Automotive Mobility Europe and the European Council for Motor Trades and Repairs completed their merger March 31, forming a single Brussels-based organization representing vehicle dealers, repair facilities and mobility services providers across Europe. The consolidation creates the largest European trade body for the automotive retail, repair and aftermarket services sector at a time when the […]
European Automotive Aftermarket Calls for Urgent Regulatory Action on In-Vehicle Data Access
As the automotive industry transitions toward a future shaped by data-driven services, the European Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair (AFCAR), representing key stakeholders in the aftermarket sector, today called for immediate action to guarantee fair and open access to in-vehicle data. Among the members of AFCAR is the Association Internationale des Réparateurs en […]
European Independent Service and Repair Providers Urge the EU Commission to End Delay on Access to In-Vehicle Data Legislation
A group of ten associations representing independent automotive service and repair operators and fleets wrote to the EU Commission in support of legislation on access to in-vehicle data. The Independent Service Providers (ISPs) grouping wrote to EU Commission President von der Leyen and the relevant College of Commissioners to put an end to the repeated […]
Coalition Calls for EU Legislators to Ensure Level Playing Field for Remote Access to Vehicle Data
Group calls upon EU decision makers to put forward legislation by 2020 ensuring remote access to in-vehicle data and functions. CECRA, the European umbrella organization of national automotive trade associations and European brand dealer councils, announced November 14 that a number of associations in the automotive sector and mobility services operators, insurers, consumers and small […]