The Alliance for Automotive Innovation alleges updated Right to Repair law violates motor vehicle safety regulations and is an unlawful taking of manufacturers’ intellectual property under the U.S. Constitution. The association representing manufacturers producing nearly 99 percent of cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court […]
Automotive Recyclers Celebrate Massachusetts Right to Repair Victory
The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) congratulated the voters in Massachusetts along with all the individuals, businesses, and organizations that worked tirelessly to get Massachusetts’s updated Right to Repair Ballot Measure passed. The ballot initiative passed with 75% approval, which the association says shows that Massachusetts voters recognized the need to give consumers the right to […]
AASP/MA Calls Right to Repair Ballot Victory Extraordinary Win for Independent Automotive and Collision Repair Facilities
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts (AASP/MA) applauds the more than two million voters who ensured passage of a critical ballot measure to strengthen and revise the state’s existing Right to Repair Law on Election Day this past Tuesday. Over 2.5 million votes in the Commonwealth, or 74.9%, voted yes on a ballot […]
Massachusetts Voters Approve Ballot Question to Amend Right to Repair Law
Measure prohibits vehicle manufacturers from requiring their authorization before consumers and independent repair facilities can access diagnostic data unless done through independent third-party. While much of the country is awaiting results on the election for President, voters in Massachusetts gave vehicle owners and independent repairers a victory over vehicle manufacturers on the issue of wireless […]
Balise Collision Repair Opens New Location in Massachusetts
Newest facility is the dealer collision repair facility operator’s third in Massachusetts and sixth in New England. Balise Collision Repair, part of Balise Motor Sales, announced the opening of a sixth collision repair center on November 2. The new facility, at 90 High School Road Extension in Hyannis, Mass., and is the group’s third location […]
Right to Repair Ballot Initiative Endorsed by Massachusetts News Publications
Voters will have say on Election Day in whether vehicle manufacturers are required to make telematics data available to vehicle owners and independent repair facilities. The Auto Care Association announced that several major news publications are encouraging voters to support efforts to require vehicle manufacturers to allow consumers and independent repairers access to telematics data […]
AASP/MA Hosts 84 Golfers at Association Fundraiser
On September 16, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts (AASP/MA) hosted its annual Golf Outing at the Blackstone National Golf Club in Sutton. The event, a fundraiser for the association, helps further its mission of protecting consumers and the collision repair industry in Massachusetts. “We had a very successful day and were able […]
Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association Supports Massachusetts Right to Repair Ballot Initiative
The Massachusetts Right to Repair coalition expressed appreciation to the Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association (AWDA) for announcing its support for the YES on 1/Right to Repair ballot initiative. Proponents of the ballot initiative say it would protect consumer choice in car repair by allowing car owners to access to the diagnostic and repair data generated […]
Massachusetts Collision Repair Facility Owner Charged with Tax Fraud
The owner of Everett and Worcester, Mass. auto body repair facilities was charged yesterday with a payroll tax scheme resulting in a $292,231 tax loss. This is not Haddad’s first run in with authorities, in 2019 Haddad was charged with auto insurance fraud by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. Haddad pleaded not guilty to the […]
Referendum to Expand Automotive Right to Repair Regulations to Appear on Massachusetts Ballot
Effort to get online signatures collected thrown out was withdrawn by group representing vehicle manufacturers. The Massachusetts Right to Repair Committee turned in 24,000 signatures on Wednesday, July 1 to the Secretary of State regarding a ballot question that would mandate vehicle manufacturers provide car owners with control of repair data generated by their vehicles […]