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Hacked Nissan Leaf Goes to Races, Gets 150 Miles of Range

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:37:02 +0000

Hacking late at night is something on the liking of engineers – you know, those guys who instinctively headed straight to the wall socket when they did their first steps. So were some engineers in Barcelona, Spain, who hacked a Nissan Leaf and made it go for 150 miles on a charge. At the Nissan Technical […]

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Tesla Looks to Hire White Hat Hackers to Boost Security

Benji Jerew — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:41:29 +0000

The Tesla Model S, like all modern automobiles, is essentially one big electronics package (read: computer) and, like many hardware / software systems, can be vulnerable (read: hacking). While we’ve discussed being able to “hack” or modify for malicious intent another vehicle, such as the Toyota Prius, which is also highly computerized. Of course, in […]

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Hacking the Tesla Model S Uncovers Ubuntu Roots, May Void Warranty

Benji Jerew — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:26:14 +0000

Now, you’re not supposed to hack the Tesla Model S, because even the MVPA says you can’t, but give a computer geek an Ethernet port and, well, you know the rest. I’m certain that this wasn’t what Tesla motors had in mind when they wrote the software for the Tesla Model S, giving hackers access, […]

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Tesla Motors API Vulnerable to Hacking, Too?

Benji Jerew — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:21:54 +0000

One of the great things about modern hardware and software is its accessibility. For example, I may be writing this from an internet cafe in the Peruvian Highlands but, with an internet connection, I can access the world. If I had access to Tesla Motors’ API [Application Programming Interface] and the right software, I could […]

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