Thieves Steal A Car In 20 Seconds By Remotely Cloning The Signal From A Keyless Fob

Here’s another reason why . Thieves in the United Kingdom managed to steal someone’s Mercedes-Benz in about 20 seconds by remotely boosting the car’s key signal to unlock the vehicle, . The way it’s accomplished is similar to with only $20 of stuff. It’s fairly simple: the key fob is...

Sep 12, 2025

Maserati Claims A Bonkers 0-60 MPH Time Of Under 2 Seconds For First Electric Car

Are you piping hot mad? Fiat Chrylser’s departing chief Sergio Marchionne said last summer that Maserati would lead the automaker’s way into the electric vehicle future, surely pissing off traditionalist fans of the brand. Now we have an idea of what that might look like: 0-60 sprint in under 2...

Sep 12, 2025

GM Settles Lawsuit With Motorcyclist Over Crash With Self-Driving Chevy Bolt

General Motors has agreed to settle who alleged in January that one of the automaker’s self-driving Chevy Bolts knocked him off his bike in a California crash. The settlement for the case, the first known to involve an autonomous car crash, comes as GM moves to quickly accelerate the development...

Sep 12, 2025

Why Tesla's Sales Staff Say They're Being Shortchanged In The Electric Car Revolution

There’s an official mission statement Tesla employees learn when they first start their job: “Accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy.” It’s an ambitious proposal that hinges on selling attractive, electric cars under a business model that’s unique to the auto industry—a “” approach where vehicles are sold directly to...

Sep 12, 2025

Google's Mass-Purchase Of Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids Could Mean $465 Million In Federal Tax Credits

Waymo, the self-driving car spinoff of Google, made a big splash last week by announcing it struck a deal with Fiat Chrysler to to its . Turns out, the move could have a big impact not only on Waymo’s bottom line but also potential buyers of electric cars in years...

Sep 12, 2025

The 1961 Ford Gyron Concept Is Sort Of Making A Comeback Thanks To This Startup

There’s a story that highlights the work of an engineer named Zhu Lingyun who believes, if all goes according to plan, he’ll have a two-wheeled electric pod thing on the road in two years. Anyway, Zhu’s idea is interesting because it’s actually based off an old Ford concept, the 1961...

Sep 12, 2025

Tesla's Investors Will Seek Answers On Model 3 Production Today

Good morning! Welcome to , your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know. Tesla hasn’t enjoyed any sort of calm for the better part of a year, and now its shareholders are getting together...

Sep 12, 2025

GM Cruise Prepping Launch Of Driverless Car Pilot In San Francisco: Emails

General Motors has said it wants to deploy a fleet of self-driving for a commercial ride-sharing service . But ahead of that, GM’s self-driving unit, GM Cruise, is aiming to deploy autonomous cars without a driver at the wheel as part of a pilot program in San Francisco that, emails...

Sep 12, 2025

GM Is Expanding Its Semi-Autonomous 'Super Cruise' System To All U.S. Models

General Motors has treaded carefully with the rollout of its semi-autonomous system called Super Cruise. Until now, GM’s only made it available on the most recent Cadillac CT6s, but now the automaker is planning to expand it beyond Cadillac after 2020 and eventually to all of its U.S. brands, ....

Sep 12, 2025

Elio Motors Had All Of $7,155 Left In The Bank Late Last Year

Elio Motors recently emerged from a months-long period of silence with ostensibly promising news of , a website that surprisingly still exists. Only now we know just how badly Elio needed it. By the end of 2017, Elio didn’t even have enough cash on hand to buy one of its...

Sep 12, 2025

Tesla Will ‘Begin To Enable Full Self-Driving Features’ In August, But It’s Unclear What That Means

has been a leader in semi-autonomous driving tech for some time, but that’s been a double-edged sword. While ahead of many competitors, it now faces several investigations over crashes involving its Autopilot system and a flurry of criticism from safety advocates over how it is advertised. Nonetheless, CEO Elon Musk...

Sep 12, 2025

Lawsuit: Tesla Fired Exec After He Raised Concerns About Workplace Injuries Going Unreported (Updated)

Tesla has been dogged by reports that it , and now the automaker’s former safety director is claiming in a lawsuit that he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about the alleged practice. Tesla has responded to the lawsuit, alleging that the executive was fired after management received an...

Sep 12, 2025

The Electric Byton K-Byte Comes With Big Promises And A Huge Dash Screen

Electric car startup Byton made a big splash at this year’s CES Conference, introducing an SUV concept with . Now, it has a half-billion dollars more in funding to get off the ground, along with a new concept, a fully-autonomous, all-electric sedan called the K-Byte. It looks sharp. Byton’s $500...

Sep 12, 2025

Tesla Is Laying Off 9 Percent Of Its Workforce

is laying off approximately 9 percent of its staff across the company, CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday in a staff-wide email, which he characterized as “an effort to reduce costs and become profitable.” In the email, Musk said the cuts were “almost entirely made from our salaried population and no...

Sep 12, 2025

Bird, A Company That Rents Scooters, Is Reportedly Now Valued At $2 Billion

Electric scooters have flooded the streets of several cities across the U.S., propped up by venture capitalists backing several scooter renting startups that are duking it out to become Scooter Champion. One in particular, , is raising an additional $300 million in new funding, , which would value it at...

Sep 12, 2025