Automotive repair

MISSION, Kan. — It’s almost time for the busy holiday travel to start, and professionals in Kansas City want to make sure you’re prepared. More than 115 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home over the last 10 days of the year for the holidays, according to AAA. Johnson County Automotive Repair in Mission, Kansas, is encouraging regular inspections to your car year-round, but well in advance of your holiday travel. “With cold weather, one of the big things we look at with a car is maintenance items,” Johnson County Automotive owner Alan Heriford said.…

Automotive repair

The federal government’s stance in Massachusetts appears to conflict with its general views on the right to repair. In 2021, President Joe Biden ordered the Federal Trade Commission to create new rules making it harder for manufacturers to limit who can fix the devices they create. Amid competing letters, statements, and legal paperwork there’s a fundamental question, one that Massachusetts tried to find the answer to: Who owns the resources of data created by today’s increasingly software- and computer-chip-enabled vehicles? For decades, those advocating for the right to repair—that is, the idea that once you buy a product, you get…

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