Mega Headaches: Volvo eyes Tesla-style megacasts for next-gen vehicles
Stockholm, Sweden — Volvo cars hopes its future use of aluminum megacastings for automotive body parts will boost the automaker’s ability to reach sustainability targets. Over the next few years, the Swedish automaker is investing 10 billion crowns ($1.1 billion) to its Torslanda plant—the automaker’s largest and oldest facility—to prepare the site for the production […]
Fight for your Right: CAR Coalition releases call-to-action video stating Right to Repair principles
Washington, D.C. – An active voice in the debate surrounding vehicle data rights, the CAR Coalition, a U.S.-based lobbying group advocating for “Right to Repair” legislation for collision repairers, has released their organization’s Call-to-Action, announced in a press release from Tuesday. The CAR Coalition released a video where they outlined their call on government to […]
Manheim UVVI: used vehicle prices slumps after hurricaines pass
Atlanta, Georgia — January 10, 2018 — Used vehicles prices have softened in the wake fierce hurricane season. The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index—which accounts for wholesale pieces adjusted for mix, mileage and season—came to a reading of 132.0 last December. While a 5.6 pointover last year, is also marks the lowest levels seen since […]
