Certified Collision Care to manage Nissan Canada’s collision program
Hamilton, Ontario — April 3, 2017 — Nissan Canada has selected Certified Collision Care as the company’s exclusive strategic partner to administer and manage its new collision repair certification program and national network. The Nissan Certified Collision Repair Network program will identify, certify and promote dealership and independent collision repair providers across all of […]
Assured Automotive opens new location at Scarborough Nissan
Mississauga, Ontario — March 23, 2017 — Assured Automotive has launched another new location and Dealer Service Centre, this time in Scarborough, Ontario. The announcement comes hot on the heels of recent news from the company that it had opened a location at Erin Mills Acura. Assured has entered into an agreement with Scarborough Nissan […]
I-CAR launches new courses on calibration, scanning and OEM-specific procedures
Hoffman Estates, Illinois — January 9, 2017 — It can be difficult to access high-quality training on the latest topics. I-CAR has made accessing that training a little easier with the release of seven new one-hour, online courses. The new courses are part of I-CAR’s Vehicle and Technology Specific Training curriculum portfolio. The courses include […]
The Autonomous Report: Big news in Ontario and your Porsche will not drive itself
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 2, 2016 — The biggest news in the autonomous vehicle (AV) space this week came out of Ontario, with the announcement that three organizations will begin testing driverless technology in the province. We also look at another AV crash, this time in Singapore, Nissan’s Takashi Sunda discusses some […]
Friday Fun: DeLoreans return, crashes in the smartphone era and a look at odd driving laws from Europe
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 1, 2016 — The DeLorean is poised for a comeback, Mazda plans to add more ultra-high-strength steel to the 2017 CX-5, Alex Sun of Mitchell discusses the coming world of peer-to-peer insurance and much, much more! – Mazda announced this week its “next generation” 2017 CX-5 will add […]
The Autonomous Report: Ghosn’s future vision, proliferation is decades away and a self-driver runs out of gas
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 20, 2016 — This week in the autonomous vehicle (AV) world, we look at Nissan’s CEO’s vision for the future of AVs, concerns that President-elect Trump will gut self-driving regs and a self-driving Uber appears to have made a very human error. – The Detroit News suggests that, […]
The Autonomous Report: Self-driving presents insurance challenges, and another Tesla crashes while on Autopilot
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 17, 2016 — Every week seems to bring more developments in autonomous vehicles (AVs). Last week we saw Nissan move forward by introducing its ProPILOT on vehicles that will be available in Japan later this summer. In addition, a new report suggests that autonomous cars will see auto […]
Nissan moves towards autonomous driving with ProPILOT
Yokohama, Japan — July 14, 2016 — A new vehicle with autonomous capabilities will soon be available for sale in Japan. Nissan’s new Serena, scheduled to go on sale in Japan in late August, will come equipped with the company’s ProPILOT autonomous drive technology. This makes Nissan the first Japanese automaker to introduce a combination […]
IIHS awards Nissan Sentra, Infiniti QX60 with Top Safety Pick+ rating
By Mike Davey Hamilton, Ontario — April 6, 2016 — Which new vehicles are you least likely to see come into the shop over the next year? The list now includes the Nissan Sentra and the Infiniti QX60, if the latest ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) are anything to go by. […]
Nissan to launch Piloted Drive vehicle in Europe in 2017
Geneva, Switzerland — March 6, 2016 — Nissan has announced that its first Piloted Drive vehicle will be available in Europe starting in 2017. Nissan says its 2017 Nissan Qashqai will become the first Piloted Drive vehicle available in Europe. “Autonomous technologies have been part of our R&D activities for a long time, we’ve done […]
