Scientists confirm: Sodium-ion batteries could topple Tesla’s lithium empire

 

A study in Cell Reports Physical Science confirmed that Hina's commercial sodium-ion battery matches the performance and production quality of Tesla's lithium-ion batteries.

Sodium-ion technology offers cheap, abundant materials derived from salt, eliminating the need for rare and conflict-ridden minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel.

The Hina battery, available in a 9.8 kWh unit, boasts a 95% round-trip efficiency and a 6,500-cycle lifespan, outperforming most lithium-iron-phosphate batteries with superior thermal stability.

Despite its advantages, the Hina battery struggles to charge effectively at sub-zero temperatures and shows unexpectedly high, unevenly distributed levels of copper in cathode regions.

Researchers are optimistic about overcoming these hurdles, planning to focus on improving low-temperature charging and optimizing carbon-based anodes and electrolyte formulations.

In what could be a seismic shift in the global energy storage landscape, a groundbreaking new study published in Cell Reports Physical Science has confirmed that a commercial sodium-ion battery produced by Chinese company Hina matches the performance and production quality of Tesla;s vaunted lithium-ion batteries. 

The findings – released on the heels of growing unease over resource wars and environmental destruction tied to lithium mining – suggest that the era of cheap, abundant and geopolitically stable energy storage may have finally arrived. Researchers at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, led by battery scientist Moritz Schutte, conducted a rigorous battery of tests – including impedance spectroscopy, X-ray imaging and full disassembly – on 120 Hina sodium-ion cells.

What they found stunned even the research team....<<<Read More>>>...

Electric London Bus Bursts into Flames During Heatwave

 

An electric London bus has burst into flames during the June heatwave, destroying it and two electric charging points and forcing a nearby Tube station to close, with smoke visible for miles around. The Telegraph has more.

Footage captured the double-decker on fire at a bus depot in Westbourne Park, west London, on Wednesday evening. The bus and two electric charging points were destroyed in the blaze.

Workers could be seen watching in shock as flames tore through the No. 23 bus, which goes between Westbourne Park and Aldwych. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

More than two dozen firemen tackled the fire at the depot on Great Western Road. It was extinguished in less than an hour.

In a statement, London Fire Brigade said: “The fire involved a double-decker electric bus, which was destroyed by the fire. Two electric vehicle charging points were also destroyed. There are no reports of any injuries.

“The Brigade was first called about the fire at 6.23pm, and crews had the incident under control by 7.11pm. Firefighters will remain on scene into the evening. Crews from North Kensington and Paddington fire stations attended the scene.”

Smoke could be seen for miles around, including from Lord’s cricket ground, where England women were taking on the West Indies in the T20 World Cup....<<<Read More>>>...

Cars Are Fast Becoming Dystopian PRISON PODS…

The surveillance state has found its newest frontier: your car’s dashboard. What used to be a symbol of American freedom and independence is rapidly morphing into a high-tech cage that watches your every move and can override your decisions at will.

In a widely shared post on X, users detailed complaints pouring in about Subaru’s upgraded AI ‘EyeSight’ system now featured on the latest models.

Drivers report the system pouncing on brief glances away from the road – while Biden-era federal mandates prepare to make this level of surveillance mandatory in every new vehicle by 2027.

Its new Emergency Stop Assist with Safe Lane Selection feature can detect what it calls an “unresponsive” driver, issue escalating warnings through sounds and steering wheel vibrations, and then take full control: automatically braking, slowing the vehicle, steering it to the shoulder, and activating hazard lights.

This isn’t some optional gimmick. It’s being rolled out as standard “safety” tech, but drivers are calling it exactly what it feels like – an overbearing electronic babysitter that treats competent adults like distracted children.

It serves as a chilling preview of where the entire auto industry is headed under government pressure....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1072

 

Hybrid Drivers Face Pay-Per-Mile Tax Hit Despite Proof They Rarely Use Electric

 Labour is pressing ahead with plans to make hybrid drivers liable for a new pay-per-mile tax despite admitting they barely use their vehicles in electric mode. The Telegraph has the story.

Plug-in hybrid cars (PHEV) will become liable for Rachel Reeves’s new electric road tax from 2028, with each mile driven attracting a 1.5p fee. It will be half the 3p levy paid by owners of electric vehicles (EVs).

Last year, justifying the policy, the Treasury said PHEV motorists drove “more or less than 50% in electric mode”. But analysis quietly published by the Department for Transport last week revealed that the Government had overestimated the number of miles plug-in hybrid owners covered with battery power.

“Evidence indicates that PHEVs complete a smaller proportion of their journeys in electric mode than previously assumed,” the document on fuel efficiency read.

Critics said the decision to tax PHEV drivers pay-per-mile and fuel duty felt like “double taxation”.

Despite this, the Government will press ahead with the tax in two years’ time. Known as electric vehicle excise duty (eVED), the tax is being introduced to offset some of the money lost from dwindling fuel duty receipts.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates pay-per-mile will bring in £7 billion for the Treasury come 2050. That is far below the £24 billion currently raised each year from fuel duty....<<<Read More>>>>...

Former Official Warns Canada MPs About Data Collection, Surveillance Risks in Chinese-Made EVs

 A former senior government official warned Canadian lawmakers that Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) imported into Canada pose surveillance and data collection risks, particularly for individuals critical of the Chinese government. Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa and an expert on China, testified before the House of Commons international trade committee on March 12, 2026.

McCuaig-Johnston stated that Chinese-made EVs are equipped with software from Chinese technology company Baidu, which collects vehicle information data and transmits it to China. She noted that these vehicles, expected to enter the Canadian market in large numbers, have capabilities including microphones, cameras, and location tracking. She told Canadian Members of Parliament (MPs) that "Chinese companies are required to spy on behalf of Chinese intelligence services if requested," adding that the situation poses a particular threat to critics of China....<<<Read More>>>...

EV Mandates Tighten the Noose on the UK Car Industry

 Car manufacturers must ensure that electric cars make up at least 33% of their total registrations this year or face swingeing Government fines of £12,000 for every car they are short.

So far, they are struggling at below 22%, which is even less than at the same stage last year. They finished 2025 at 23.4%, well below the Government Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandated target of 28%. The harsh reality is that few private buyers want one, despite what the Government orders. (Daily Sceptic) 

UK government has been spying on electric vehicle drivers and passengers using mobile phone data

For two years, the UK’s Department for Transport was spying on electric vehicle drivers and their passengers, both children and adults, using their mobile phone data to get insights into their behaviour.

Vehicles are a core component of the Internet of Things (“IoT”). Together with the AI and other technologies, IoT is part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Modern connected cars are equipped with sensors, software and communication technologies that enable them to exchange data with other vehicles, infrastructure, devices and the internet. With 5G connectivity and advanced data analytics, vehicles are evolving into mobile data hubs, making them essential nodes in the broader IoT system. And the integration of IoT in vehicles contributes, in particular, to the development of autonomous driving and smart cities.

As Global Data explains, “While sensors and connectivity are essential enablers for IoT, the real value that is derived from these processes comes from the data. In today’s automotive landscape, data has become a strategic asset … Data has moved from being a byproduct to a core driver of innovation, becoming essential for the progress of autonomous driving, connected cars and AI-enabled features.”...<<<Read More>>>....

“The Customer Has Spoken”: Car Industry Faces Up to Catastrophic EV Collapse

 “I think the customer has spoken. That’s the punchline,” said Jim Farley, the Chief Executive of Ford, as he unveiled a $5 billion annual loss – joining the wider car industry in facing up to a catastrophic collapse in the EV market. The Telegraph has more.

The American boss was speaking last week as his company unveiled a $5 billion (£3.7 billion) annual loss, barely two months after it had booked a shock $19.5 billion write-down.

The cause? An aggressive bet on electric vehicles (EVs) that backfired spectacularly.

In 2025, sales of the Mustang Mach-E crossover and the F-150 Lightning pickup truck – once hailed by Farley as the “truck of the future” – went into reverse.

Worse, the electric Model-E division has booked losses of more than $13 billion since 2023.

Now it has consigned the F-150 to the dustbin and has scrapped much of its future EV plans, with the company set to put a greater emphasis on hybrids.

Ford isn’t the only automotive giant counting the costs of a failed bet on electric.

In the past year, the world’s biggest carmakers have written off more than $60 billion from their balance sheets as they retreat from an EV boom that never was.

The figure includes a €22 billion (£19 billion) charge reported by Vauxhall owner Stellantis, along with a $7.6 billion hit to General Motors, €5.1 billion at Volkswagen Group, $4.5 billion at Honda and $1.2 billion at Volvo, among others.

“Most of the Western carmakers are now facing big issues,” says Felipe Muñoz, of Car Industry Analysis.

Broadly speaking, EV sales are growing. But a rapid shift to electric that both carmakers and politicians had hoped for has failed to materialise. “Many drivers are still not comfortable making the shift,” says Muñoz.

At the same time, Net Zero regulations are beginning to bite in the UK and Europe – with companies facing fines if they cannot meet increasingly stretching targets – just as low-price competitors from China have arrived to undercut them...<<<Read More>>>...

Britain Needs “Reality Check” Over Electric Car Targets, Warns Hyundai

 Britain’s electric vehicle targets threaten “severe disruption” that could prompt some carmakers to abandon the UK, the European boss of Hyundai has warned. The Telegraph has the story.

Xavier Martinet, President of the carmaker’s European arm, claimed the Government’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate no longer made sense and needed to be rethought.

Without change, he said the policy could cause manufacturers to become loss-making and prompt some to stop selling both internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric cars in the UK.

Britain is Hyundai’s biggest market in Europe. UK drivers bought more than 93,000 of the marque’s cars last year.

Under the ZEV mandate, carmakers must ensure 33% of the vehicles they sell are electric or potentially face fines of up to £12,000 per vehicle. The proportion rises gradually to 80% by 2030, when the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will also be banned.

Some flexibilities have been built into the scheme already following concessions by Labour. But to comply with the stretching targets the industry is still having to spend around £11,000 per car on discounts, Martinet said.

Many manufacturers have said they are being forced to subsidise the discounts on EVs with sales from petrol and diesel cars.

Martinet told the Telegraph: “The UK market is in danger of having a severe disruption in the coming years, because if some manufacturers cannot afford or decide not to push the EV mandate, you’ll have an issue.

“And if you don’t sell EVs, you might not do even do the ICE sales. So what will customers buy, at the end of the day? That’s a major question.” …<<<Read More>>>...

The EV Car Crash

 With the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars less than four years away now, there remains one seemingly insurmountable obstacle: nobody wants to buy electric cars.

Last year, sales of EVs achieved a market share of just 23.43%. Newly released figures for last month show this fell to 20.6%. The Government has set a target this year of 33%, rising to 66% in 2029.

Once petrol and diesel cars (known as ICE vehicles, short for Internal Combustion Engine) are banned in 2030, zero emission cars must make up at least 80% of the market, with the rest filled with hybrids. However, the latter will also be gradually phased out by 2035. Zero emission essentially means battery-electric, although hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles would also qualify.

To enforce the switch to EVs, the government introduced the ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle) mandate. Motor manufacturers who fail to hit their ZEV target for the year must either buy credits from manufacturers who have exceeded targets or pay a fine of £15,000 for every car below target.

There are certain allowances available, but these are not significant. The only other option open to manufacturers who fall short is to carry forward their deficit, in the hope they are in surplus in a year or two time. Understandably, this has been likened to taking out a payday loan!...<<<Read More>>>..... 

Electric Vehicle Scam Laid Bare: “Green” Drivers Must Now Pay to Use London Roads Too

 Electric vehicles were sold to London drivers as the sensible way to beat the city’s road charges: cleaner, cheaper to run, and – crucially – exempt from the Congestion Charge. As of Friday 2 January 2026, the U-turn is finally complete. Many have suspected for years, but it’s now reality: it was never about going “green” at all.  

The daily Congestion Charge for all vehicles has risen. EVs have been awarded a temporary discount, but the price for green vehicles will soon rise again. Transport for London (TfL) tells the public it’s about modernisation. EV uptake has surged (rightly so, in their eyes) which creates more congestion, whereas the original exemption was to – apparently – reduce city centre traffic. What we’re really seeing, however, is a population pushed towards costly vehicle upgrades in the name of cleaner, cheaper driving, only to have the rules reversed and any incentive for EV ownership removed. 

From 2 January, London’s Cleaner Vehicle Discount is no longer a 100% free pass. It’s now a tiered discount system available only for EVs – and only if they’re using Auto Pay. It will now cost £90 per week to drive an electric car in the city centre – until 2026, it’s been free of charge....<<<Read More>>>....

Hard carbon electrodes allow sodium ion batteries to CHARGE FASTER than lithium ion

 New research from Tokyo University of Science provides quantitative proof that sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) using hard carbon anodes can charge at rates exceeding those of commercial lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).

The study employed an innovative "diluted electrode" method to bypass traditional testing limitations, finally revealing the true, fast-charging potential of hard carbon.

Scientists identified that while the initial ion intake is rapid for both lithium and sodium, the overall charging speed is limited by a "pore-filling" process inside the electrode material, a process where sodium holds a kinetic advantage.

These findings position SIBs not just as a cheaper, safer, and more ethical alternative to LIBs, but as a technology with distinct performance benefits, particularly for applications requiring rapid power delivery....<<<Read More>>>...

The great electric vehicle fantasy crashes into reality as Ford abandons flagship EVs, swallows $19.5 billion loss

 Ford announces a massive $19.5 billion writedown as it retreats from electric vehicles.

The company is discontinuing models like the F-150 Lightning due to catastrophic losses.

Consumer rejection is driven by high costs, limited range, and impracticality.

This follows an industry-wide pattern of scaling back EV production and plans.

The shift marks a return to gasoline and hybrid vehicles that consumers demand.

The electric vehicle revolution, long championed by climate alarmists and government central planners, has hit a wall of financial and consumer reality. In a stunning admission of failure, Ford Motor Company announced this week it is taking a monumental $19.5 billion writedown as it discontinues several electric models, including its flagship F-150 Lightning pickup. This strategic retreat from all-electric vehicles marks one of the largest corporate impairments in history and signals a decisive pivot back to the gasoline and hybrid vehicles that American consumers actually want. The move, driven by catastrophic losses and evaporating demand, exposes the green energy transition as an unaffordable fantasy forced upon the public.

For years, political and environmental elites have demanded an immediate, forced transition to electric vehicles, dismissing practical concerns and economic realities. Ford’s $19.5 billion reckoning, concentrated in its electric vehicle business, is the direct result of that failed agenda. The company is essentially incinerating capital spent chasing a market that never materialized as promised. This writedown includes $8.5 billion from halted EV projects and $6 billion from exiting a battery partnership, a clear signal that the infrastructure for this mandated transition is collapsing under its own weight....<<<Read More>>>.... 

People who drive electric cars to “save the planet” are hypocrites

 The entire “net-zero” edifice is built on the claim that CO₂ is a pollutant that is causing a climate crisis. This is the greatest deception of our time.

Yet based on this lie, the health of people and ecosystems in Indonesia and China is being ruined to feed one of the centrepieces of the “green” agenda: the electric vehicle industry.

If, after reading Vijay Jaaraj’s article below, you purchase or drive an electric vehicle because you think you are “saving the planet,” not only have you been deceived, but you are a hypocrite.

The silent, gleaming chassis of an electric vehicle (“EV”) glides through a pristine forest or a spotless, futuristic city. The message is simple: The driver is saving the planet. It is a narrative built on a convenient, calculated omission.

Pull back the curtain on the EV supply chain – starting with Indonesian nickel mining and extending through rare-earth mineral processing in China – and there is revealed a far less immaculate picture. The “zero tailpipe emissions” tag is a masterpiece of misdirection, diverting attention away from an environmental hellscape.

In Sulawesi, Indonesia, conveyor belts stretch across once-lush forests belching dust into the air, while smokestacks stain the sky with a toxic haze. The rush to supply the West’s EV appetite has triggered a nickel boom, but the cost lands squarely on the people and ecosystems of Indonesia.

So, why single out nickel? Today’s batteries – the heart of EV propulsion – are built on nickel, of which Indonesia is the largest producer. Without Indonesian nickel, the supply chains for “clean” vehicles grind to a halt. And every new electric SUV delivered to showrooms leaves behind the environmental cost imposed on these Indonesian communities.

What exactly billows from Indonesian smokestacks and seeps from factory discharges into rivers and soils? A partial list includes sulphur dioxide, a corrosive gas; nitrogen oxides and microscopic particulate matter, both constituents of smog; chromium; ammonia; hydrogen sulphide; and heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cobalt and cadmium. All are pollutants with potential effects on health.

Fishers from Sulawesi and North Maluku lament vanishing shoals and toxic mud spilling into the sea. Even the air is said to taste of metal and ash. These are the lived experiences of thousands of Indonesians, not isolated anecdotes.

The battery is only part of the story. The EV’s electric motor, as well as the machinery of giant wind turbines that might charge the battery, require powerful magnets made from rare-earth minerals. And more than 90% of the world’s supply of these processed minerals comes from China...<<<Read More>>>...

Electric Car Demand Sinks as Drivers Face Pay-Per-Mile Tax

 Demand for electric cars has slumped as Rachel Reeves prepares to hit them with a new pay-per-mile tax. The Telegraph has more.

Electric vehicle (EV) sales grew at their slowest rate in two years in November, at just 3.6%, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Mike Hawes, the Chief Executive of the SMMT, tied the slowdown to the Budget and its long build-up.

He said: “Even in a fragile market, zero-emission vehicle uptake continues to rise, which is exactly what we need. But the weakest growth for almost two years – ahead of the Government announcing a new tax on EVs – should be seen as a wake-up call that a sustained increase in demand for EVs cannot be taken for granted.

“We should be taking every opportunity to encourage drivers to make the switch, not punishing them for doing so, else the ambitions of Government and industry will be thwarted.”

The Chancellor announced a new pay-per-mile road tax for EVs in last week’s Budget. The levy will charge drivers of electric cars 3p per mile when it comes into force in April 2028 – costing them around £250 a year on average.

News of the policy was first revealed by the Telegraph on November 6th.

The change is meant to make up for lost fuel duty and to start bringing EVs into line with petrol and diesel vehicles. A typical petrol car driver currently pays around £600 per year in fuel duty, which is effectively a tax on distance travelled....<<<Read More>>>...

Petrol Cars Now Cheaper to Run Than EVs After Tax Raid (Unless You Have a Driveway)

 Rachel Reeves’s new pay-per-mile tax will make petrol cars cheaper to run than electric vehicles unless drivers have a driveway and can charge them at home. The Telegraph has the story.

Motorists forced to rely on public chargers will be left paying an estimated £290 more per year in running costs and taxes for their EVs compared to a petrol alternative, according to electric car advice site Electrifying.com.

Home charging is now a ‘make or break factor’ for electric car affordability following the planned introduction of Rachel Reeves’s pay-per-mile tax, which is intended to replace fuel duty.

The Chancellor confirmed last week that EVs will be subject to a 3p-per-mile levy starting in 2028.

In the wake of the changes, Electrifying.com compared the cost of owning and operating an electric Volkswagen ID.3 with that of a petrol Volkswagen Golf, based on driving both for about 8,000 miles per year.

The electric car’s annual running costs would average about £898, compared with £1,198 for a petrol Volkswagen Golf, based on current prices.

However, drivers without a garage or driveway who rely solely on public charging would see their annual running costs rise sharply, to around £1,490. Approximately 30% of British households do not have access to off-street parking.

Drivers who can access a cheaper overnight rate when charging at home could enjoy substantially lower running costs, at £558.

Many drivers will likely use a mix of public and private charging, meaning they will be charged up to 60p per kilowatt hour (kWh) on public chargers for at least some of their journeys.

Plug-in hybrids, meanwhile, which will be subject to a 1.5p per mile charge from 2028, would become more expensive to run than a petrol vehicle if they are not regularly charged at home....<<<Read More>>>...

Labour’s Callous Betrayal of The ‘Environmentally Responsible’ and Their Gravy Train

 The Telegraph has a piece by a deeply aggrieved Nissan Leaf owner called Andrew Moore. He’s moaning because after having shelled out “to save the planet”, nasty Labour “plans to punish” him and as a result he feels “so let down”:

I switched to electric because I wanted to be environmentally responsible. This latest move feels like a betrayal of the families trying to reduce their carbon footprint.

As far as Mr Moore is concerned, being “environmentally sound” should go hand in hand with a lifetime of being exempt from road tax and fuel excise duty. Anything else is sheer betrayal:

Labour urgently needs cash, and EV drivers are easy targets [what, just like the rest of us? Ed.] I simply cannot see what they hope to achieve with this measure. The pay-per-mile tax is due to be announced by Rachel Reeves on November 26th, but I doubt it will survive contact with the public: it’s wildly unpopular and completely at odds with everything we’ve been told about Labour’s commitment to the environment.

Of course, it rather depends on what he means by “the public”. Most car owners are still driving ICE vehicles and more than a few of them don’t think too kindly of those who can afford EVs being exempt from stumping up like the rest of us. Suddenly, the plot thickens though:

I admit I have a personal stake. I’m Chairman of a local community energy company running three solar farms, and I firmly believe we need to minimise our dependence on fossil fuels and stop polluting the planet.

I bought a Nissan Leaf in 2020, as one of the early wave of EV owners. Back then, my wife Maura and I were running a company – I’m a retired biochemist – and at the time the then chancellor, Rishi Sunak, was offering good incentives to companies to adopt EVs, with low tax rates and a few thousand off the price.

Having an EV made “perfect sense”. Of course it did, just like the solar farms in his company which presumably benefited from taxpayer-funded subsidies:

For us, it made perfect sense as we mainly drove short distances and could charge the car overnight when electricity was cheaper. With no car tax and no petrol costs, it was economically and environmentally sound.

However, apparently unaware of the environmental cost of manufacturing EV cars and generating electricity on the numerous occasions when the sun is blotted out and the wind doesn’t blow, Mr Moore also seems to be unaware that the whole point of hybrids is not having to be stuck in a layby with a flat battery, because they handily include a petrol tank:...<<<Read More>>>....

Indonesian Rainforests Turned Into Open-Cast Mining Pits to Improve Range of High-End Electric Vehicles

 Eco Smugs sitting in their top-of-the-range electric vehicles are probably unaware, or perhaps don’t want to know, about the unfolding ecological tragedy in the virgin tropical rainforests of Indonesia. Higher EV ranges have been achieved by adding nickel to lithium-ion batteries, an addition that has also boosted the performance of some public transport buses in cities like London. 

As with many green ‘advances’, the ecological cost is horrendous. Over half the world’s supply of nickel is located in Indonesia and much of that is to be found just a few feet below unspoilt rainforests. Cue massive deforestation and extensive rollout of smelters and even EV battery factories.

Most of Indonesia’s nickel reserves are on the islands of Sulawesi and Halmahera. Nickel deposits are typically found in rock between 20 and 50 feet below the surface and are easily extracted by open-cast mining. Many of the mining concessions are in forest lands, often secondary growths but with significant burials under the older, undisturbed mature rainforests. 

Undisturbed until now. In 2020, Indonesia banned the export of nickel ore, which led to the introduction of local metal processing facilities. Significant destruction has occurred in the rainforests, converting habitats into open-pit mines and industrial parks. 

If carbon dioxide is your thing, it might be an idea to consider all the stored CO₂ released to make so-called eco, planet-saving car batteries. Not to mention the loss and possible extinction of endemic species and the local wastewater contamination running into the sea and harming nearby coral reefs....<<<Read More>>>...

Cybersecurity expert warns Chinese EVs could become remote-controlled weapons in hybrid warfare

 Chinese electric vehicles pose a severe cybersecurity threat with built-in surveillance and remote weaponization capabilities.

Cybersecurity experts warn these EVs could be hijacked to disable safety features, trigger explosions, or gridlock cities during conflicts.

Over 20,000 Chinese-made EVs were sold in Australia in August alone, embedding risky Cellular Internet of Things Modules (CIMs).

Governments are urged to ban Chinese EV manufacturers from public contracts unless they allow source code inspections and data audits.

Western nations face growing risks as 80% of Australia’s EVs are now Chinese-made, with similar trends emerging globally.

Imagine driving down a busy highway when suddenly, your electric vehicle’s battery overheats—or worse, explodes. Now imagine this happening to thousands of cars simultaneously, crippling traffic, causing mass casualties, and plunging cities into chaos. 

This isn’t the plot of a dystopian thriller; it’s a very real threat posed by China-manufactured electric vehicles, according to cybersecurity expert Alastair MacGibbon....<<<Read More>>>...