17/10/24 (Agence Europe) – The Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair (AFCAR) has called on the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to prioritise a legal framework for access to vehicle data in the first 100 days of her new mandate, in a letter sent on Friday 11 October (see EUROPE 13335/44). In its view, access to this embedded data is not just a technical requirement, it is an essential element in the development of new data-based services. The aftersales sector believes that it must have direct, unlimited, uncontrolled and real-time access to this data in order to remain competitive and innovate effectively. Current barriers to access to vehicle data threaten the industry’s ability to provide the quality and variety of services that consumers expect and deserve. Read the letter: https://aeur.eu/f/dxi (AD)