When President Trump emerged from a recent meeting with automotive executives and said he found it strange that some industry leaders oppose Americans repairing their own vehicles, most coverage focused on the politics.
I was more interested in what happened afterward.
If manufacturers truly support independent repairs, why remove provisions governing the very data modern repairs increasingly depend upon?
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Because the deeper you dig into the latest right-to-repair fight, the more one question keeps surfacing: Why are automakers fighting so hard to control information generated by vehicles consumers already own?
Follow the money
Follow the money, and the picture becomes much clearer.
The U.S. automotive service market generates roughly $200 billion annually. Service departments are among the industry’s most reliable profit centers. As vehicles become more software-driven and connected, automakers have
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