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SEMA is also a strong supporter and funder of the "Right to Repair" movement now that OEMs have started encrypting their ECUs and making it hard to commit warranty fraud.
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Right to Repair is a much larger issue than encrypted ECUs, encompassing independent repair shops and out-of-warranty
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Despite Massachusetts voters approving a ballot initiative giving customers and independent repair shops more access to the massive amount of data being tabulated by modern cars by a sizable margin, automakers haven’t given up their unpleasantly consistent opposition to the right-to-repair movement. Backed by consumer advocates, unaffiliated repair shops, the aftermarket community, and those interested in D.I.Y. projects, the movement has made meaningful headway in MA under the updated laws. Vehicles that collect and transmit information back to the automaker manufactured for 2022 (or later) model year are now required to be paired with a standardized open-access data platform accessible by owners and anyone else they feel should have access.
But the automotive industry continues to claim these mandates would be impossible to comply with on such a short timeline and has launched a federal lawsuit that the revised rules create a massive security risk in terms of customer privacy and vehicle safety. We’re inclined to believe this is an easy way for legacy automakers to buy time so they can ultimately find ways of not adhering to the updated laws so they can continue benefiting from being the sole purveyor of the data.
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www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2020/11/automakers-continue-battling-right-to-repair-laws-in-massachusetts/
I still don't think a trade association is the proper place for government's 'friendly persuasion'.