L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHonda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GMarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square243fedilinkarrow-up1558arrow-down110file-text
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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM’s Ultium batteries.
minus-squareRandomGen1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoIt only affected key start cars, if it was push button start, it was immune to the attack you describe.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI was going off of something I vaguely remembered. But now my question is why the actual fuck was the key start system setup so badly.
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMy understanding is it doesn’t actually verify the chip on some models and the mechanism to start happens to be roughly the same size and shape as a USB plug. They took a risk and now they’re paying for it with a full recall
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s a damn good question, when chip-keys were fairly common in the 90’s already.
It only affected key start cars, if it was push button start, it was immune to the attack you describe.
I was going off of something I vaguely remembered. But now my question is why the actual fuck was the key start system setup so badly.
My understanding is it doesn’t actually verify the chip on some models and the mechanism to start happens to be roughly the same size and shape as a USB plug. They took a risk and now they’re paying for it with a full recall
That’s a damn good question, when chip-keys were fairly common in the 90’s already.