Artificial intelligence, software-defined vehicles and autonomous technology won’t eliminate collision repair — they’ll redefine what it means to repair a vehicle.
Walk into a successful collision repair facility in 2040, and you’ll probably recognize it — but only at first glance.
The collision repair shop of the future will look less like a traditional body shop and more like a hybrid of a manufacturing facility, electronics laboratory and software service center.
Future collision repair facilities may utilize collaborative robots that perform repetitive refinishing operations while painters oversee quality control, blending and color verification.
The best collision repair facilities of 2040 won’t necessarily be those with the most robots or the newest software.