“Dark security gap”: According to experts, foreign smart cars are more likely to be intercepted than remotely controlled

While Barnaby Joyce worries about China remotely controlling electric vehicles on Australian roads, cybersecurity experts are much more worried about modern cars sucking up our data. Cybersecurity experts told NewsWire that modern vehicles pose the same privacy issues as the rest of our devices.

Police set up 24 modified cars in 24-hour blitz

During a police operation against illegally modified cars in New South Wales (NSW), 24 defect notices were issued to motorists in a single day. On Sunday 18 August, officers from the Illawarra Traffic and Highway Patrol joined forces with Transport for NSW compliance inspectors to conduct Operation Dissent, setting up a temporary inspection post at … Read more

Teenage hooligans in stolen cars cause chaos at Canberra school

Australian Capital Territory police have charged a 16-year-old boy with multiple offences after he and two other teenagers allegedly drove at police in a stolen car and later performed burnouts outside two schools. On Friday 9 August, at around 1.10pm, police observed a stolen white BMW hatchback driving dangerously on Mugga Lane.

This V12 manual hypercar proves that electric cars are not the only solution

A hypercar with a naturally aspirated V12 engine and manual transmission, designed by a former Bugatti and Koenigsegg designer, sounds like a dream, but the new brand Nilu27 is making it a reality. The NILU hypercar uses a 6.5-litre naturally aspirated V12 engine with 798 kW of power and 860 Nm of torque, developed in … Read more