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Wow, NHTSA is gaslighting right to repair on behalf of the car companies now, in direct opposition to the recent executive order on Right to Repair, and the FTC
by asnyder 3y ago
Wow, NHTSA is gaslighting right to repair on behalf of the car companies now, in direct opposition to the recent executive order on Right to Repair, and the FTC's recent report on Right to Repair debunking these myths?
Guess the different branches of the Federal Government really don't communicate with one another... sigh...
- notjulianjaynes 3y agoI'm not familiar with that executive order or FTC report, do you have a source? The letter is strange. I could be misunderstanding something but it seems that NHTSA is saying that the right to repair law is unsafe because "the open remote access to vehicle telematics effectively required by this law specifically entails the ability to send commands." But this functionality already exists, no? In fact towards the end of the letter they also discourage automakers from disabling telematics to comply with the Massachusetts law because "telematics data can also be an important source of information for safety oversight and field performance monitoring by the authorities and vehicle manufacturers." I'm mostly just glad I drive an older car which barely gets an FM signal. Full letter: https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/06/06-14_NHTSA_Telematic_Letter.pdf https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/06/06-14_NHTSA_Telematic_Lett...
- cyanydeez 3y agoRegulatory capture is older than political partisanship