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How to kill car theft and sanctions busting

How to kill car theft and sanctions busting

Car makers can learn from e-scooter hire firms

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Mar 24, 2025
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My mobile phone cost a few hundred pounds. If I lose it, I can track it, and I can kill it remotely.

A modern car has a lot more computing power than a phone, and costs a lot more. It doesn’t seem too much to ask that we should be not only able to “find our car” - which is already a feature - but that we ought to be able …

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