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In a committee vote Tuesday, legislators passed a bill that would do away with a standardized platform that would store advanced repair data that manufacturers are now required to share.

Right to repair advocates are concerned that the bill would gut the core tenets of the existing law, but legislators are concerned that the law puts consumers and their privacy at risk.

Tommy Hickey, director of the Maine Automotive Right to Repair Coalition, said the next step is to sit down with the attorney general and help guide the state on how to best implement this law.

Tommy Hickey, director of the Maine Automotive Right to Repair Coalition, said the next step is to sit down with the attorney general and help guide the state on how to best implement this law.

By Emmett Gartner, The Maine Monitor October 15, 2023 A citizen initiative on Maine’s November ballot brings the state into a national “right to repair” movement that backers say helps give consumers more control over how and who can fix the products they buy. Proponents say “right to repair” legislation levels the playing field and

A citizen initiative on Maine’s November ballot brings the state into a national “right to repair” movement that backers say helps give consumers more control over how and who can fix the products they buy. Proponents say “right to repair”...

Proponents say the initiative gives consumers more options. Opponents maintain it is unnecessary and raises cybersecurity concerns.

“They’ve got a plan,” one Maine repair shop owner said of automakers, “and we’re not involved in it.”

Independent auto repair shops and their allies will continue to fight for access to motor vehicle repair information after opponents of a data access law announced a new agreement to share maintenance data.

Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee has begun talking about how to capture road use fees from EV users who do not pay the gas tax.