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    ASA endorses proposed tax framework to Support independent auto repair businesses

    VehicleServicePros.com Staff
    Jan. 19, 2024
    The provisions in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, if enacted, could provide financial relief to ASA members.
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    Auto industry data access agreement discussed in Capitol Hill hearing

    Ben Sharp
    Oct. 27, 2023
    Congressional skepticism around the need for legislation grows.
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    ASA: Industry Right-to-Repair agreement strengthened by support from Tesla and Rivian

    Ben Sharp
    Sept. 11, 2023
    The latest development signifies that the agreement will now cover nearly 100 percent of auto makes.
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    Right to Repair gets federal clearance in Massachusetts

    VehicleServicePros.com Staff
    Aug. 23, 2023
    The NHTSA offered approval for the state-level law that was passed in 2020 but faces courtroom battles.
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    Guest Editorial: ASA agreement assures independent repairers continued access

    Ben Sharp
    Aug. 14, 2023
    The document stipulates that no technology will be used to circumvent the right to repair and establishes remedies for OEM noncompliance.
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    ASA Board of Directors Chairman Scott Benavidez testifies before U.S. House Judiciary Committee subcommittee on Right to Repair

    Automotive Service Association (ASA)
    July 19, 2023
    Benavidez touts the ASA’s right-to-repair agreement with automakers and expresses concern with a lack of quality standard provisions in the SMART Act.
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    Right to Repair: Auto Care Alliance expresses opposition to recent move by ASA and SCRS

    Auto Care Alliance
    July 14, 2023
    The pact signed by the other associations lacks enforcement and fails to address important concerns voiced by a majority of the industry, ACA says.
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    ASA announces Right to Repair support letter, ACA Objects

    July 14, 2023
    ASA, SCRS, and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation have officially stated their views on Right to Repair and shared them with members of Congress.
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    Legislation

    Guest Editorial: AI does not replace the human element in ensuring roadway safety

    Ben Sharp
    June 9, 2023
    It's not too late for NHTSA to update its National Roadway Safety Strategy by adding inspections and advancing a more holistic approach.
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    Portions of the $49.8 million budget will go toward Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Automated Driving Systems (ADS) research that facilitates innovation and development of new tests, tools, and procedures to properly evaluate the safety of new technologies surrounding highly and fully automated vehicles.
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    Biden administration focuses on EVs, ADAS

    Madi Hawkins
    April 26, 2022
    Portions of the $49.8 million will go toward automated driving systems (ADS) research
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    NHTSA finalizes safety standards for automated vehicles

    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
    April 7, 2022
    Ensures same high level of occupant crash protection as current passenger vehicles
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    Legislation

    Right to Repair: Views from the Biden Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, and the agriculture industry

    Madi Hawkins
    March 1, 2022
    It is essential that independent repair shops retain access to the vehicle data, tools, and equipment necessary to repair cars that consumers bring to their shops.
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    President Biden signs executive order on clean energy, electric vehicles

    Automotive Service Association (ASA)
    Dec. 14, 2021
    The order is meant to make the federal government carbon neutral through the use of renewable power sources and building materials to construct and run federal buildings, and ...
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    Legalization of marijuana and its impact on transportation

    Madi Hawkins
    Nov. 1, 2021
    Will a change in drug regulations affect road safety in the United States?