Richard Ward: Vehicle owners should own vehicle data

About this episode

Richard Ward discusses the debate over vehicle data ownership and the interests of various stakeholders in accessing telematics information.

Richard Ward, executive director of the American Vehicle Owners Alliance, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about the debate in Congress over ownership of vehicle data. He also explains why a coalition of fleets, repair shops and insurers are interested in broadening access to telematics and other information from the vehicle.

People in this episode

Host: Molly Boigon

Guest: Richard Ward

Topics covered

• vehicle data ownership
• Congress debate
• telematics access
• fleets
• repair shops
• insurers

Keywords

• vehicle data
• telematics
• Congress
• American Vehicle Owners Alliance
• repair shops
• fleets
• insurers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Vehicle Owners Alliance, Automotive News

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