Tim Beal and Byron Davis’ robotic paint drying system, Phoenix1000, will be ready for shop use soon. It will be installed this weekend at Beal’s Auto Body & Paint.
A fire at Meridian Magnesium parts plant in Michigan disrupted the North American auto industry by creating a parts shortage for Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Mercedes.
Apple has state permits to operate 55 autonomous cars in California, and it seems like the iPhone maker could be ready to try out some of its autonomous car tech on California roads.
The Illinois Supreme Court will notify consumers who were insured by State Farm and had non-OEM crash parts installed on or specified for their vehicle between July 28, 1987 and Feb. 24, 1998, that a class action lawsuit may affect their rights.
President Donald Trump's pick to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was questioned about the agency's handling of the Takata air bag recall
The AutoSens Conference is currently running through Thursday at the Michigan Science Center. Experts are presenting on robotics, computer vision, automotive electronics, digital imaging and functional safety.
The U.S. auto safety agency wants to meet with 12 major automakers that failed to fulfill a December 2017 target deadline for completing repairs on Takata air bag inflators.
In this video, the Auto Body Association of Rhode Island and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America debate a proposed Rhode Island bill that would increase the time frame and extend restriction on the use of non-OEM parts to any part damaged in a collision to 48 months.
The world's first electrified road launched in Stockholm formed a nation-wide map for expanding the electric rail. The road works through energy transferred from the rail via moveable arm on the bottom of a vehicle
The 28-year-old drier told authorities she had been looking at her phone and cruising at a speed of 60 mph just before the May 11 crash in South Jordan, Utah.
A partnership between Chief and I-CAR—aka Chief University—aims to help shops reinvest funds that would otherwise go to application fees into sending technicians to training courses or purchasing new equipment.
Four years ago this May, which is designated as National Military Appreciation Month, U.S. Air Force veteran Diana Cuesta received a gift that she says changed her life.
Assured Performance Network will provide a special OEM certification initiative and services to CARSTAR locations. The new initiative uses Assured Performance tools and resources for CARSTAR owners to accelerate adoption and compliance to OEM certification requirements.
CARSTAR has made a strategic switch to a zone structure for its operations and sales. The change stemmed from a need to streamline processes and keep up with a increased onboarding of stores.
On Monday, Fiat Chrysler and Cummins Inc. were hit with an amended class-action lawsuit stating the companies colluded to develop and conceal no less than two emissions-cheating defeat devices used in pickups.
The EksoVest—a non-powered, linkage driven and gas spring actuated upper body exoskeleton—is currently being used by technicians on the Ford assembly line, but has also been demoed in a body shop. The technology could provide career longevity for techs.
Researchers at MIT have developed a new system that allows self-driving cars to navigate on roads without 3-D maps. The system combines GPS data found on Google Maps with a series of sensors that observe road conditions.
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