The Canadian CARSTAR franchise network will celebrate its 30th anniversary in Victoria, BC by hosting its annual conference. Over the course of three days, the CARSTAR team, along with professionals from across the industry, will gather to celebrate this milestone, attend informational sessions and strengthen connections with one another during events like the vendor trade show.
²ÞËùÇ¿¼é today introduced its latest software solution: ²ÞËùÇ¿¼é ServiceLink powered by UpdatePromise. Using the solution, collision facilities can email or text policyholders automated vehicle repair status updates from within the ²ÞËùÇ¿¼é platform.
²ÞËùÇ¿¼é today announced that it is teaming up with PAVE to automate vehicle inspections and conditioning. Using ²ÞËùÇ¿¼é’s cloud-based appraisal solution, comprehensive data and open platform with PAVE’s proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) and guided image capture application, U.S. and Canadian organizations will be able to generate graded condition reports from uploaded photos.
As the first collision industry information provider to sign a data licensing agreement with Rivian, ²ÞËùÇ¿¼é is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of
²ÞËùÇ¿¼é today published its Q2 2024 Plugged-In: EV Collision Insights report. This edition features the latest U.S. and Canadian claims data on battery electric vehicles (BEVs), mild hybrid electric vehicles (MHEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)—highlighting how differences in their complexity and construction are affecting claim costs and repair operations.
Claims frequency for repairable, collision-damaged battery electric vehicles (BEVs) rose to 2.5% in the U.S. and 3.94% in Canada in Q2 2024—a year-over-year increase of 45% and 39% respectively. According to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, EVs represented 9.3% of new U.S. light-duty vehicle sales in Q1 2024, down from 10.2% in Q4 2023. Similarly, in Canada BEV sales fell to 9.2% last quarter, down from 10% in Q4 2023.