With his electric Kia EV6 running low on power, an EV driver pulled into a bank of fast-chargers near Terre Haute, Indiana, to plug in. As his car powered up, he peeked at nearby chargers. One in particular stood out. Instead of the businesslike welcome screen displayed on the other Electrify America units, this one featured a picture of President Biden pointing his finger, with an “I did that!” caption. It was the same meme the president’s critics started slapping on gas pumps as prices soa
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Last week, we reported an alleged cyber-attack on Italian automaker Ferrari. Well, high end automaker has confirmed the leak of some internal documents but did not say how it happened. On 10 October, RansomEXX, a ransomware-as-a-service operator, claimed to have breached Ferrari, though the company said it is investigating how the leak occurred. Italy’s Red Hot Cyber reported that internal documents, including repair manuals, datasheets, etc., sizing up to 6.99 gigabytes, were leaked. Ransom
Due to the energy and cost-of-living crisis, the cost of charging an electric vehicle is now almost as much as the equivalent cost for petrol/gasoline. In the UK, the cost of charging at a Pay-As-You-Go rapid charger has increased 42% since May, according to RAC reports (UK’s Report on Motoring) this past week.[1] This means drivers now pay 18p per mile to drive their electric vehicle, compared to 19p for petrol (gas) cars.[2]
The motoring group said the average price for using the chargers h
With the worldwide push to stamp out the internal combustion engine and push electric vehicles; a research study on how to thwart the charging process of EVs was introduced. University of Oxford researchers in the UK, in collaboration with Switzerland and the UK’s Armasuisse federal agency, identified a novel attack method that let them remotely force EVs to abort charging. The attack method called Brokenwire works by sending malicious signals wirelessly to the targeted vehicle to cause electr
