BYD’s Shark 6 Security Fix Closes the Door a Researcher Used, and an Aftermarket App Goes With It
BYD says an over-the-air update will close the Android debug route used in the Four Corners Shark 6 demonstration. An…
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Researcher Shut Off a Moving BYD’s Headlights From the Roadside, Then Used Its Speakers to Get Siri to Read Out the Driver’s Home Address
A researcher sat on the shoulder of a road outside Canberra with a laptop and...
BYD Shark 6 Hack: Password-Free Access Exposes Lights, Locks and Cabin Microphone
The BYD Shark 6 is a 2.6-tonne plug-in hybrid ute (Australian for pickup) that’s become...
BYD Already Has an American Factory. Washington Wrote a Law Around It.
BYD has built buses in California for over a decade. Congress still wrote it out of federal transit money. That…
Tesla’s Semi Plant Opens, Rivian Recalls Nearly 99,000 EVs, and What Else Moved
Tesla's Semi factory opens, Rivian recalls 98,828 EVs over backup cameras, Geely hits four-minute charging, and the BYD question hangs…
BYD’s First European Semi Just Aced Its Crash Test. Europe’s Charging Grid Isn’t Close to Ready for It.
The most important number to come out of IAA Transportation this week isn’t a horsepower...
BYD’s Pakistan Factory Missed Its Deadline Again — And BYD Isn’t The One Who Should Be Sweating
A car factory in the Sindh desert just blew through another deadline. On its own,...
BYD Isn’t Really Betting On Robot Hands — It’s Cashing In On Something It Already Owned For Free
Every automaker eventually discovers it owns more than cars. BYD just discovered it owns something...
A New Bill Wants To Study China’s Grip On The Auto Industry — Congress Might Want To Check The Showroom Floor First
Congress wants to know how deep China’s fingers are in the American auto industry. It’s...
BYD’s Profit Jumped 30% While Sales Fell — Turns Out That Was the Plan
BYD wants the world to read this week’s earnings as an export success story. Look...
China’s #1 Bestselling Car Just Failed Its Own Safety Audit — And That’s Not Even the Scary Part
Somewhere in a Chinese testing facility, a government inspector measured the wheelbase on a Geely...
China’s Largest Headlight Supplier Fired 107 New Grads in Weeks — But Still Found Cash for a Dividend
Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems makes the adaptive LED headlights that bend light around oncoming traffic...
A Belgian Chip Deal With BYD Reveals How EVs Really Get Sourced
Melexis signing a purchase agreement with BYD is, on its face, the least exciting automotive...
China’s EV Price War Got So Brutal, Automakers Are Bribing You With Karaoke Machines Now
BYD wants to sell you a car with a karaoke machine wired into the dashboard....
BYD Filed Six New Solid-State Battery Patents, But the Real Story Is Whether Two Rocks Actually Touch
Forget the six patents for a moment. The most interesting number in BYD’s newest solid-state...