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Auto Care Association Legislative Summit September 18-19

May 10, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Auto Care Association Legislative Summit

The Auto Care Association announced that its Legislative Summit will take place Sept. 18-19 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in conjunction with 2019 Auto Care Association Fall Leadership Days. Leadership Days is a three-day event for the association’s top volunteers and engaged members to discuss industry issues and drive association initiatives. With […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, legislation, Lobby Day

Panel Discussion Examines Vehicle Data Access and its Impact on Consumer Auto Repair Choice

April 12, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Issues surrounding consumer rights, data privacy and federal and state policies related to vehicle data generated by connected cars explored. On April 4, as part of its Your Car. Your Data. Your Choice. education and advocacy initiative, the Auto Care Association held a panel discussion, embedded below, in Washington, D.C. titled How the Connected Car […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Telematics

Auto Care Association Accepting Award Nominations

April 11, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Auto Care Association announced it is accepting nominations for its 2019 “Impact Award: Four for the Future,” Auto Care Career and Education (ACE) Award and Mort Schwartz Excellence in Education Award. The three awards are given each year to individuals and companies demonstrating excellence in the auto care industry through professional development and educational […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Awards

Interview: Aaron Lowe, Senior Vice President, Regulatory & Government Affairs for the Auto Care Association

March 28, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Aaron Lowe Interview

In our telephone interview, Lowe discusses the factors driving legislation to revamp Massachusetts Right to Repair law. In 2012, Massachusetts passed a Right to Repair law governing independent repairer and supplier access to the information necessary to repair consumer’s vehicles. As a result of that law, vehicle manufacturers and supporter of the Right to Repair […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Diagnostics, Interview, legislation, Massachusetts, OEM Repair Procedures, Right to Repair, Telematics

Auto Associations Oppose Missouri Legislation Repealing Vehicle Safety Inspections

February 28, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Automotive industry trade associations have joined to oppose legislation House Bill 451 (HB 451) in Missouri aimed at eliminating that state’s premier vehicle safety inspection program. The Auto Care Association, Automotive Service Association and Tire Industry Association are longtime advocates of periodic motor vehicle safety inspection in states. In letters to Missouri state lawmakers, the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Automotive Service Association, legislation, Safety Inspection, Tire Industry Association

Car Care Council Announces Agreement to Expand in Canada and Mexico

January 28, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Car Care Council today announced an agreement with the Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA Canada) and the Asociación Nacional de Representantes, Importadores y Distribuidores de Refacciones y Accesorios para Automóviles, A.C. (ARIDRA) to create Car Care Council North America to direct the “Be Car Care Aware” consumer education campaign in the United States, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, ARIDRA, Auto Care Association, Automotive Industries Association of Canada, Car Care Council

U.S. Copyright Office to Exempt Repairers from Software Anti-Circumvention Prohibition

October 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Successful petition by Auto Care Association and the Consumer Technology Association will give vehicle owners ability to permit third-parties to access and circumvent vehicle software and systems to perform repairs. Based on a petition jointly filed by the Auto Care Association and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the U.S. Copyright Office on Oct. 26 eliminated […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Copyright, Regulations

Auto Care Association Survey Finds Consumers Want Access and Control of Vehicle Data

October 19, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Survey findings reveal low awareness among U.S. vehicle owners of the data their cars produce as well as who owns this data. More than 8 in 10 U.S. vehicle owners and lessees believe car owners should have full access to and control of their vehicle’s data, including maintenance and repair information, according to the results […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Data Access, Right to Repair, Telematics

Auto Care Association and Partners to Unveil Secure Vehicle Interface to Telematics Data and Diagnostic Data

October 9, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Interface allows secure, standard, safe and direct access to vehicle data and information necessary to diagnostics. Attendees at this year’s AAPEX (Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo) will be among the first to view and experience the Secure Vehicle Interface (SVI), an internationally standardized technical design that provides for secure and standardized access to the In-Vehicle Networks […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAPEX, Auto Care Association, Cybersecurity, Diagnostics, Telematics

Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Impact of Tariffs on the U.S. Auto Industry

September 27, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee yesterday held a hearing to examine the impact of tariffs on the automobile industry in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has been critical of the Trump Administration’s expanding use of tariffs. In May, In Hatch called the Department of Commerce Section 232 investigation into imports of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Automotive Body Parts Association, Certified Automotive Parts Association, Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association, Tariffs, U.S. Department of Commerce

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