Volkswagen Group recently announced that production of up to 250,000 cars from its brands are likely to be delayed, due to effects from mandatory lab tests for fuel economy and emissions.
Vehicles with open recalls that have “dangerous defects" are being sold at New York City-area auctions, along with multiple area dealerships, which has alarmed consumers. As a result, the state is looking to change its recall policies.
Self-driving vehicle startup Aurora has opened eyes throughout much of the auto industry because it has changed the trend of automakers being hesitant to bring Silicon Valley companies into the fold.
Michael Kenneth James is accused of buying $187,670 in parts manufactured by Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus and “other manufacturers which are not in the school’s fleet” between July 2014 and November 2017.
Waymo recently drew closer to officially launching, when it received the approval of Arizona authorities to operate as a Transportation Network Company.
A BMW driver on Tuesday told the Ninth Circuit that the noise created by his car’s squealing brakes presents a safety concern that the company had a duty to disclose.
A report recently studied the growing shortage of quality technician candidates available to repair facilities and learned that many simply are pursuing careers outside the auto industry.
Not only will shop need to learn to explain advanced driver-assist systems to customers, but technicians must understand how to repair the ever-changing technology within vehicles. If not, they’ll put drivers everywhere in danger.
The Auto Care Association released "The State of Auto Care 2018: Your Industry, Your Association," a report that focuses on key industry issues and how the ACA hopes to tackle them.
Based on an analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) data, TechForce found that the estimated demand for “new entrant” technicians is much higher than previously reported. For the period between 2016 and 2026, that demand is more than triple the prior BLS estimates for the period between 2014 and 2024.
RepairPal's Reliability Rating was derived from millions of repair orders on model years between 2010 through 2017. The study found that the average annual repair cost for all cars brought into RepairPal certified shops was $620 per year.
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