Local news stories affecting the auto body industry in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine
General Motors announced Jan. 21 plans to invest nearly $154 million in its Western New York Lockport Components plant.
Twelve aspiring collision repair students from across the region met at Professionals Auto Body in Altoona, PA, for the SkillsUSA District 7 Skill and Leadership Championships.
New Jersey has enacted an insurance bad faith statute that will penalize insurers for certain types of conduct in handling claims for uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage as the result of auto accidents.
Garnett Station Partners, LLC, a New York-based principal investment firm, on Jan. 20 announced it has made a growth investment into VIVE Collision, a leading collision repair multi-site operator in four Northeast states.
New Hampshire is getting another pile of cash from the federal government to help fix potholed roads and crumbling bridges and expand public transit options.
The Pennsylvania State Legislature is currently considering SB 965, legislation that would allow companies to test self-driving vehicles on Pennsylvania highways without a driver available to take over in an emergency.
An automotive repair shop in northern New York was destroyed by a fire Jan. 10.
Massachusetts legislators are weighing changes to a voter-approved law that would give auto manufacturers more time to comply with requirements to turn over vehicle telematics data to owners and independent repair shop owners.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants lawmakers to help the state’s small businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rhode Island lawmakers on Jan. 4 closed out their 2021 session by overriding two gubernatorial vetoes and passing a major spending bill, before beginning their work for 2022.