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    NHTSA reverses decision on Massachusetts right to repair law

    Aug. 24, 2023
    NHTSA says changes in access alleviate its concerns about cybersecurity.
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    Technician works on a truck

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has removed its objections to a Massachusetts right to repair (R2R) law covering automobiles.

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    In June, the agency suggested the R2R law heightened the risk of cybersecurity breaches if a vehicle’s data were accessed. After the state pushed back on the NHTSA’s call that automakers ignore the law, the federal agency sent a letter to the Massachusetts assistant attorney general in which it agreed to drop its objection if the state’s law allowed “wireless access…from within close physical proximity to the vehicle.”

    Read the letter, posted by Autocare.org, an industry association representing independent auto repair shops.

    Source: NHTSA

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