Collision repair industry veteran describes technology-driven disruption, manages ADAS test drives with Copilot App
Technology is rapidly pushing the automotive industry to digitalization. Now and in the next few years, this disruption will impact everyone in the business, from OEMs to repair shops, and from CEOs to technicians, said Frank Terlep, CEO and co-founder of Auto Techcelerators LLC.
Terlep has been developing software for the automotive industry since the mid-’80s, with much of that for the collision repair segment. His recently published book, “Auto Industry Disruption,” discusses why technology is driving change and what stakeholders should expect in the near future. And at the Jan. 15 Collision Industry Conference, he introduced Test Drive CoPilot, a service-as-product smartphone application. It’s designed to document every dynamic calibration and/or test-drive to reduce liability, provide quality control, and provide documentation to make it easier to get paid for the procedure.