Local news stories affecting the auto body industry in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii, Alaska and Wyoming
Autonomy, the electric vehicle subscription company that offers the cheapest, fastest and easiest way to get a Tesla Model 3, continued its California rollout, adding Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties to its available areas, the company announced May 4.
The future of collision repair rests with the industry's newest body technicians, many of whom are currently in school.
Crash Champions, LLC, one of the nation’s fastest growing independent collision repair companies, announced May 3 it has acquired California’s Costelli & Pardini Auto Body, a Bay Area repair shop located at 2002 Palm Ave. in San Mateo, and Idaho’s Ruben’s Body Shop, a repair shop located at 911 3rd St. S in Nampa.
During a search of property in southwest Oregon, authorities found four luxury cars stashed away, which raised suspicion.
1Collision announced the addition of VIP Auto Body, located in Chatsworth, CA, a suburb of Los Angeles.
Crash Champions, LLC, one of the nation’s fastest growing independent collision repair companies, announced April 27 the addition of Collision Pro to its growing Montana footprint.
Hyundai Motor America announced its new corporate social responsibility initiative, Hyundai Hope, with a $15,000 donation to the Food Bank for Monterey County.
A new video surfaced on Reddit showing a Tesla vehicle crashing into a $3.5 million Cirrus Vision jet after being "summoned" in a precarious way by the owner at a Cirrus event at Felts Field airport in Spokane, WA.
In the Bay Area, hybrid and electric vehicles are as common as cable cars and tech moguls, but that doesn’t mean there are just as many qualified collision repair facilities ready to restore them after a collision.
Trade schools in Wyoming and nationally are seeing a boom in enrollment in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.