Group Acts to Block Right-to-Repair Law

Alliance for Automotive Innovation files court document to prevent enforcement of Massachusetts right-to-repair law.
Alliance for Automotive Innovation files court document to prevent enforcement of Massachusetts right-to-repair law.
BMW Board Chair Olive Zipse says the move will put vehicle ownership out of reach for many people, and could be politically dangerous.
Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives have launched a bipartisan effort to spur legislative efforts that support self-driving vehicles.
The U.S. Senate passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on a bipartisan 69-30 vote. The vote came after months of negotiations and debate.
A provision in the act will grant dealers an additional $8,000 in first year-depreciation for certain business vehicles purchased in 2015. However, to use the provision in 2015, dealers must purchase qualifying vehicles before Dec. 31, 2015. The additional $8,000 continues into 2016 and 2017 but will be gradually phased out starting in 2018, according to the NADA.
A bill supported by GSFSGroup will become law on Sept. 1, effectively aligning Texas reinsurance law more closely with regulations in other states.
This week, a U.S. House committee passed H.R. 1737, a bipartisan bill that aims to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s 2013 guidance on dealer participation.
An amendment rejected by the Senate Commerce Committee last week that would have barred dealers from selling recalled vehicles could be attached to a multi-year highway funding bill, the NADA warns.
The House passed an amendment Wednesday that would bar the Department of Justice from using funds for litigation in which the regulator seeks to apply the disparate impact theory.
A new Michigan bill that would allow ‘autocycle’ manufacturer Elio Motors to sell directly to consumers spurs the Federal Trade Commission to urge all states to lift bans on direct-to-consumer sales.
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