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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued recalls for February 18 through 25, including a Ford recall involving 144,340 units and a Mercedes-Benz recall involving 41,838 units.

Automakers may already hold the key to improving public acceptance of self-driving cars: fine-tuning existing vehicle technology.

This morning, President Biden announced tweaks to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that are intended to focus loans to the smallest businesses that may have been left behind in previous iterations of the program.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electric vehicle (EV) registrations in the US in 2020 reached record market share of 1.8%, demonstrating increased consumer interest for electric vehicles, according to new analysis from IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO), a world leader in information, analytics and…

Motorists are filling-up to some of the most expensive gas prices seen in over a year.

Why are customers returning to the new vehicle market and making purchases during a global pandemic when typical driving needs of the work commute and taking kids to school are significantly reduced?

The valuation analysts at Kelley Blue Book has reported the estimated average transaction price for a light vehicle in the U.S. was $40,857 in January 2021.

New cars and light trucks are being kept much longer by their original buyers than ever before.

With the price of crude consistently increasing, so have gas prices because crude oil accounts for more than 50% of the price at the pump.

Leaders of the Automotive Service Association (ASA) held a virtual briefing to update media outlets and its members on several of the issues the organization plans to track and provide guidance on in the year ahead.

Collision repairers continue to see smaller auto insurers outpacing the 10 largest insurers in terms of working to ensure quality repairs and customer service, according to the findings of the 2021 CRASH Network “Insurer Report Card.”

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued recalls for Feb. 4-11, including a Cadillac recall involving 2,641,272 units and a Mercedes-Benz recall involving 24,550 units.

RateGenius, a fintech company with a proprietary consumer-lending platform, has released its annual study revealing the current state of the auto refinance market for 2021, finding that savings are at a historical high and interest rates are the lowest they’ve been in years, with the current state of the economy driving demand in 2020 leading into 2021.

The Tekmetric Index (TM-500) collects data from 500 auto repair shops, a sample of Tekmetric users across the U.S. TM-500 monitors economical trends to show how the industry is performing as a whole. Below are last week’s trends in car counts and AROs by region.

The IRS is offering resources to struggling small employers and self-employed individuals with retirement plans.

The number of light vehicles per service bay in the U.S. has increased steadily over the past 10 years. However, foreign nameplate cars and light trucks per bay have climbed even faster.

At $2.46, the national gas price average is more expensive on the week (+4 cents), the month (+16 cents) and the year (+2 cents).

Production shortfalls are not only affecting the sale of new cars and trucks, but also affecting new lease deals, according to Scot Hall, executive vice president of Swapalease.com.

Insurance Risk Services of Georgia (IRSG) was requested to complete an Insurance Risk Assessment on Georgia's towing industry for transportation insurance carriers because Georgia had the highest number of towing-related insurance claims in the U.S. for the several years.

The CIECA Board of Trustees recently approved an initiative to begin developing its next generation of CIECA standards.

Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX), a leading conversational analytics and solutions company that connects the voice of the customer to your business, today released findings from a major study of consumers and their interactions with franchised automotive dealerships showing that potential car buyers in the United States are highly informed and are closing in quickly on a purchase by the time they make first contact with a dealer.

The Tekmetric Index (TM-500) collects data from 500 auto repair shops, a sample of Tekmetric users across the U.S. TM-500 monitors economical trends to show how the industry is performing as a whole.

Domestic car and light truck 2021 aftermarket product sales will fail to top 2006 product volume in this major market segment.

New research released today by Solera Holdings, Inc. (“Solera”), a global leader in data, applications and services for the insurance and automotive industries, found that more than three quarters (76%) of consumers trust automotive claims driven entirely by Artificial Intelligence (“AI”).

The national gas price average has been cheaper year-over-year for 336 days—as much as $1.12/gallon less. However, AAA predicts that trend will end as early as this week. At $2.42, the national average is only a nickel cheaper than a year ago.

Drivers want to save time, and local transportation agencies want to improve traffic flow, but at what cost?

A preliminary analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) shows auto theft took a dramatic leap upward in 2020 compared to 2019, reversing two years of auto theft declines.

The average age of cars and light trucks is increasing across the U.S., along with the mileage on their odometers.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued recalls for January 14 through 21, including a Ford recall involving 29,344 units.

If demand continues another week of substantial increases, we can expect to see pump prices get more expensive.”