Android Head Units Were Infected Through Their Own Updater, Kaspersky Says
Kaspersky says malware reached DoFun Android head units through their own update app, aiming to build a proxy botnet. Here…
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Toyota’s RAV4 Plug-in Recall Began With a Rear Motor That Failed Safely
Toyota's defect report traces the 2026 RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid recall to a Denso motor control unit, a Japanese owner stuck…
Toyota’s All-New RAV4 Plug-in Can Lose Power at Speed. Yes, the Last One Did That Too
Toyota is recalling about 31,000 2026 RAV4 Plug-in Hybrids whose hybrid system can shut down at speed. The plug-in's previous…
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…
America Already Banned Chinese Cars. The Senate Is Fighting Over Who Gets to Unban Them.
Commerce banned Chinese connected-vehicle software and hardware in 2025. The Senate bill everyone calls a ban is really a fight…
Rivian Just Gave R1 and R2 the Same Brain. Halloween Will Prove It.
Every October, Rivian’s trucks start acting possessed. Light bars pulse red, Camp Mode fills with...
South Korea Just Rehearsed a Hacked Steering Wheel. The U.S. Never Wrote the Playbook.
Nobody’s steering wheel actually moved on September 15. That was the point. Inside Hyundai’s Advanced...
Trump Says Chinese Automakers Can Build Here. The Rule Blocking Them Has Nothing to Do With Factories.
A Commerce Department rule bars China-owned automakers from selling connected vehicles in the U.S. no matter where they are assembled.…
Inside Toyota’s Paid GR Software: Prices, Warranty Gaps And Resale Traps
Toyota is not floating a theory about charging owners for software. It already sells it,...
Honda and Nissan Couldn’t Agree on Who’s the Boss. So They Just Agreed to Share a Brain Instead.
Most corporate marriages don’t fail because the couple can’t build the car. They fail because...
Hyundai Recalled 11,461 Tucsons Whose Speedometers Might Just Vanish Mid-Drive
Somewhere in Australia this month, an owner of a Hyundai Tucson is going to discover...
GM’s Wireless Update Failed So Badly, Dealers Now Have to Fix These 7 SUVs By Hand Before Selling Them
General Motors has spent years selling the wireless update as the thing that would make...
Honda and Nissan’s Merger Collapsed — So They’re Quietly Merging Their Computers Instead
In February of 2025, one of the biggest corporate marriages in automotive history died in...
Volvo’s New OTA Update Lets Its EVs Warn Each Other About Deer
Volvo has been quietly running one of the most interesting experiments in the industry for...
Porsche Sold Its Own Consulting Arm, Then Paid Four Times as Much to Rent It Back
Porsche spent three decades building a consulting firm from scratch, spent 2023 buying out the...