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Source: CollisionWeek Current private equity holder of majority stake in public company said considering sale. According to a report by Bloomberg, Bain Capital is among companies considering acquiring a majority stake in CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CCCS). The Bloomberg report cites anonymous sources that said Bain is one potential bidder for Advent International’s majority stake that Read more…


WASHINGTON, D.C. – The CAR Coalition, a growing group of independent automotive parts, management and repair companies, associations, and insurers committed to preserving consumer choice and affordable vehicle repair, today praised the bipartisan members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce for including the REPAIR Act (H.R. 906) in today’s hearing on Read more…


The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce has announced a hearing next week to discuss consumer-focused legislative solutions, including the bipartisan Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair (REPAIR) Act (H.R. 906). If you have not reached out to your member of Congress yet to ask them to support the REPAIR & Read more…


Kentwood, MI – The Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA), an independent non-profit standard-setting and certification organization for automotive crash parts, announces the expansion of its CAPA mobile app, integrating the CAPA Tracker. Users will now be able to enter part information into the CAPA Tracker seamlessly through the CAPA app, without interrupting a repair to input information Read more…


Source: Peter Weber, The Week New cars come with helpful bells and whistles, but also cameras, microphones and sensors that are reporting on everything you do “Bad news: your car is a spy,” Gizmodo reported, citing new research from the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation that found new cars to be the worst category for privacy of any product Read more…


Source: NPR It’s not only car prices that are giving drivers sticker shock these days — it’s also happening when they open their car insurance bills. The cost of auto insurance jumped more than 19% during the year ending in August, while overall inflation was 3.7%, according to the Labor Department Wednesday. On a monthly basis, car Read more…


Source: PIRG Advocates describe the bill, endorsed by Apple, ‘the strongest consumer right to repair yet’ SACRAMENTO, CA — The California State Assembly approved the Right to Repair Act on Tuesday, with a final vote tally of 65 to 1 (with 14 abstentions). If enacted, Senate Bill 244, by state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, will significantly expand Read more…


Effective 9/15/2023, new Partslink data is available for download for existing subscribers. For information on the Partslink program, including market intelligence, and how to subscribe to Partslink, please visit www.autobpa.com/partslink. Partslink Monthly Statistics Partslink is more than just a database of part numbers. Information pertaining to part pricing and supersession are also available to subscribers.


Source: Association of British Insurers Motor insurers paid out £2.5 billion in motor claims in the second quarter of this year, up 29% on the £2 billion paid in the same quarter last year according to latest ABI data published today. This was the highest quarterly figure since we started collecting data back in 2013. This rise Read more…


On August 28, 2023, the Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) submitted a second amicus brief on behalf of our member LKQ Corporation and our membership at large. Ten additional amicus briefs were filed including those from the Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA), Eagle Eyes, Autocare, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), and the Taiwan Auto Read more…

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