GM Launches New Collision Repair Network
General Motors’ Customer Care and Aftersales division has announced the launch of the GM Collision Repair Network, which is designed to help drive customer safety, customer satisfaction and strong results for dealers and independent collision repair facilities.
Car-Sharing App Now Available to GM Vehicle Owners
GM car owners can now offer up their rides for money on Maven’s new peer-to-peer car sharing platform.
Automotive Body Parts Association Voices Opposition to GM Position Statement on Aftermarket Bumper Covers
The ABPA announced that it opposes a recent position statement by GM stating that they do not approve of the use of aftermarket, reconditioned or salvage bumper covers/fascias on GM vehicles equipped with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).
GM Releases Statement Recommending Genuine GM Bumpers on Vehicles Equipped with Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems
General Motors has announced in a position statement that they are now recommending all GM vehicles with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) be repaired using Genuine GM bumpers to ensure the integrity and safety of the part and repair.
OEM Roundtable Continues to Help Collision Repairers
The OEM Collision Repair Roundtable has continued to work to address the issue of repairers feeling powerless against insurance groups in the highly-competitive industry of collision and auto care.
GM Building New Set of Requirements for Collision Certification
After announcing plans to launch a comprehensive collision certification program late last year, GM has begun building a new set of requirements by rethinking current certification program models in order to create a more complete repair experience for shops and customers.
GM to Pay $120 Million in Settlement over Defective Ignition Switches
General Motors has agreed to pay $120 million in a multistate settlement over allegations that the automaker concealed safety issues related to ignition-switch defects in its vehicles.
1956 GM Motorama Film Predicts a Future with Self-Driving Cars
For the 1956 Motorama, GM produced a short film called “Key to the Future,” in which a family travels through time to the distant future of 1976.
GM Acquires Driverless-Technology Startup Strobe
As part of the deal, Strobe’s engineering team is joining GM’s Cruise Automation team “to define and develop next-generation lidar solutions for self-driving vehicles.”
OEMs on Scanning: In Their Own Words
As part of a scanning guide in the July 2017 issue, BodyShop Business published excerpts from the OEM position statements and comments from OEM representatives shedding more light on the need for diagnostic scanning.
GM, Toyota Among Investors in Silicon Valley Telematics Startup
The startup, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Nauto, has developed an aftermarket data-capture device that detects collisions, monitors risky driving maneuvers and tracks driving behavior in real time.
GM Produces First Round of Self-Driving Chevrolet Bolt EV Test Vehicles
The vehicles will join the more than 50 current-generation self-driving Bolt EVs already deployed in testing fleets in San Francisco, Scottsdale, Arizona and metro Detroit.