C-Suite Shakeup at Ford: Auto Industry Shifts ‘from Sheet Metal to Mobility Services’
The C-Suite shakeup at Ford is the latest blaring signal that the landscape for OEMs – and collision repairers, by extension – is changing dramatically, for better or worse.
Updated Tesla Collision Repair Standards Establish Structural, Satellite Certification Levels
Tesla says shops must maintain a minimum 96 percent CSI, a nine-day cycle time and a backlog of one week or less, while limiting the number of parts orders to two per repair order.
Autonomous Vehicles Will Shrink Automakers’ Collision Parts Revenue By Nearly 50 Percent By 2030, KPMG Projects
KPMG projects that OEMs’ collision parts sales, which was $5.6 billion in 2015, could drop to $2.7 billion by 2030 and dwindle to $1.4 billion by 2040.
Ford Collision Parts Truckload Program Marks 20th Anniversary
Ford Customer Service Division’s Collision Parts Truckload Program, which began in 1997 with 40 fascias, is marking its 20th anniversary this year.
Ford Unveils Auto Industry’s First Pursuit-Rated Hybrid Police Car
The Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan is the second of 13 new electric vehicles that the automaker plans to introduce in the next five years.
LKQ Corp. Agrees to Sell OEM Glass Manufacturing Business to Vitro SAB
Divestiture allows LKQ to focus on its aftermarket glass distribution operations and the synergies that exist with its core North American auto parts distribution business.
SCRS Announces Panelists for OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit Session on Training Programs
Shawn Hart of Audi of America, James Meyer of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Rick Miller of Jaguar Land Rover, and Mike Kukavica of Porsche Cars North America, Inc., will discuss the existing challenges technical staff have as they enter the training room doors, and the skills they acquire after they leave.
Find Parts in Seconds with New Parts Detect App
Parts Detect provides a platform for finding the parts and products you need instantly by location, warranty, quantity and availability.
Axalta Reveals New Global Brand Identity for Imron Polyurethane
The new logo for Imron incorporates three elements – a diamond, a road and a shield – which, when combined, reflect the attributes that customers have come to value in the Imron name.
Automotive Coatings Gain Demand for Energy-Efficient Technologies
Environmental issues and OEMs’ desire to accelerate production cycle times have prompted OEM coating suppliers to develop integrated coating processes such as those that do away with primer coatings.
Highly Automated Driving to Spark Adoption of Centralized Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
ABI Research says that automotive OEMs will need to adopt new platforms based on powerful, centralized processors and high-speed low latency networking.
Complete NACE | CARS OEM Training Schedule Announced
The complete NACE | CARS 2016 OEM Training schedule has been released.You must be registered for individual education session or super pass for admittance.
