Corporate security consultant Nitesh Dhanjani appeared at the Black Hat Asia security conference to report that Tesla’s cars can indeed by hacked. The vehicles can be located and unlocked by cracking a six character password using already known hacking techniques. According to The Hacker News, Dhanjani says there are no major vulnerabilities in the cars major core systems but rather the problem lies somewhere else.
Elon Musk and Tesla Motors have announced new safety additions to its Tesla Model S electric vehicle. New titanium underbody shields and aluminium deflector plates are now being installed on all Model S vehicles manufactured since March 6th 2014. If you recall, the Tesla Model S was in the news a couple of times due to battery fires which drew a lot of media attention. Elon Musk was quick to point out that his two Tesla incidents received more press than the 200,000 gasoline incidents in the US that same year.
It’s been an interesting journey for Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors. The company released their first electric car, the Tesla Roadster, which was based off of a Lotus vehicle. Then a few years later they released their original design the Tesla Model S. Then there have been those instances of Tesla S car fires sprouting up here and there.
We had the unique pleasure of actually sitting inside the 600HP Nissan GT-R Nismo at The Chicago Auto Show and even with the engine … Read more…
One of the coolest looking cars we saw at The Chicago Auto Show was the BMW i8 Concept, check out the full press release below along with video and pictures.
- Sometimes it is time to leave the city. Escape the restrictions of everyday life. The BMW i8 is an icon of progress. It combines the energizing performance of a sports car with benchmark efficiency.BMW i8 Concept – emotional, dynamic and efficient.The concept car BMW Vision EfficientDynamics created excitement and very positive feedback at the IAA 2009. The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics made it clear that an emotional sports car with the fuel economy of a small car is no contradiction and could soon be reality. After successful initial testing of the vehicle concept, the decision for a series-production vehicle was quickly made.
During Media Day at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, I had an opportunity to speak with David McCreadie of Ford regarding their C-Max Solar Energi concept vehicle. Mr. McCreadie is part of Ford’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicles group, and he advised that this concept has been in development for the last year in cooperation with the Georgia Institute of Technology. The current C-Max Solar Energi concept is a 100% production model C-Max Plug-In Hybrid with the solar array and other controls added. Keep reading for more information on this concept.
Kia wowed us at the Chicago Auto Show with the Kia Niro. A small SUV Concept with gull wing type doors. The design is forward thinking and bold and those tires are just unique. Check out the video and photos below.
There were several uniquely designed vehicles at The Chicago Auto Show one of which was the Honda FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle). I fell in love with the sleek front end and the sweeping sides, although I have to say it will take me a bit to get used to the rear end. Check out the pics and video after the break of this concept electric from Honda.
There was a lot to see at the Chicago Auto Show, and this will probably be the first of a few articles and pics we bring you. But we wanted to start it off with a bang and boy did the Toyota FT-1 Concept car blow our socks off! What an amazing looking vehicle, we had no hands on time with it as it was perched on high away from prying media fingers. So we got the next best thing. Pictures and some info from the Toyota site, have a read through the press release and check out the photos throughout and the video after the break!
