7+ hour, 20+ min ago   (558+ words) The highest-rated technology in the index is also among the most disturbed by a collision repair. The vehicle technology owners rated highest in the JD Power 2026 U.S. Tech Experience Index study is mounted on the outside of the car, in the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (342+ words) Vehicle accessories and parts prices rose 6.6% year over year in July, the sharpest increase since March. For collision repair shops, two numbers in Cox Automotive's Aug. 31 report land directly on the cost side of the business: what shops pay to…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (815+ words) How D&B Auto Body in Minnesota walks every customer through AI-written estimates, total loss reports, and more. "I will send you date and time stamped pictures of what this car looks like right now," she recalled telling the insurer....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (759+ words) The Panel discusses the process discipline, facility planning, and hiring choices separating shops that get ADAS right. On a recent episode of The Collision Vision, host Cole Strandberg followed up on his conversation with Gerard AhQuin and Fox Kajiwara of…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (333+ words) Only 25% of shops that negotiate for destructive weld testing are paid always or most of the time. The operation involves setting up sample welds specifically to be destroyed and inspected, a step that happens before any actual welding takes place…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (323+ words) An early adopter says the integration is cutting research time and surfacing calibration operations shops previously missed. Davis told Autobody News the company operates three locations handling roughly 250 repair orders a month, with more than 15 estimators and technicians actively using…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (363+ words) Two federal probes into General Motors, plus new Nissan and Toyota recalls. The Office of Defects Investigation opened Engineering Analysis EA26006 on Aug. 21, broadening a probe that began in April 2024 with complaints about the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq. It now covers an estimated…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (315+ words) Nearly 30 vehicles selected from 3.5 million claims data points stock the facility. The auto lab at Allstate Claims University holds nearly 30 electric, hybrid, and conventional vehicles, selected using more than 3.5 million claims data points and meant to represent both common and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (606+ words) Mitchell's Q2 2026 data puts the U.S. BEV-to-ICE severity gap at a record-low $729. Mitchell's Q2 2026 Plugged-In: EV Collision Insights report, released Aug. 20, documents the narrowest gap the company has recorded between the cost of repairing an electric vehicle and a gas one, even as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (884+ words) Adding auto glass is affordable. Doing it safely takes time. Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series on collision shops bringing auto glass work in-house. Part one follows Choice Collision’s three-month rollout, from the vendor bottleneck that…...