Average Length of Rental for Repairable Vehicles: Q3 2018
Average Length of Rental (LOR) for Q3 2018 landed at 12 days in the United States which is even compared to Q3 2017. This is the second consecutive year that Q3 LOR has been flat versus the prior year. Once again, there was very little consistency between regions and states, suggesting that the quarterly result for the U.S. is not reflective of a genuine national trend.
Current Used Vehicle Market Conditions: Q3 2018
Strong retail sales supported used vehicle values in October, as wholesale prices recovered from declines in September.
Measuring and Driving Performance in a Technology Shocked Industry
The change in the complexity of vehicles over the last five years is absolutely staggering. We live in an age where every aspect of the automobile is being transformed. Cars are now being produced with a combination of substrates that allows manufacturers to reduce the weight of vehicles to achieve greater fuel efficiency while at the same time improving crash performance.
SEMA Show 2019
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Windshield Complexity and Their Role in ADAS Functionality
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are rapidly becoming standard on new model vehicles with features such as emergency braking, lane departure warnings, dynamic cruise control, and blind spot detection. A critical component of these systems is the vehicle’s multi-function camera that is centrally mounted behind the top of the windshield. The presence of a “smart windshield” is widely expected to be the norm by the year 2020 on all new vehicles.
Property Damage Appraisers Gets Customers Back to Their Lives Faster by Helping Carriers Deliver on Their Promises
What began in 1963 as four fraternity brothers looking for additional work between classes has grown into a nationwide franchise organization. With 650+ appraisers serving thousands of clients, Property Damage Appraisers (PDA) completes an astonishing 450,000 estimates annually for auto, heavy equipment and property claims. How does a company that started as a college side project become one of the most successful damage estimating corporations in the nation?
The SEMA Show 2018
The SEMA Show is the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world, drawing the industry’s brightest minds and