An Anaheim Adventure: Looking back on the IBIS USA 2024 conference

Anaheim, California — IBIS USA’s 2024 conference event was held March 19th to the 21st at the JW Marriott Anaheim in Anaheim, California, bringing together members of the collision industry for insightful conversations, innovative solutions to industry challenges and vibrant networking opportunities. The event, which this year was themed “Transforming, Tomorrow, Together,” began on Tuesday, […]

Introducing Apollo: Mercedes-Benz to incorporate humanoid robots in factories

Austin, Texas — On March 15, Apptronik, a leader in next-generation general-purpose robots aimed to simplify work, announced its partnership with Mercedes-Benz to integrate their advanced robots into Mercedes-Benz manufacturing. As part of this collaboration, Mercedes-Benz is introducing Apollo–touted as one of the world’s most advanced commercial humanoid robots–into its manufacturing facilities with the hope […]

EV/AV Report: Electric vehicles overload the system; while self-driving vehicles fall under investigation

Toronto, Ontario — In this weekly electric and autonomous vehicle report, Fraser Institute details the potential infrastructure issues of Canada’s push for electric vehicles (EVs); while Ford’s BlueCruise comes under investigation for a recent crash. Circuitry Constrictions According to a recent study published by the Fraser Institute, to fulfill Ottawa’s current electric vehicle target of […]

Revving Up Recycling At OARA: A Lookback at OARA 2024

Markham, Ontario — This year’s Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association’s (OARA) 2024 conference event took place in Markham, Ontario from March 21st to the 23rd and showed how, when it comes to automotive recycling, community collaboration is at the heart of the industry. The event included everything from networking opportunities to cutting-edge insights on technology and […]