Tag: repair
Even old cars can continue to drive
fact finder As of: February 7, 2024 4:43 a.m The EU prohibits owners of older cars from carrying out repairs and even wants to expropriate them in order to make…
EU agrees: the right to repair should come
As of: February 2, 2024 4:45 a.m Consumers should be able to have defective products repaired more easily in the future. The EU has now agreed on a corresponding right.…
Car insurance could become significantly more expensive
As of: January 25, 2024 12:22 p.m Higher prices for vehicle repairs have significantly eaten into insurers’ profits in 2023. This year, car owners will probably have to dig deeper…
Maintenance with a guard: car repair shop behind bars – Auto & Mobil
When Kevin (30) sticks his head into the engine compartment, he momentarily forgets where he is. Sure, the tool is counted. When you look through the window, the barbed wire…
Repair your smartphone yourself: Samsung is adding new models to its craft program
12/20/2023 7:15 p.m CHIP editorial team The original of this article first appeared on Electronics Information* Samsung has announced that it will expand its self-repair program to include Galaxy foldables,…
Repair of pathological genes: "Therapy changes the lives of people who no longer had hope"
Just 13 years after their discovery, the first Crispr gene therapies are now on the market. The procedure is expensive and involves risks – but also new hope for those…
“We see new customers coming…” What is the first assessment for the textile repair bonus?
Many French people are unaware of its existence. Others, on the contrary, already swear by it. For the past month, a financial boost called a “repair bonus” has made it…
Comment: The right to repair can only be the beginning – economics
Did the European Parliament herald the end of the throwaway society this week, in the middle of the Black Week discount battles? The MPs in Strasbourg, who approved the “right…
Christophe Béchu considers the idea of reduced VAT on repair services “promising”
Will the circular economy get a new boost from the government? The Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu on Wednesday deemed the possibility of a reduction in VAT on repair…
Right to repair in the EU: The end of the throwaway society is getting closer – Economy
Sometimes EU laws are so complicated that it would take a seminar to understand them. But there are also cases such as the “right to repair”, which the members of…