Media Coverage List

Ted Hughes of the Auto Care Association joins the Two Guys Garage podcast to discuss The Repair Act, legislation introduced in Washington to avert such a development.

This article references data on the expected growth rate of the automotive aftermarket industry provided by the Auto Care Association. Aftermarket industry revenue is expected to grow at least 5% in 2023 after jumping 8.5% in 2022.

This article references data provided in the 2022 Joint EV Trends and Outlook Forecast, a report commissioned in partnership with the Auto Care Association and AASA. According to the report, EVs have fewer mechanical parts that are prone to failure compared with those powered by internal-combustion engines.

Data from the Auto Care Association's Auto Care Factbook report was cited in this Wall Street Journal article discussing the topic of growth in the automotive aftermarket. The article reports that "The Auto Care Association is forecasting that the U.S. automotive aftermarket will grow by 5% in 2023, lower than the breakneck pace seen in 2021 and 2022, but still higher than the annual growth rate seen before 2020."

The Auto Care Association was listed in this Hill article as one of the several groups signing a letter addressed to President Trump expressing their concern over the administration’s recently implemented tariffs on imported automobiles, auto parts, steel and aluminum, and how the tariffs will negatively impact the auto care industry

The Auto Care Association’s economic study on potential auto care industry job loss, which was included in comments submitted to the Department of Commerce regarding the Trump administration’s Section 232 national security investigation on imported automobiles and parts, was cited in this Wall Street Journal opinion piece written by the new outlet’s Editorial Board.

The Auto Care Association’s 2019 Auto Care Factbook was cited in this NJ.com article examining the differences between getting your car services at a car dealership versus an independent repair shop. The article referenced the association’s research on the amount of money Americans spent on repairing and servicing their vehicles in 2017.

The Auto Care Association, along with several of the association’s member companies, were quoted in this Bloomberg article describing the negative impact the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported auto parts, steel and aluminum are having on the auto care industry.

Auto Care Association President and CEO Bill Hanvey participated in the Washington Examiner’s “Examining Infrastructure” panel discussion, which featured opening remarks from Senator James Inhofe, R-Okla. regarding the composition and prospects for a successful infrastructure bill during the current Congress, including options for funding infrastructure projects.

The Auto Care Association’s comments filed with the Department of Commerce regarding the Trump administration’s Section 232 national security investigation on imported automobiles and parts were linked to and cited in this CBS News article about the potential negative impact tariffs will have on the auto care industry.

The Auto Care Association joined the National Retail Federation (NRF) in March in a brief supporting the South Dakota case on internet sales tax collection. The Auto Care Association applauded the Supreme Court’s decision to permit states to collect sales tax on purchases of products made over the internet.

The Auto Care Association submitted comments to the Department of Commerce about an economic study it conducted, which estimated that the cost of car ownership would increase by more than $700 per year per household should the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported auto parts, aluminum and steel be imposed.

Auto Care Association member, Kevin Feig, Foreign Parts Distributors, discussed in an interview with the Miami Herald the negative impact his family’s company is seeing due to tariffs on imports. Feig explained that the tariffs would likely affect more than 90 percent of the aftermarket auto parts his company sells.

The Auto Care Association’s Aaron Lowe, senior vice president, government affairs, was quoted in this POLITICO article discussing the association’s current assessment on how it will potentially focus its spending on members of committees that oversee trade in the wake of the Trump administration’s imposed tariffs on imported auto parts.

The Auto Care Association was mentioned in this Detroit News article as one of the multiple members of the Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers that addressed an open letter to President Trump thanking him for his support of the American auto industry, but expressing disagreement with the administration’s tariffs on imported parts, steel and aluminum.

Auto Care Association board member Brad Kraft, President and CEO, Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation, was interviewed by CNBC to discuss the impact of tariffs on his business and how it will possibly impact customers.

One of the largest media outlets in nation’s capital interviewed Auto Care Association’s Senior Vice President, Market Intelligence, Behzad Rassuli, on the topic of telematics and the ability to access the vehicle data being collected on drivers.

Research conducted by the Auto Care Association on consumer knowledge of vehicle data collection and transmission is referenced in this CBS News television segment and article. The statistic referenced in this television segment is that nearly 72 percent of car owners are unaware that their vehicles are collecting data on them.

Auto Care Association Vice president of Emerging Technologies Joe Register argued that members of the aftermarket industry should be able to access the same repair data as original equipment manufacturers. Equal access to vehicle repair data can help level the playing field with original equipment manufacturers, according to aftermarket industry representatives.

Auto Care Association President and CEO Bill Hanvey and Senior Vice President of Regulatory and Government Affairs Aaron Lowe discuss the topic of ownership and control over the data collected by vehicles. The article discusses how the trend towards complete wireless flow of vehicle data to car manufacturers could eliminate the need of a physical data port, which independent repair shops rely on.