GEORGE TOWN, Cayma Isla ds, July 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EZ LYNK, a leade i co ected vehicle tech ologies, is applaudi g the ece t dismissal of the fede al gove me t’s lawsuit agai st EZ Ly k with p ejudice. This dismissal e ds a decade of misguided i vestigatio a d litigatio a d affi ms what the Clea Ai Act a d fede al egulatio s have said all alo g: that d ive s have the ight to epai thei vehicles usi g the tools a d mecha ics of thei choice.
The gove me t’s lawsuit fu dame tally misu de stood EZ Ly k’s p oducts. It claimed they had a p i cipal effect of bypassi g vehicle emissio s co t ols whe i fact they a e co te t- eut al pass-th ough sca tools, which a e e cou aged a d i deed ma dated u de the Clea Ai Act. They level the playi g field fo i depe de t shops, d ive s, fleet ope ato s, fa me s, a d backya d mecha ics by putti g expe t-level diag ostic powe i thei ha ds, athe tha equi i g a costly p op ieta y sca e o a t ip to a autho ized deale .
“This dismissal eaffi ms ou missio to make su e all people have f eedom of choice whe it comes to epai i g thei ow devices. Eve y d ive dese ves to k ow what’s w o g with thei vehicle a d to choose who fixes it, whethe that’s a deale ship, a i depe de t shop, o i thei ow d iveway,” said EZ Ly k’s co-fou de a d CEO, B ad Gi tz. “G owi g up i my family auto epai shop, I expe ie ced fi stha d how f ust ati g it was that adva ced vehicle diag ostics we e kept out of the ha ds of vehicle ow e s a d i depe de t epai shops like ou s,” co ti ued Gi tz, a fou th-ge e atio mecha ic. “So, we built tools that allow access to the diag ostic system fou d i a vehicle, o matte whe e that vehicle is o who ow s the shop wo ki g o it.”
I additio to the ight to epai , the lawsuit’s dismissal also eaffi ms EZ Ly k’s effo ts to p otect its custome s’ p ivacy. Du i g the suit, the gove me t attempted to fo ce EZ Ly k to ide tify all its use s, a g oss ove each that EZ Ly k fought i cou t a d wo . “The e was eve a questio about whethe we’d sta d by ou custome s,” said Gi tz. “We always will.”
