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Read the Procedure Every Time: Why Consistency Beats Experience in ADAS Calibration
8+ hour, 12+ min ago (759+ words) The Panel discusses the process discipline, facility planning, and hiring choices separating shops that get ADAS right. On a recent episode of The Collision Vision, host Cole Strandberg followed up on his conversation with Gerard AhQuin and Fox Kajiwara of…...
"Who Pays for What?" Survey: Destructive Weld Testing Is the Non-Negotiable Procedure Most Shops Still Aren't Paid For
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (333+ words) Only 25% of shops that negotiate for destructive weld testing are paid always or most of the time. The operation involves setting up sample welds specifically to be destroyed and inspected, a step that happens before any actual welding takes place…...
BEV Repair Cost Premium Hits Record Low as Mitchell Warns of Parts Volatility
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (606+ words) Mitchell's Q2 2026 data puts the U.S. BEV-to-ICE severity gap at a record-low $729. Mitchell's Q2 2026 Plugged-In: EV Collision Insights report, released Aug. 20, documents the narrowest gap the company has recorded between the cost of repairing an electric vehicle and a gas one, even as…...
What to Know Before You Bring Auto Glass In-house
1+ week, 1+ day ago (792+ words) The biggest lesson from one shop's rollout: don't rush the learning curve just because the tools and training are accessible. It was the middle of a brutal Rhode Island winter, and at Choice Collision, the work wasn’t the problem. Paint…...
New-Vehicle Sales Pace Set for 2026 High in July, Cox Automotive Forecasts
2+ week, 6+ day ago (357+ words) Affluent buyers keep demand steady even as gas prices and consumer confidence remain weak, pushing the July sales rate to the strongest point of the year. New-vehicle sales are on pace to reach their strongest monthly rate of 2026 in July,…...
ADAS Calibration Fixes Divide Collision Industry Over Access, Data, and Process
3+ week, 1+ day ago (745+ words) Industry voices agree access isn't the real problem. They disagree on what is. Interviews and public remarks point to different diagnoses of the same underlying issue, and to a live disagreement over how that documentation effort should be built. The…...
Collision Repair Wages Rose 3.2% in Fourth Quarter as Industry Employment Fell, BLS Data Shows
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (341+ words) BLS data show more collision repair shops, fewer jobs, and higher wages in the fourth quarter of 2025 versus a year earlier. The figures reflect private-sector establishments nationally and cover NAICS code 811121, Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and Maintenance, a…...
Industry Roundup: Collision Partners Acquires K&M Collision, NABC Trains Mid-South First Responders
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (315+ words) Plus, Global Finishing Solutions names a new president, BYK adds radar measurement technology, and more. At GFS, Tiwari's priorities include strengthening core operations, expanding market share, growing service and aftermarket revenue, and building out the company's distributor relationships as it…...
Shop Stack Breakdown: Malecha's Auto Body in Faribault and Waseca, Minn.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (676+ words) The independent, two-location shop built its own ADAS calibration center and routes nearly all of its daily workflow through one estimating platform. "I started working out of my parents' garage back when I was 17 or 18 years old, and kind of…...
Industry Roundup: Central States Collision Conference Announced, Crash Champions Graduates Apprentices
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (723+ words) Plus, CARSTAR MOKAN raises $20,000 for cystic fibrosis, NABC Recycled Rides delivers vehicles to two Twin Cities veterans, and more. The Kansas Auto Body Association (KABA), Oklahoma Auto Body Association (OKABA), Nebraska Auto Body Association (NABA), and Missouri Auto Body Association…...