Toyota

• Worryingly, thieves are increasingly using high-tech tools to target weaknesses in the same sensors and computerised systems that were designed to help make our journeys safer and more comfortable.
• So, it’s a sobering thought that these same sensors, computers and data aggregation systems are what criminals now use to steal cars.
• Attacks on the KES typically use a method of amplifying and relaying the signal from the fob to the car.

Control modules

• It’s also worth noting that the computers in our cars’ multiple Electronic Control Modules (ECMs) manage everything from the engine, transmission and powertrain – all the components that push the car forward – to the brakes and suspension.
• All of these ECMs are programmed with large volumes of computer code, which, unfortunately, can contain vulnerabilities.
• Car thieves have still managed to gain access to cars’ electronic control units (ECUs), and even the on-board diagnostics ports, in order to bypass security.

Deceptive damage

• However, when the car disappeared, it became clear that the damage had actually been part of a sophisticated car theft operation.
• In this instance, car thieves removed the front bumper of Tabor’s car to access the headlight assembly.
• In Tabor’s case, accessing the CAN bus allowed the thieves to inject their own messages into the car’s electronics systems.
• These recent reports showed that the devices were disguised as an old Nokia 3310 phone and a JBL-branded Bluetooth speaker.

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• From four wheels to two, Electrify Showoff presented by Yokohama highlighted the customization culture of the next generation of consumers interested in EV personalization.

• This is only the beginning of what is projected to be multi-decade growth, with analysts expecting the AMR market to have double-digit growth every year through at least 2027.
• From the very beginning, however, MiR focused on a global market approach based on sales and service via distributors and a focused product range.
• Today, MiR robots are sold by more than 220 distributors and certified system integrators in 60 countries.
• In April 2018, US-based Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) acquired MiR, further accelerating the company’s position as a global market leader and providing the financial strength and stability for sustained growth.

• Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is expected to build a multi-billion-pound electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the UK rather than Spain – welcome news for British car makers.
• After decades of decline, this could help turn Britain into a base for battery production, saving its ailing auto sector.
• This dictates the duty levied on a product based on where it was made, which could add tariffs on UK cars with Asia-made batteries.
• It’s unlikely that one new battery plant alone will save the UK auto industry, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction.
• But it’s become harder to make the business case for UK auto manufacturing as the realities of Brexit have set in.

British-made batteries

• The shift from petrol and diesel engines to batteries is possibly one of the biggest opportunities for the UK to protect what’s left of its auto industry.
• The batteries used to power EVs are large, expensive and difficult to transport because regulators often class them as hazardous materials making transportation subject to strict regulations.
• It currently only has the capacity to make enough batteries for 40,000 cars a year.

The road ahead

• But it seems the UK government hopes to catch up, with the help of the largest “British” car manufacturer JLR (actually owned by Indian group Tata).
• This is why JLR’s plan to build the largest battery plant in the UK is very welcome news for UK auto manufacturing.
• This could build on the blueprint British car manufacturing already designed with Japanese automakers in the 1980s.