Automakers warn a California law could halt new car sales July 1, but experts say the threat is exaggerated. The real dispute is over disabling vehicle tracking in existing cars.
If you only read the headlines, you might think California dealerships face an empty showroom crisis on July 1.
That's when automakers say a new state law could force them to halt vehicle sales. In reality, the odds of that happening are microscopic.
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The warning comes from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a lobbying group representing nearly every major automaker selling vehicles in America.
The group is urging lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom to quickly pass SB 719, a bill that would delay portions of California's domestic violence survivor protection law known as SB 1394.
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Automakers have already implemented the law's requirement that survivors can submit documentation and have another person's access to connected vehicle services terminated within two business days.
That process is already in place.
Instead, the fight is over a requirement that vehicles offer a way to disable location access from inside the car itself.
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“Changes involving connected services must be engineered and validated to ensure they do not interfere with GPS, theft prevention systems, emergency services, advanced driver assistance systems, or other vehicle functions,” the group writes.