Elon has a simple solution for Tesla spy cameras in China

Elon Musk has a simple solution for Tesla cars equipped with spy-capable cameras: Just no turn them on! It’s that easy. All this and more The morning shift for April 7, 2021.

1st March: I wish America was free for everyone in car technology in a fun way

Friend of Jalopnik, John Voelcker points on Twitter, that America is basically a release for everyone when it comes to new-age car technology, compared to China, dropping the hammer Tesla cameras in the car.

We have problems with these cameras here in the United States, but the voice of dissent in our case is Consumer Reports. The news from China is that the military itself is angry, according to Reuters:

Tesla car cameras are not activated outside of North America, the American carmaker said on Wednesday on its Chinese social media page, which sought to calm the security concerns of the world’s largest car market .

Tesla is facing an examination in China, where in March it banned the entry of Tesla cars into its complexes in March, alleging security concerns for the cameras of its vehicles, sources told Reuters.

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At a virtual forum in Beijing in March, held shortly after reports of the ban appeared, Tesla founder Elon Musk emphasized the company’s business motivations for protecting users ’privacy.

“There’s a strong incentive for us to be very confidential with any information,” Musk said.

“If Tesla used cars to spy on China or anywhere else, we would shut down.”

Elon made more comments that sound a lot like Amazon’s recent defense of “You really don’t believe in urinating in bottles, do you?As Bloomberg reports:

Speaking at virtually one conference, Musk said that if Tesla used its cars to spy on China or anywhere, the company would be “closed everywhere.”

“If a trading company engaged in spying, the negative effects for that company would be extremely bad,” he told a China Development Forum last month at a meeting organized by a unit of the country’s State Council.

America is denied cool laser headlights with automatic immersion, but we have no problem with that?

2nd Team: Reconstruction of the EPA sounds like a time

The news Here’s where the new EPA chief wants to set tougher outlet pipe emission standards that were withdrawn under Trump. What interests me is this discussion about rebuilding one administration that was gutted by Trump, how Bloomberg reports:

[EPA Administrator Michael Regan’s] The first task is to rebuild the agency, which shed approximately 700 scientists during Trump’s tenure. It must also rebuild morale among the remaining EPA employees, including many who said they were despised by Trump and still distrust the executives who went along with the old regime.

“The secret sauce here goes back to the agency’s original mission, which is to protect people and natural resources and create a welcoming environment focused on scientific integrity, ethics and values,” Regan said. “We believe we will attract some of the talent left by the agency during the previous administration, but we also believe we will be really attractive to new scientists, new engineers and new legal minds.”

Regan is trying to strengthen the scientific integrity of the agency, which according to public health and environmental advocates has declined over the past four years. In one of his first major events, Regan last week ordered the removal of dozens of members of two scientific advisory committees that guide the work of the EPA, a measure designed to reduce the influence of the industry and create a blackboard in white to rebuild the panels.

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3rd gear: GM very serious about side companies that may or may not Includes flying cars

Nothing tells you that a car company cares more about something than a statement about a technology that has never surpassed the Jetsons. That’s why I threw myself A suspicious eye towards GM’s new promotion of its parallel companies, he reported to Reuters:

The global innovation team of veteran engineer GM is looking for new companies to expand automotive revenue sources far beyond vehicle sales and incubates companies from commercial delivery services to vehicle insurance, to addressing future markets valued at $ 1.3 trillion. That doesn’t include flying cars, a market segment that alone could be worth $ 1.3 trillion, Fletcher told Reuters.

In a recent video chat, Fletcher quietly counted before answering how many companies keep his team. “Just under 20 years old,” he said.

Reuters named several of these companies different in a separate article, and include expanding OnStar through apps and offering SuperCruise as a subscription service.

4th gear: America watches as Europe gets a cool hybrid jeep

Europe has strict regulations that pressure automobile companies to manufacture electric and hybrid vehicles, much stricter than the regulations we have in the United States. It may not be surprising that Europe has hybrid Jeeps before us. We’ve already been through this Renegade, now there is the revised compass, like the Freep reports:

An update to the Jeep Compass compact SUV, which was unveiled on Tuesday in Europe, will add a lot of technology, including 4xe plug-in hybrid systems and new Android-based entertainment and connectivity systems.

The updated compass is expected to be released later this year in Europe, with sales in the United States in the first half of 2022.

The compass will also get a wider grille and reduced LED headlights to create a face compatible with the larger Jeeps that arrive such as the Grand Wagoneer and the Grand Cherokee L.

This report is based on the European model. Not all of its features will move to American models. The Compass is a somewhat premium model in Europe. There is a fundamental part of Jeep’s identity, where compact vehicles are often sold at higher prices and offer more luxurious features and materials than in the United States.

It’s sad to see America as a second-tier market for efficient Jeeps.

5th gear: Nissan sales in China increase by 70% compared At this time last year

I’m not sure if this is the case that Nissan is right in the Chinese market, or just a sign of how depressed things were at the start of the pandemic. Either way, it’s a big leap Reuters reports:

Nissan Motor Co.’s light and passenger vehicle business in China increased unit sales by 70.6% year-on-year in the first three months of 2021, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

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