Enrollment for I-CAR New Vehicle Technology Training Series Now Open
Vehicle Technology and Trends 2014 (NEW14) utilizes HD-quality videos and activities designed to enhance learning.
Do You Have to be a Certified Mercedes-Benz Shop to Work on New Mercedes-Benz Vehicles?
We sometimes will get a new Mercedes-Benz vehicle in the shop. Do we have to be certified to attempt repairs on it?
I-CAR Premieres New Live Vehicle Technology and Trends 2013 Course
Latest training course offers an inside look at what’s coming mainstream, as well as “must know” information for correctly repairing new technologies.
Hybrid & Electric Vehicles: Then and Now
With instructions and some common sense, these vehicles can be repaired just as safely as any others in your shop.
Vehicle Diagnostics in Collision Repair
Proliferation of electronic components and data buses is forcing collision industry to join scan tool revolution.
Caliber Collision Donates Vehicle to Homeless Family of Five in San Diego
A former middle-class San Diego family of five, rocked by a series of financial and medical misfortunes and now living in a homeless shelter, will be able to start off the new year on a positive note with a refurbished minivan donated by Caliber Collision Centers as part of the company’s participation in the National Auto Body Council’s (NABC) Recycled Rides program.
NRC Releases Automotive Electronics Safety Report
The National Research Council’s (NRC) Transportation Research Board has released a study that included a review of automotive electronics safety.
Analysis Forecasts 30 Percent Reduction in Vehicle Platforms by 2020
By 2020, the key 12 global auto OEM groups are expected to reduce their platforms from 223 in 2010 to 154, reveals news analysis by global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. The top 10 platforms will result in a growth from nearly 17 million vehicles in 2010 to more than 33 million by 2020 in
Vehicle Safety Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate with Provisions Important to Collision Repairers
U.S. Sen. John D. Rockefeller, D-W.V., chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., recently introduced a bill in the Senate titled the Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Improvement Act of 2011. The bill touches on several issues relevant to the collision industry, according to the Automotive Service Association (ASA). The bill
I-CAR Announces New Online Training Program: Basic Electronics Damage Analysis
I-CAR has released its newest online training course, Basic Electronics Damage Analysis (DAM13e). Through taking this course, individuals will learn how to effectively communicate at every level of the damage analysis process, identify the basic requirements for a circuit and how circuit values are measured, as well as what other parts of a circuit are