Scratches no match for Nissan’s new car paint
Nissan Motor said Friday it had created a paint that repairs scratches on its own, restoring a car’s surface to normal within a week.
Feds want cellphone ban for teen drivers
New drivers have enough things to worry about without adding cellphones and other wireless devices to the mix, federal safety regulators say. They want all states to make it illegal for teenagers and other novice drivers to jabber on phones.
Hacking RFID gas passes.
Watch how a team from Johns Hopkins University break the encryption of the ExxonMobil SpeedPass system.
Toyota Prius Hybrid Upgrades
The Wall Street Journal reports that a software problem is causing some Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid cars to stall or shut down while driving at highway speeds. Be sure you’re running the latest software before connecting your car to the internet.
Toyota spokesman Sam Butto told the newspaper the auto manufacturer identified a “programming error” in the computer systems of 23,900 Prius cars last year and sent owners a service notice advising them to bring the cars into dealers for an hour-long software upgrade.