotsch, CCC Information Services
In our video interview, Gotsch details November and December claims trends and projections for 2021. While the collision industry was beginning to recover from the government mandated business...
View ArticleAirPro Diagnostics Partners with Car ADAS Solutions for Turn-Key Collision...
AirPro Diagnostics and Car ADAS Solutions announced a collaboration to deliver turn-key calibration solutions for collision repair facilities to include set-up, training, implementation, support, and...
View ArticleInterview: Trish Serratore, ASE
In our video interview, Serratore details changes to technician certification deadlines made in response to the pandemic and a new ADAS credential in development. The National Institute for Automotive...
View ArticleBosch and Mitchell Introduce New ADAS Target System to Improve Collision...
Mitchell and Bosch Automotive Service Solutions announced the availability of the MD-TS21. The new computer-based target system is designed to allow repair facilities to quickly and precisely calibrate...
View ArticleAASP/NJ to Host ADAS Webinar February 18
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) will present ADAS: The Future is NOW, a seminar focusing on advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), for members via Zoom on...
View ArticleOEM Collision Repair Procedures Legislation Re-Introduced in Illinois
Legislation would require insurers to base claim payments on, and collision repairers to use, vehicle manufacturer compliant repair procedures. Excludes OEM parts mandates, but requires use of like,...
View ArticleasTech Acquires adasThink
Repairify, Inc., the parent of asTech and a portfolio company of the private equity firm Kinderhook Industries, announced the acquisition of adasThink, a company that retrieves information related to...
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