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The new 85,000-square-foot Texas facility will feature 44 production bays and employ more than 30 technicians. The winners will go on to the Colorado state competition for a shot at winning a seat in the national competition in June. Plasnomic is a global initiative dedicated to standardizing and certifying plastic rep
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Lucid's New Measuring and Casting Rules, Plus a Kia EV9 Airbag-Suppression Recall
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (215+ words) Lucid issues two structural repair position statements as Kia recalls the EV9 over an airbag fault. Lucid Motors said it requires pre- and post-repair three-dimensional digital measurement reports for all structural repairs to the Air and Gravity, according to a position…...
Stop Managing Production, Start Developing People
1+ week, 4+ day ago (260+ words) Moving beyond self-centered leadership to see your people as more than what they produce. As he shared the story, he asked me a question that has stayed with me. He wanted to know whether I had seen that same mentality…...
Technology Systems Rated Highest in JD Power's 2026 Tech Index Sit Where Collisions Happen
1+ week, 4+ day 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…...
"Who Pays for What?" Survey: Destructive Weld Testing Is the Non-Negotiable Procedure Most Shops Still Aren't Paid For
2+ week, 4+ day 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…...
How CCC ONE and RepairLogic's New Integration Is Changing OEM Research at One MSO
2+ week, 4+ day 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…...
GM Brake and Engine Probes, Nissan Altima Airbag Fasteners, and a Tacoma Shock Recall
2+ week, 4+ day 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…...
AirPro and Revv: Merger is About Helping Shops Grow ADAS Work Without Rebuilding Operations
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1761+ words) In an exclusive interview, Adi Bathla from Revv and Driaan du Toit from AirPro share the driving forces behind the merger. AirPro Diagnostics has merged with Revv in a nine-figure deal that pairs AirPro's calibration hardware and remote technicians with…...
Auto Glass In-House: The Training, Tools, Timeline Shops Need Before They Start
3+ week, 2+ 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…...
State of the Stack: The Tech Trends Shaping Collision Repair Shops
3+ week, 4+ day ago (901+ words) A look at what's holding steady and what's shifting across the shops profiled in Shop Stack Breakdown so far. Since Shop Stack Breakdown launched in May, Autobody News has profiled 11 collision repair shops from single-location independents to a small MSO…...
Property Damage Paid Claim Frequency Fell 12.6% as Bodily Injury Costs Climbed, CCC Finds
3+ week, 4+ day ago (404+ words) CCC's Erik Bahnsen attributes the shift to claims economics and generative AI's growing role in how bodily injury demands get built. The 7.9 percentage point shift in bodily injury's dollar share occurred over three years, a pace CCC's analysis describes as…...