Re: [EVDL] Can Automakers Legally Stop You From Working On Your Car?

2015-04-27 Thread Russ Sciville via EV
mpson via EV" To: ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2015 2:31:53 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Can Automakers Legally Stop You From Working On Your Car? This is a serious problem in Europe. I just got back from visiting my work's office in Munich, and they have to jump

Re: [EVDL] Can Automakers Legally Stop You From Working On Your Car?

2015-04-26 Thread HARSHA GODAVARI via EV
Microsoft certified hardware/software only please, to protect us of course :-) regards hg - Original Message - From: "Peter C. Thompson via EV" To: ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2015 2:31:53 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Can Automakers Legally Stop You From Worki

Re: [EVDL] Can Automakers Legally Stop You From Working On Your Car?

2015-04-26 Thread Peter C. Thompson via EV
This is a serious problem in Europe. I just got back from visiting my work's office in Munich, and they have to jump through some serious hoops to get a car electrified in Germany. Also, it really isn't possible to modify a car in Switzerland (worse case) - they will force you to put on only

Re: [EVDL] Can Automakers Legally Stop You From Working On Your Car?

2015-04-25 Thread Doc Kennedy via EV
I'm not laughing. It's my worst nightmare and I'm just an artist and EV tinker. Doc On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Ben Goren via EV wrote: > Not specific to EVs, except insofar as they're coming of age at the same > time as the automakers are trying to follow in the computer industry's > foo

[EVDL] Can Automakers Legally Stop You From Working On Your Car?

2015-04-25 Thread Ben Goren via EV
Not specific to EVs, except insofar as they're coming of age at the same time as the automakers are trying to follow in the computer industry's footsteps. http://www.hotrod.com/news/1504-can-automakers-legally-stop-you-from-working-on-your-car/ Homebrew conversions are going to have a great de