What Do I Need to Know About Pre- and Post-Repair Scanning?
Pre-scan, post-scan, recalibration and reprogramming are all different functions and levels of access. Be sure you know what’s called for to complete the repair.
Self-Driving Vehicles Could Shift Insurance Liability to Automakers
In an interview with Insurance Business, David Lukens of LexisNexis Risk Solutions said mainstream adoption of autonomous vehicles likely will shift liability from the vehicle operators to the automakers.
Study: Consumers Increasingly Skeptical of Self-Driving Vehicle Technology, But Clamoring for Collision Mitigation
Consumers already are growing wary of self-driving vehicles, but they’re ready to embrace any technology that helps them avoid collisions.
Eight Universities to Participate in GM/SAE International AutoDrive Challenge
Eight Universities in the United States and Canada will take part in a three-year challenge to develop a fully autonomous passenger vehicle, General Motors and SAE International recently announced.
Report: Self-Driving Electric Cars Will Comprise 25 Percent of Vehicles Miles by 2030
By 2030, around 25 percent of all miles driven in the United States could be in shared autonomous electric vehicles, which will offer consumers in large cities the lowest-cost, most convenient form of transportation, according to new research by the Boston Consulting Group.
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.
PreFab Ads Introduces “Driverless Wreck” TV Spot
Humorous TV/Internet collision repair commercial available for licensing depicts an autonomous taxi cab tangling with an impatient man driving a Mercedes followed by the line, “Need a body shop?”
Bosch, Daimler Aim to Develop ‘Production-Ready’ Driverless System
Bosch and Daimler have inked a development agreement to bring fully automated and driverless technology to the roads by the beginning of the next decade, the companies said.
Ford Spending $1.2 Billion to Retool Michigan Plants, Build Data Centers
Ford is investing $1.2 billion in three Michigan manufacturing facilities to support the company’s shift to “an auto and mobility company,” the automaker said.
Survey: Future Car is Driverless, Shared, Electric
If the future plays out the way transportation experts predict it will, autonomous, zero-emissions vehicles will dominate the roads, and none of the passengers will own the vehicles.
