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sands, not two or three thousand, and shaving an hour here or a procedure there. These things are going to cost a lot to repair.”
Other speakers agreed the repairer-insurer-OEM dynamic will change significantly by 2035. be eliminated entirely.
“Look at how you have Tesla Insurance, or Onstar Insurance from General Motors,” Spears said. “You’ll probably have a vertical that will take care of that customer much, much better than [separate companies] that don’t have the incentives to work together.”
Terlep said the added cost of vehicle safety systems will have led
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“One of the things I foresee has been happening outside of our country for many years,” said Frank Terlep, co-chairman of the Future Disruptions Committee. “When you buy a new vehicle in 2035, you will be getting your insurance with the vehicle. That’s going to change the model.”
Jimmy Spears, a former executive at USAA who is now with Tractable, agreed the line between automaker and insurer will blur or to more vehicles being declared total losses, with the repairable vehicle count dropping “as much as 30 or 40%.”
“You’re going to have to be a licensed professional to get access to those safety systems,” Terlep added. “A lot of people don’t want to hear that, but I just don’t see the OEMs and the government releasing direct access to all the safety systems.”
Committee co-chairman Jake Rodenroth agreed.
“You have to be licensed to cut hair but not to calibrate ADAS or cut panels off cars or work on electric vehicles,” he said. “That’s got to change.”
Several speakers agreed by 2035, accessing OEM repair information will be less “clunky” and time consuming, no longer requiring use of multiple websites.
“So in 2035, my prediction is the procedures will be living with the vehicle,” Terlep said. “You’ll be looking in the vehicle for those procedures, not on someone else’s website. The repair procedures will be presented to you based on sensors in the vehicle that will know: These areas are damaged.”
Rodenroth agreed, noting collision repairers are not the only ones needing easier access to the information.
“There are first-responders who need to know where they can cut a vehicle, where they can’t cut one. There are tow truck drivers who need to know how to safely tow a vehicle. They’re all in a race against time,” Rodenroth said. “They don’t have time to flip a book, or go through an app or even to ask Siri. They need to have it easily accessible and immediate. Maybe it’s a combination of on the vehicle infotainment screen or on a handheld as they walk toward the car. But it’s got to be instant.”
Also in the future, Terlep foresees more use of remote technicians, even those in other countries, for diagnosis and electronic work, given the shortage of technicians here.
Rodenroth said he recommends the industry start recruiting “the tuner kids,” those who can customize a vehicle “to turbocharge it or create a bigger engine and push more fuel and air.”
“They understand how the [vehicle] network works before they change it,” he said. “So when you bring them in, don’t ask them body shop questions. Ask them about how they feel about electronics and wiring diagrams, how immobilizers work and things like that. You’ll see some of them explode. I met one yesterday when I picked up a rental car. This kid was sharp. That’s the future technician right there.”
LKQ North America, Tractable Partner to Accelerate Auto Parts Recycling and Distribution with AI
LKQ North America, the leading provider of alternative vehicle parts, is now using Tractable’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accelerate and optimize the recycling of the salvage vehicles the company procures across its North America segment.
The AI uses computer vision, a technology that allows algorithms to reason based on images, to assess the specific damage on each vehicle and determine which parts can be recycled and reused.
Tractable’s AI has been trained on millions of historical examples and performs on par with human intelligence, increasing the level of consistency and accuracy.
“We are excited to be the first recycled parts provider to apply AI to the effective and efficient procurement of salvage vehicles,” said Yogi Shivdasani, vice president of North America supply chain at LKQ. “Tractable’s AI has enhanced our expertise with identifying high quality parts on salvage vehicles and to make sure those parts can be recycled and reused. Tractable further assists LKQ in delivering the right parts, to the right place and at the right time.”
“Through this collaboration with LKQ North America, our technology is improving the value of parts recycling for the entire North American auto repair ecosystem,” said Alex Dalyac, Tractable co-founder and CEO. “By finding reusable parts at scale and ensuring they are distributed more quickly, our technology is already having a positive impact on both the auto industry and the environment.”
Source: Tractable
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