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A dozen Tesla vehicles burned at a store in Toulouse, France. Arson is suspected amid global protests and vandalism attacks against Tesla and Elon Musk. more…
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President Trump’s threat of 25 percent tariffs on EU car imports could spark an automotive trade war—one that will result in higher prices for all and never end in European consumers buying more American autos.
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Bloomberg: Tesla plans a software update for ~1.2M cars in China, around half its fleet in the country, to address power steering and rear-view camera issues — A potential malfunction of the cars’ rear-view cameras could meanwhile impair drivers’ fields of vision when reversing, increasing the risk of collisions.
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“The Chinese government has long subsidized carmakers with the goal of becoming a major auto exporter,” notes the New York Times. But this week they reported on dozens of dealerships around Mexico that are now selling China-made electric vehicles, saying it could be “a potentially grave threat to the North American auto industry.”
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered several vulnerabilities in the infotainment systems of certain Skoda and Volkswagen car models. These vulnerabilities may allow hackers to track and access sensitive user data remotely.
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This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Two weeks ago, the Lock and Code podcast shared three stories about home products that requested, collected, or exposed sensitive data online.
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Tesla, which disbanded its public relations team in 2021, did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment. The camera systems the researchers used in their tests were manufactured by HP, Pelsee, Azdome, Imagebon, and Rexing; none of those companies responded to WIRED’s requests for comment.
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As vehicles become smarter and more connected, the risk of cyberattacks increases. A concerning vulnerability has been discovered in Kia cars, where hackers could potentially gain remote control of a vehicle using just its license plate number. This issue highlights a growing security threat in the automotive industry as more cars incorporate telematics, keyless entry,…
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Details of the detention of Alexey Borisov have become known.
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Nigeria has seen one of its worst crises in decades with hiking fuel prices and inflation at a three-decade high – Copyright AFP GREG BAKER
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Recent discoveries in the automotive cybersecurity landscape have unveiled a series of critical zero-day vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to gain full control over vehicle systems.
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Days after a hurricane struck America’s southeast, Florida’s state’s fire marshall “confirmed 16 lithium-ion battery fires related to storm surge,” according to local news reports. “Officials said six of those fires are associated with electric vehicles and they are working with fire departments statewide to gather more data.” (Earlier this year America’s federal transportation safety…
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A team of security researchers discovered a vulnerability that allows for Kia cars to be remotely compromised with nothing more than a license plate number.
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Cybersecurity researchers identified critical vulnerabilities in Kia vehicles, revealing that attackers could remotely control cars using only a license plate number. The vulnerabilities were first identified in June this year and have since been patched, but the potential impact has raised serious concerns about vehicle security.
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California governor Gavin Newsom “vetoed a bill Saturday that would have required new cars to beep at drivers if they exceed the speed limit,” reports the Associated Press: In explaining his veto, Newsom said federal law already dictates vehicle safety standards and adding California-specific requirements would create a patchwork of regulations. The National Highway Traffic…
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SpzToid shares a report: Today, a group of independent security researchers revealed that they’d found a flaw in a web portal operated by the carmaker Kia that let the researchers reassign control of the Internet-connected features of most modern Kia vehicles — dozens of models representing millions of cars on the road — from the…
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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a significant vulnerability in Kia vehicles that allowed hackers to remotely control key functions using nothing more than a car’s license plate. This breach, discovered on June 11, 2024, exposed the potential for unauthorized access to personal information and vehicle control, raising serious concerns about automotive cybersecurity. The Discovery According to…