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1st Gear: Just further proof that Americans are the dumbest fucking people on the face of the planet.

There is a lot unreported.

It’s not uniquely a Volvo problem. Even though ICE’s have been running their throttle and brake-by-wire through the same CANBus that manages infotainment for decades now, EV’s apparently don’t keep the strict driving functions as far removed from everything else, and it makes random bugs more likely to cause serious…

I’m seriously surprised it isn’t illegal to do this. It’s like driving around with a giant mirror stuck to your car. Surely it breaks some kind of law, no? 

Just when I think this car can’t possibly be more of a hazard to society, someone finds a new way

It’s alright for an arcade game, I guess.

I had never audibly gasped at a car interior until today.  Yikes.  

I would love to see this but we also cry about the police state in this country, illegal stops, property seizure by shitty police departments basically stealing from people, etc. The kid has to be arrested and convicted. Unless there is some nuisance law that may be on the books in Seattle, you have to let the justice…

You would think by now his license and registration would be suspended.

if we get 4 more years of MAGA we have much bigger concerns than the price of electric cars. none of that matters if democracy is ended and authoritarian dictatorship takes over

Huh, so they’ve made the Soul electric now?

I hope they go out of business.

Maybe people are still buying them because they are informed consumers that understand that the models they are buying are not vulnerable like the older models that are being stolen. Maybe, you know, consumers decided that they should opt for the models with immobilizers.
My Ioniq 5 is not at risk of the same exploit…

Except those 4 years will turn into 8, then 16....

Hot take. The US best bet to combat the “evil threat of BYD” is to subsidize Kia and Hyundai vehicles. American manufacturers simply are not innovative enough to generate demand.

And that it will be available through OTA software updates

It’s about fucking time. Musk is like Trump in that doesn’t think he should ever have consequences for his bad actions.

Let’s be clear, he had nothing to do with actually making the rockets or their ability to land other than paying the people who did the actual work.

I get it, this act of piloting a vehicle is quite complex, and developing technology to replicate that is hard. But to deliberately fleece 1000s of owners with the promise that “it’s just around the corner” for nearly ten years? Yeah, you’re cheating people at that point.