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Mercedes Says Not To Use The G-Class EV's Tank Turn On Public Roads. What Are You Gonna Do, Arrest Me?

 

Mercedes-Benz announced a slew of stuff at CES, from a new AI virtual assistant to musical EV sounds developed with Will.I.Am that change as you drive. CES was also host to the North American debuts of the Concept CLA and the new E-Class, but the only thing that I truly care about is the camouflaged prototype of the upcoming electric G-Class. First previewed by the EQG concept in 2021, the G-Class EV will go on sale later this year, and Mercedes says it will be the best G-wagen ever made both on-road and off.

 

To really show off what the electric G is capable of, Mercedes took four prototypes out to a closed-off section of the Las Vegas strip in the middle of the night so it could demonstrate the “G-Turn” function, which uses the SUV’s four electric motors to do a tank turn, spinning the G-Class around in place. Mercedes says that “G-Turn must not be used on public roads” and that it was developed specifically for off-roading, but my desire to do this in the middle of Beverly Hills or in line at the drive-thru is just far too strong. What are you gonna do, arrest me?

 

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As Chevy Camaro thefts skyrocket more than 1,000% in L.A., police unlock a secret of car thieves

 

The Chevy Camaro muscle car sitting abandoned at a South L.A. intersection looked suspicious enough.

 

But then LAPD gang detail investigators spotted two teenagers running from the scene near Slauson Avenue and Broadway and were able to stop them.

 

One of the youths was carrying an electronic device that police said provides a window into why thefts of the popular Camaros have shot up by more than 1000% in L.A. this year, with 90 vehicles stolen since the beginning of the year. Police said the spike comes at a time when there are increasing numbers of the high-powered vehicles turning up at street takeovers.

 

The device is essentially a hand-held computer that enables the user to create a replacement smart key — using a new key fob — that can unlock Camaros and other vehicles, bypassing the vehicle's existing security system, investigators said. Once the user punches in the make, model and year of the vehicle into the computer, it is then able to reprogram the car's ignition system and generate a new or universal car key.

 

LAPD investigators believe a 16-year-old suspect used the device to create cloned ignition keys to steal muscle cars. A new Camaro can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

 

"This young person was stealing the Camaros and taking them to street takeovers and then selling them for $2,000 or $3,000 on social media," Newton Division Capt. Keith Green said. "A 16-year-old was capable of stealing high-end cars."

 

LAPD's Newton Division, which covers the northernmost section of South L.A., saw the number of Camaro thefts jump from 2 to 10 in the first two months of the year, while citywide they jumped from 7 to 90, Green said. Investigators, he said, now may have the answer to why thefts are soaring.

 

The technology to clone key fobs is commercially available, and with a little bit of tech wizardry even a high school youth can become a skilled thief of technology-dependent cars, Green said. Investigators say that thieves can generate replacement keys in less than three minutes with the right program and hardware.

 

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https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/dodge-debuts-the-2024-electric-charger-daytona-with-670-horsepower/

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Dodge unveiled a fully electric version of its Charger muscle car earlier today. The Charger is not quite ready to ditch internal combustion entirely—variants with twin-turbo V6 engines under the hood are on the way, too, but none will have the same performance as the 2024 Charger Daytona Scat Pack, which boasts an electric powertrain with 670 hp (500 kW) and a quarter-mile time of just 11.5 seconds. 

 

The two-door Charger Daytona Scat Pack goes into production later this year at Stellantis' Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada, alongside the Charger Daytona R/T, another all-electric model with a slightly less powerful 496-hp (370 kW) powertrain. Four-door versions of the Daytona Scat Pack and R/T models go into production in early 2025, as will two- and four-door versions of the Charger SIXPACK H.O., which uses a 550-hp (410 kW) V6 gasoline engine.

 

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