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02/01/2024
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By Ramon Tomey
House investigates carmaker Ford over its partnership with Chinese companies, citing national security issues
A committee in the House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the Ford Motor Company’s partnership with Chinese firms, citing national security issues. The House Select Committee on China (HSCC) is asserting that Ford plans to use technology and software from four Chinese companies, whose names are currently redacted. The said companies also supply […]
01/10/2024
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By Belle Carter
EV SPY: Electric vehicles’ privacy policy indicates they monitor drivers’ verbal conversations to COLLECT and SELL information to buyers (which may include the government)
People are aware that the top selling points of electric or robo cars are convenience and their environmental and economic benefits, making everyone overlook the fact that these “smart vehicles” put them under total surveillance, gather data and possibly sell their information to multiple companies. A recent blog by a certain Jo Nova pointed out […]
10/04/2023
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By Zoey Sky
“IT malfunction” brings Germany’s Volkswagen factories to a grinding halt
On Sept. 7, Volkswagen reported that it was hit by a major IT outage that caused production at several plants in Germany to screech to a halt. Volkswagen, Europe’s top carmaker, added that the whole group, which includes the Porsche AG and Audi brands, was affected by the “IT malfunction.” A spokesperson for Audi said that production […]
07/10/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Destination, biometrics and more: New cars can track and collect driver data, warn experts
According to recent data, some new cars can spy on you and record data like your destination and biometric information. Within the past decade, the technology used in vehicles has significantly advanced, allowing many modern cars to become increasingly connected. This means new cars now have many ways to record user data. Modern vehicles can record your seatbelt settings and […]
05/16/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
Over 1.1 million Tesla electric cars in China RECALLED over dangerous braking defect
Nearly every single Tesla vehicle sold in China is being recalled over potentially dangerous braking and accelerating defects. The Chinese State Administration for Friday Regulation (SAMR) announced on Friday, May 12, that this massive recall involves more than 1.1 million Tesla vehicles produced in Shanghai from January 2019 to April of this year, including the Tesla Model S, […]
01/06/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
German police officers chase Tesla on autopilot, driver literally asleep
German police officers chased a Tesla car on autopilot before finding out that its driver was asleep. Officers of the Bavarian State Police (BSP) spotted the said Tesla driving along Autobahn 70 on Dec. 29. The vehicle was headed eastward to the town of Bayreuth from Bamberg, both located in Germany’s Bavaria state. It was driving at a speed […]
04/18/2021
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By Divina Ramirez
Dubai strikes deal with American car company to launch self-driving taxis
American self-driving car company Cruise will launch its first “robotaxi” service in Dubai in 2023, with plans to have nearly 4,000 vehicles in operation there by 2030. The company, which is backed by American vehicle manufacturer General Motors, will also establish a new company in Dubai to handle the deployment. Cruise has entered into an […]
10/02/2020
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By Ethan Huff
Tesla’s total network outage is why you shouldn’t own any car or appliance that relies on a central server to function
Proving once again that centralized functionality is a really bad idea, Tesla reportedly experienced a “complete network outage” the other day that left its entire fleet of “smart” cars as dumb as a pile of metal. Fred Lambert, Editor-in-Chief of Electrek, tweeted on Sept. 23 that all of Tesla’s “[i]nternal systems” were down, which left […]
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