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Should You Repair or Replace Your Damaged Auto Glass?

Should You Repair or Replace Your Damaged Auto Glass?

If you’re a Tampa, FL, vehicle owner who has recently had their auto glass damaged, you’re probably wondering if the damage is repairable. In the sections below, you’ll learn more about the factors affecting auto glass repair and replacement.

Repairing Your Damaged Auto Glass

Repairs are preferable over replacement because it’s cheaper and, in some cases, auto insurers will cover the repair costs completely. For windshield repair or other types of auto glass to be repairable, it must meet the following criteria:

  • The crack or chip only damaged the outer layer of glass
  • The bullseye is no bigger than one
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Top Electric Car Companies To Invest In

Top Electric Car Companies To Invest In
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jetcityimage / Getty Images

In early 2022, as gas prices rose, electric vehicle registrations also surged. New EV registrations totaled 158,689, or 4.7% of all new car registrations in the US, according to data from Experian reported by Automotive News. This growth is promising for those looking to invest in the industry.

Read: 3 Things You Must Do When Your Savings Reach $50,000

What Are Good EV Companies To Invest In?

A look at sales totals on EVs in the US, with Tesla’s four models dominating the top 10 list, can point you in the right direction. Especially after the

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Elon Musk’s politics play to potential EV buyers in red states

Elon Musk’s politics play to potential EV buyers in red states

Mario Natarelli, managing partner of the MBLM marketing group, doesn’t see Musk’s political shift and controversial Twitter posts as an attempt to shift from “blue” liberal customers to “red” conservative shoppers.

“I don’t buy the argument that Musk is trying to pivot to red customers,” Natarelli said. “To think that he’s doing it on purpose seems really shortsighted.”

Many brands seen as blue, such as Apple, or red, such as Walmart, are able to attract broad swaths of the American political landscape by focusing on their brand strengths, Natarelli said.

MBLM publishes an annual brand intimacy report that ranked Tesla

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F&I talks over video a good option for car buyers

F&I talks over video a good option for car buyers

Jonathan Jordan, director of retail strategy for F&I product provider JM&A Group, said his company launched its so-called virtual F&I offering in 2018. He told Automotive News in late January the company had logged more than 23,000 transactions where the F&I manager and customer had never actually met — with about 20,000 occurring in the past two years.

The video chat feature at first focused on the notion “customers don’t want to come to the dealership,” Jordan said. But this hypothesis was found to be incorrect, he said.

“What I like to say is ‘it’s not that they don’t want

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Why Does a Cracked Windshield Spread?

Why Does a Cracked Windshield Spread?

A rock flies up and hits your windshield making a small crack. Uh oh. You know you have time, but how much time? Eventually, the crack will spread, obstruct your view, get you a ticket, and you’ll have to replace the entire windshield, something auto insurance typically doesn’t cover. So what exactly causes a small crack in a windshield to spread like wild fire? There are more than a few answers to this question.

1. Extreme Temperatures

When you mix hot and cold, your windshield feels it. Going from sitting in the scorching sun to getting blasted with AC or

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Mullen Automotive rallies on news of major EV battery advancement

Mullen Automotive rallies on news of major EV battery advancement

Mullen Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:MULN) stock surged in early Friday trade after the emerging electric vehicle (EV) maker announced test results of its recently acquired joint venture technology following a partnership with Global EV Technology and EV Technologies.

The Brea, California-based company revealed that test results for the Element Materials Technology show that the Energy Management Module (EMM) technology significantly increases the driving range and efficiency of current EV batteries.

Tested on a high-volume OEM electric vehicle, it resulted in a 60% increase in efficiency, with an increased range of 431 miles, from 269 miles without the EMM technology. On its

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Ford Oakville plant’s switch to EVs will start in 2024

Ford Oakville plant’s switch to EVs will start in 2024

Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday said the previously announced $1.3 billion transformation of its Oakville Assembly Plant for electric vehicle manufacturing will begin in the second quarter of next year and take about six months to complete.

During that time some of the 3,000 workers at the Ontario, Canada, the site will be furloughed, although the company expects to retain virtually all of the employees when the plant comes back online at the end of 2024.

Ford said the site, which currently builds the gasoline-powered Edge and Lincoln Nautilus crossovers, will be renamed the Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex and include

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Car cybersecurity firm expects consumers to emerge as hackers

Car cybersecurity firm expects consumers to emerge as hackers

Add vehicle owners to the growing list of potential cyber security threats against automakers in 2023.

Early adopters of new digitized offerings from automakers will find ways to bypass premium features by manipulating their vehicles’ systems fraudulently, according to executives from Israeli cybersecurity firm Upstream.

Speaking at a cybersecurity webinar Tuesday, the Upstream team said consumers may push back as automakers launch subscription-based services and features in new vehicles.

Automakers — from BMW and Tesla to Volkswagen, Toyota and General Motors — have offered monthly subscriptions for services like heated seats, global positioning systems, music streaming and remote keyless start

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