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Recent Columns
- Shop Strategies: Award-Winning Shop Owner & SCRS Treasurer Educates Consumers Through ‘Airing of GRIEVances’ Videos
- EVs, ADAS Calibrations, Future of DRPs Discussed at Annual CIECA Conference
- EV Manufacturers Discuss Restricted Parts, Booth Concerns, ‘Service Mode’
- Videos Keep Everyone in the Loop While Building Trust and Confidence
- SCRS Urging Auto Body Shops to Help Consumers Remove Personal Data from Total Loss Vehicles
John Yoswick
John Yoswick is a freelance automotive writer based in Portland, Oregon, who has been writing about the collision industry since 1988. He is the editor of the weekly CRASH Network (for a free 4-week trial subscription, visit www.CrashNetwork.com).
He can be contacted at john@crashnetwork.com
John Yoswick
EVs, ADAS Calibrations, Future of DRPs Discussed at Annual CIECA Conference
Written by John Yoswick
CIECA’s annual conference in St. Louis in September included presentations on new electric vehicles, ADAS calibration trends and what may lie ahead in terms of direct repair programs.
EV Manufacturers Discuss Restricted Parts, Booth Concerns, ‘Service Mode’
Written by John Yoswick
A panel of manufacturers of electric vehicles shared information collision repairers will need to know about their vehicles.
SCRS Urging Auto Body Shops to Help Consumers Remove Personal Data from Total Loss Vehicles
Written by John Yoswick
Auto body shops have long given customers whose vehicle has been declared a total loss a chance to get any of their personal belongings from the vehicle before it is towed away.
Insurers, Collision Repairers Discuss How to Improve Estimating, Claims Adjusting Process
Written by John Yoswick
Collision repairers and insurance company representatives at this summer’s Collision Industry Conference (CIC) discussed the friction that exists between the two segments of the industry in terms of estimating damages and adjusting claims.
CIC Panel Looks at How Auto Body Shops Can Respond to Rising Costs of Paint and Materials
Written by John Yoswick
A panel discussion at this summer’s Collision Industry Conference (CIC) related to the impacts of inflation focused primarily on how body shops can address increases in the costs of paint and materials---including how to discuss rising costs with insurers.
CIECA Webinar Focuses on New Technologies in Paint and Coatings
Written by John Yoswick
Representatives of several automotive paint companies on a CIECA webcast this summer cautioned that, like nearly every other aspect of collision repair, ADAS will impact refinishing.
Collision Repair Association Conducting Study of Blend Time Formula
Written by John Yoswick
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) has provided a few more details about its study beginning in August into the accuracy of the blend time formula commonly used in the industry.
Gerber Collision CEO Talks Parts, Personnel Challenges
Written by John Yoswick
Tim O’Day, president and CEO of Boyd Group Services, parent company of Gerber Collision & Glass, referred to his company as “one of the better users of alternative parts” in a presentation this spring at the Automotive Body Parts Association annual convention.
Company Says it Has Recent Auto Body Shop Estimate Data for Sale
Written by John Yoswick
The ongoing discussion about auto body shop data privacy at the quarterly Collision Industry Conference (CIC) meetings took a new turn this summer when an association leader described what a data aggregator company had recently offered to sell to his organization.
DataTouch Offering New Service to Help Collision Repair Shops Manage Access to its Data
Written by John Yoswick
Pete Tagliapietra is sympathetic to collision repairers whose customers have found accident information about their car on a vehicle history report.
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What Your Auto Body Shop Needs to Know to Be Ready to Repair EVs
Written by John Yoswick
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation reported in June almost 200,000 electric vehicles were sold in the first quarter of this year---a 4.2% increase over the previous quarter---representing 5.9% of overall light-duty vehicle sales. Is your shop gearing up to repair them?
3 Collision Repair Business Leaders Find Ways to Develop Positive Company Culture
Written by John Yoswick
Three auto body shop owners spoke during the recent Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ Repairer Roundtable about their efforts to build a positive culture within their companies.
CIC Committees Tackle Ongoing Shortage of Collision Repair Technicians
Written by John Yoswick
It’s not uncommon during discussions within the collision repair industry about the technician shortage for body shop representatives to point to what they see as the inadequate entry-level skills of students completing auto body training programs.
What Role Should a Current Backlog of Work Play in Auto Body Shops’ DRP Decisions?
Written by John Yoswick
A national survey in April found auto body shops on average have a work backlog topping four weeks, and during the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ (SCRS) Repairer Roundtable this spring, a panel was asked whether that “unique scenario” in the industry should play into a collision repair business’ decisions related to participation in direct repair programs.