Comment on Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoPretty sure their refering to the fact that certain Kia(?) models could be jacked using a screwdriver and USB. Basically the engines power button was shit. This is also why I dont fucking trust cars that use startup buttons, atleast if someone hotwires the car they had to work for it.
RandomGen1@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It only affected key start cars, if it was push button start, it was immune to the attack you describe.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
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.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 year ago
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
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s a damn good question, when chip-keys were fairly common in the 90’s already.