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Criminals increasingly targeting KEYLESS VEHICLES in “carhacking” surge

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-10-06-criminals-increasingly-targeting-keyless-vehicles-carhacking-surge.html

October 06, 2023 -

According to a report by the Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), one particular model – the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat – is 60 times more likely to be targeted than any other vehicle model built between 2020 and 2022. The HLDI is under the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and supports the latter.

Criminals have found various ways to steal keyless vehicles, and here are some of them.Relay hack

This modus operandi usually ...

Volvo CUTS FUNDING to subsidiary Polestar, which produces electric vehicles

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-02-06-volvo-cuts-off-funding-ev-subsidiary-polestar.html

2 months ago -

The company said in a statement that its Chinese partner Geely Holding "will continue to provide full operational and financial support to Polestar going forward." As a result, Volvo Cars will no longer provide further funding. The move, Volvo added, will allow the Swedish entity to focus on "developing and concentrating its resources on its own ambitious journey" – including its in-house EVs.

Volvo and Geely established Polestar as a stand-alone EV maker, separate from ...

HAZARDOUS AIRBAG: General Motors faces recall of 20 million vehicles

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-10-09-gm-faces-recall-of-20-million-vehicles.html

October 09, 2023 -

This development places GM among the companies most affected by the U.S. auto-safety regulators' push to recall around 52 million airbag inflators produced by the Tennessee-based auto supplier ARC Automotive.

These inflators have been associated with incidents where they explode with excessive force during vehicle collisions, causing metal fragments to strike vehicle occupants and resulting in fatalities and injuries.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...

Austin officials complain of self-driving cars BLOCKING emergency vehicles

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-10-06-austin-self-driving-cars-blocking-emergency-vehicles.html

October 06, 2023 -

According to InfoWars, the complaints come from both the Austin Police Department (APD) and Austin Fire Department (AFD). Officials from the two agencies are calling attention to the fact that autonomous cars are hindering first responders' abilities to assist the people of Austin, Axios reported. The AFD obtained internal emails and complaints regarding this issue through a Texas Public Information Act request.

The city's Transportation and Public Works Department (TPW) ...

3 Suspicious narratives behind the big push toward electric vehicles

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-09-15-3-suspicious-reasons-for-big-ev-push.html

September 15, 2023 -

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), himself an electrical engineer, revealed this information while talking to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. The Kentucky congressman had been tackling President Joe Biden's plan to have 50 percent of cars sold in the country be electric by 2030.

The current and future grid in most areas won't be able to support each home running 25 refrigerators. For example, California's power grid is already buckling under the existing load.

Massie ...

Lithium-ion batteries of e-bikes and e-scooters are causing hundreds of fires in New York and San Francisco

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-07-31-lithium-ion-batteries-electric-bikes-scooters-fires.html

July 31, 2023 -

Investigations revealed that at the heart of the issue is the use of substandard or sometimes damaged lithium-ion batteries. Instead of a slow smoldering ignition point that grows over a matter of minutes, these fires often result in actual explosions. Within just a minute, lithium-ion battery fires can grow massively and get out of control. (Related: Electric cars in Florida catching fire after Hurricane Ian.)Lithium battery fires cause over a dozen deaths in New York

In ...

Ford loses billions on electric vehicles, reduces its EV production target

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-07-31-ford-loses-billions-electric-vehicles-production.html

July 31, 2023 -

It's just the latest bad news for Ford Model e, which lost $2.1 billion in 2022. The disappointing figures were part of the carmaker's second quarter financial results that were released last week.

Ford also announced that it would be slashing the price of its F150 Lightning electric pickup truck on account of lower-priced raw materials for batteries. The price reduction will also help the truck qualify for a $75,000 consumer tax credit that is only given for vehicles with ...

Russian oil still powers European vehicles, thanks to India’s refining capability

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-04-30-russian-oil-powers-vehicles-europe-thanks-to-india.html

April 30, 2023 -

Bloomberg reported on this development in an April 28 article, citing data from analytics firm Kpler. According to the piece, the South Asian country is on track to become Europe's largest supplier of refined fuels. It also pointed out that India is simultaneously buying record amounts of Russian crude.

"Russian oil is finding its way back into Europe despite all the sanctioning. India ramping up fuel exports to the West is a good example of it. With India taking in so ...

Only half of Ford dealers agreed to sell electric vehicles in 2024

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-01-03-only-half-ford-dealers-sell-evs-2024.html

January 03, 2024 -

The other half of Ford dealers will sell and service internal combustion engine (ICE) and hybrid models.

According to Ford spokesman Martin Gunsberg, electric vehicle rates "vary across the country, and we believe our dealers know their market best."

Gunsberg said "dealer enrollments for 2024 entry have stabilized at just over 50 percent of the network," or about 1,550 dealers. This enrollment level places 86 percent of the population within 20 miles of a Ford ...

Electric cars lose value TWICE as fast as gas vehicles, study finds

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-08-electric-cars-lose-value-twice-gas-vehicles.html

May 08, 2023 -

Put another way, EVs depreciate in value at twice the rate of gas-powered cars, this according to a new study based on data from ChooseMyCar.com. Researchers found that EVs depreciate at double the rate of gas-powered cars, making them an expensive and really bad investment over the longer term.

On average, EVs lost 51 percent of their purchase value in the three-year period of time between 2020 and 2023. Comparatively, gas-powered cars during that same time period lost ...

Bumpy road ahead: Rental giant Hertz dumps electric vehicles for gas-powered counterparts

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-01-22-hertz-dumps-evs-for-gas-powered-cars.html

January 22, 2024 -

A regulatory filing disclosed this business decision by the company to sell EVs from Tesla, Chevrolet and BMW. The company cited higher repair costs following collisions as the primary decision for the move, according to Newsweek.

Hertz's decision to sell off EVs came about two years after it made a deal with Elon Musk to offer Tesla vehicles for rent. The rental company had earlier aimed to convert a quarter of its fleet to EVs by the end of 2024. According to Reuters, ...

EVs have 79% more reliability problems than gas vehicles, according to Consumer Reports

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-12-08-evs-more-reliability-issues-gas-vehicles.html

December 08, 2023 -

Plug-in hybrids fared even worse, registering 146 percent more problems than vehicles with traditional internal combustion engines.

According to Consumer Reports, the least reliable type of vehicle overall was electric pickup trucks.

They reached this conclusion based on a survey they conducted among members about issues they have had with their vehicles during the past year. Data from more than 330,000 vehicles with model years from 2000 onward was included ...

French rioters have burned 5,600 vehicles and 1,000 buildings in just 1 week

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-07-05-french-rioters-burn-vehicles-buildings-one-week.html

July 05, 2023 -

The numbers come from the Ministry of the Interior, which has been tallying the damage caused to individuals and property in six nights of riots. The violence erupted after a police officer shot a French teenager of Algerian descent to death in a suburb of Paris during a traffic stop.

Among the nearly 6,000 burned vehicles are personal cars, buses, trucks and trams. In one incident, vandals stole a large truck and used it to ram down the doors to a mall so that looters ...

Study finds electric vehicles pollute the environment 1,850 times more than gas-powered cars

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-03-12-evs-pollute-environment-more-than-gas-powered-vehicles.html

17 days ago -

The 2022 study from the United Kingdom-based independent global emissions testing and research firm Emissions Analytics found that, during a 1,000-mile journey, EVs release 1,850 times more pollutants into the environment than their gas-powered counterparts due to the heavier weight that eats through the tires of EVs.

When discussing emissions, most would only consider the smoke and other pollutants belched by cars from their exhaust. But tire wear also plays a significant ...

Over 6M public records from motor vehicles office in Louisiana exposed to MOVEit hackers

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-06-23-6m-public-records-louisiana-exposed-to-hackers.html

June 23, 2023 -

The hacking operation was part of a global attack on the third-party file transfer application, MOVEit. The incident happened after the Pelican State introduced a new law increasing the uptake of digital ID, raising concerns among residents who fear that their internet activity might be monitored or exposed in case of a cyberattack.

In a statement, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) said there is no indication hackers have used, ...

Russian soldiers show off captured Western tanks, U.S.-made Bradley Fighting Vehicles, as ‘trophies’

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-06-14-russian-soldiers-show-off-captured-western-tanks-trophies.html

June 14, 2023 -

And while lots of videos have been posted to social media regarding destroyed and captured Russian equipment, a new video has surfaced wherein Russian troops show off captured Ukrainian equipment referred to as "trophies." And worse, the gear is Western-made.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry (MoD), their troops have reportedly seized NATO-supplied armored vehicles in the Zaporizhia region. The vehicles were apparently abandoned by retreating Ukrainian soldiers, ...

Electric vehicles in Florida CATCH FIRE after coming into contact with saltwater from Hurricane Idalia

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-09-17-electric-vehicles-florida-catch-fire-hurricane-idalia.html

September 17, 2023 -

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Aug. 30 along Florida’s Big Bend region. The hurricane caused widespread damage and flooding and the weakened storm eventually moved north to Georgia and the Carolinas.

According to reports, at least two EVs caught fire after being submerged in saltwater by Hurricane Idalia. Firefighters in Palm Harbor, near Tampa, warned owners of EVs and hybrid cars that the rechargeable batteries of their vehicles could combust if exposed to saltwater....

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles produce five times more greenhouse gases than claimed by manufacturers

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-07-05-phevs-produce-more-greenhouse-gases-than-claimed.html

July 05, 2023 -

A progress report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC), an independent public body in the United Kingdom, said that PHEVs produce up to five times more greenhouse gases than expected. PHEVs combine a traditional combustion engine with a battery and electric motors.

Chris Stark, the CEO of the CCC, stated that achieving net-zero targets is "worryingly slow." He even criticized the heavy reliance of the government on carbon capture instead of asking people to "reduce their ...

Toyota issues “do not drive” advisory for 50,000 U.S. vehicles due to faulty Takata airbag inflators

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-02-02-toyota-do-not-drive-advisory-faulty-airbags.html

2 months ago -

The advisory, released on Jan. 25, specifies a range of affected models, including certain 2003-2004 Corollas, 2003-2004 Corolla Matrix and 2004-2005 RAV4s equipped with defective Takata airbag inflators.

"Owners should not drive these vehicles until the free safety recall repair has been conducted. Toyota urges owners to contact their local dealer instead of driving their vehicle to be repaired," Toyota said in a media statement.

According to Toyota, the affected ...

Hamas’ military wing has DESTROYED at least 160 IDF military vehicles since Israel’s invasion of Gaza

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-11-17-al-qassam-brigades-destroyed-idf-military-vehicles.html

November 17, 2023 -

Abu Obaida, the spokesman for the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (AQB), touted this achievement in a message recorded Nov. 11. He said the wing has either completely or partially destroyed more than 160 Israeli military vehicles – including tanks and armored vehicles – since Israel invaded the Gaza Strip. Abu Obaida also bragged in the same video that Palestinian fighters have managed to destroy 25 Israeli military vehicles in only 48 hours.

In a separate video recorded ...


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