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  • 1 week ago | repairerdrivennews.com | Lurah Lowery

    AllFocal Optics says its new lens for augmented and virtual reality could bolster the safety benefits of future vehicle head-up displays (HUDs). The AR and VR headsets provide crystal-clear vision, whether the wearer typically wears glasses or not, or has an astigmatism. That’s because the lens beams a clear picture directly to your retina, bypassing the need for glasses entirely, according to an article from Wired.

  • 1 week ago | repairerdrivennews.com | Lurah Lowery

    The average age of passenger cars in the U.S. has reached 14.5 years, and for light trucks is now 11.9 years, according to S&P Global Mobility’s latest data. Overall, the average vehicle age is 12.8 years. “This marks the second consecutive year of a two-month increase in vehicle age, signaling broader changes in consumer purchasing behavior, economic conditions, and the durability of modern vehicles,” S&P wrote.

  • 1 week ago | repairerdrivennews.com | Lurah Lowery

    A bill passed by the Oregon legislature seeks to protect consumer privacy via in-vehicle data collection. Recently passed in the Senate following passage in the House in April, House Bill 3875 requires all automakers to comply with state legal protections for collected consumer data, honor requests for personal data deletion, and provide consumers with copies of their data, or stop selling it or using it for targeted advertising. “Analysts have called cars a privacy nightmare,” said Sen.

  • 1 week ago | repairerdrivennews.com | Lurah Lowery

    I-CAR Canada has added UAP/NAPA as its newest Sustaining Partner Program (SPP) participant, allowing NAPA customers to earn I-CAR Canada training credits by completing select NAPA courses.

  • 1 week ago | repairerdrivennews.com | Lurah Lowery

    The BMW Group is bringing large-format, pure all-solid-state battery (ASSB) cells from Solid Power to its test vehicle, a BMW i7. BMW says the potential benefits of ASSB technology are higher energy density in a very compact storage system, meaning the potential to achieve longer ranges without the disadvantages of added weight. The testing vehicle is currently operating in the Munich area. Since 2022, the BMW Group and Solid Power, Inc.

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