Collision Repairers – AutoFacets Insights

Company Aims to Transform Vehicle Collisions into IoT Intelligence

afadmin — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:21:13 +0000

CalAmp, a company committed to providing Internet of Things (IoT) enablement solutions, announced the availability of new capabilities for its CrashBoxx vehicle risk management system, which aims to enable insurers, fleet managers and vehicle repair centers to leverage the enhanced capability of CrashBoxx to reliably provide automated accident reconstruction and predictive vehicle damage assessments. CrashBoxx is a vehicle risk management

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Tesla-Owned Collision Repair Shops: Coming Later this Year

afadmin — Thu, 25 May 2017 14:09:42 +0000

Tesla plans to open its own collision repair facilities, the automaker announced. “To significantly improve the customer experience with out-of-warranty body repairs, we intend to open the first Tesla-owned body repair shops later this year and expand the existing network of third-party Tesla certified body shops,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk and CFO Deepak Ahuja wrote

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Dealerships battle fast-growing consolidation of body-shop business

afadmin — Tue, 16 May 2017 11:10:31 +0000

Why shouldn’t franchised dealerships just give up on collision repair? Just two of every five U.S. new-vehicle dealerships have body shops. A fine-tuned Google alert will provide a chronicle of dealers who are selling their shops to, or entering into partnerships with, independent chains and consolidators. Such a search also will show who the big

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Mike Anderson

afadmin — Tue, 09 May 2017 14:15:10 +0000

Mike Anderson says 'Virtual Steering' is coming soon.

Autonomous vehicles may ‘eliminate 93 percents of collisions’

afadmin — Tue, 09 May 2017 09:12:00 +0000

Toronto, Ontario — April 20, 2017 — The second day of Automated Vehicles 2017: Planning the Next Disruptive Technology focused on sorting the evolving ideas, opinions and predictions that began to fly on the first day at a more fine-grained level. The big themes were stretched out and pinned down. For more on the first

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