Under Pressure: Tesla owner reports damaged frame was ‘painted over’
Berlin, Germany – “Step on a crack, break your mother’s back”, the old kids’ phrase and superstition goes. Fortunately, for children worldwide, if a crack appears on a Tesla vehicle, they’re likely to simply paint over it. A Tesla Model 3 owner reports that their car’s undercarriage was found to have damage that the Tesla […]
Extended Trial Period: LORs skyrocket for non-drivable claims nationwide, Enterprise report says
Toronto, Ontario — Canada is quickly losing its edge in the collision replacement-related rental market, as the latest Enterprise LOR (length of rental) report showed that the average rental in the nation is up 5.8 days from the second quarter last year, significantly closing the gap to the U.S.’s 17.7 day average. The average LOR […]
A Fest at the Falls: Simplicity to host 2022 National Growth Conference in Niagara Falls in Sept.
Niagara Falls, Ontario — The falls will be turning orange this September as guests from across the aftermarket industry descend upon Niagara Falls for Simplicity Car Care’s 2022 National Growth Conference, to be hosted at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre. Attendees will be treated to a tradeshow, a lineup of exciting industry guest speakers and […]
EV/AV Report: July 25, 2022
Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s electric and autonomous vehicles report, Tesla hits a self-driving milestone after settling in a German lawsuit, Ford and Baidu unveil autonomous cars without steering wheels and a Deloitte report suggests that tomorrow’s cars are vulnerable to hacking attacks – who knew? Clocked In Tesla celebrates 35 million miles driven […]
Swedish Success: ABB announces world’s first art car painted entirely by a robot
Västerås, Sweden – Move over artists, the robots may be coming for your jobs, too. According to ABB Robotics, one of the company’s robots has successfully painted a car with artistic designs in less than 30 minutes. A mechanized arm with an advanced print jet mechanism, ABB’s IRB 5500 industrial robot successfully painted a replica […]
Dishonourable Discharge: Bear breaks into vehicle, does his business, then wrecks the place
Vancouver Island, British Columbia — Sometimes when you gotta go, you gotta go. This is as true for humans as it is for bears–and is especially true for one bear who has been creating chaos across Vancouver Island. Over the past 6 weeks Vancouver Island Police and local Conservation Officers have been accosted by a […]
