Paul Fiore, senior director of government affairs for the Auto Care Association, will retire at the end of August. Fiore joined the group in 2011 as director of government affairs.
"We’re going to see a lot of legislation on both the state and federal levels” during 2022 that will impact independent tire dealers, notes Roy Littlefield IV, director of government affairs for the Tire Industry Association.
The Federal Trade Commission has voted to enforce Right to Repair laws, "thereby ensuring that U.S. consumers will be able to repair their own electronic and automotive devices," according to the Tire Industry Association.
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order calling on the Federal Trade Commission to institute rules to curb anti-competitive vehicle repair restrictions.
A lawsuit filed by OEM trade group Alliance for Automotive Innovation against Massachusetts' Right to Repair law is in court, according to the Auto Care Association.
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) is calling the recent Right to Repair vote in Massachusetts "a victory for the entire automotive aftermarket," including independent tire dealerships.
Will independent tire dealerships and auto repair facilities in Massachusetts have the ability to retrieve telematically transmitted diagnostic and repair data from vehicles? Voters in the state will decide on Nov. 3.
In the not-too-distant future — within two years, to be exact — nearly 90% of new cars sold in the United States will have the ability to transmit repair and diagnostic data to automotive repair facilities telematically.
