Tesla-S EV Is America’s Least-Stolen Car
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/14537/20140901/everyone-loves-tesla-motor-s-except-thieves-heres-why.htm Everyone loves Tesla Motor S except thieves: Here's why By Quinten Plummer, Tech Times | September 1, 2014 [image http://images.techtimes.com/data/images/full/16453/tesla-security.jpg Car thieves find the prospect of stealing Tesla Motors' electric vehicles (EVs) an unappetizing venture. Car thefts are falling in general, but a security expert warns that Tesla's security tech could be used against drivers of the EVs someday. (Photo : Maurizio Pesce | Creative Commons) ] The ability for owners to track and remotely disable their electric vehicles were some of the factors that help Tesla Motors' automobile achieve the distinction of being the least stolen automobiles by volume. Topping the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) 2013 list of most-stolen vehicles, the Honda Accord was stolen 53,399 times in a 12-month period. On the opposite end of the spectrum was Tesla's Model S electric car. On average, roughly 3.5 vehicles of every 1,000 manufactured are stolen at some point. For Tesla Motors, the theft rate is 0.15 per every 1,000 of the automaker's electric vehicles produced. Though Tesla Motors said it couldn't confirm its wafer-thin theft rate, Alexis Georgeson, a Tesla Motors communications representative, said her company will continue to research ways to step up the security of its vehicles. "We take the security of our cars very seriously and relentlessly continue to improve our vehicles via over-the-air updates, an ability unique to the industry," says Georgeson. "We will continue to work to stay ahead by providing the most sophisticated tools and technologies in our cars and working closely with security researchers to identify and address potential vulnerabilities." But while Tesla Motors' vehicles keep in touch with owners via the automobiles' 3G chips, Nitesh Dhanjani, a security expert, says the wireless tech could be used against the electric vehicle manufacturer one day -- the cars have already suffered from glitches. "Given the serious nature of this topic, we know we can't attempt to secure our vehicles the way we have attempted to secure our workstations at home in the past by relying on static passwords and trusted networks," states Danjahni. In general, the frequency of vehicle theft is slowing and has been since the early '90s. Cases of grand theft auto climbed to 11.66 million in 1997, but the National Insurance Crime Bureau expect 2013's totals to hover somewhere around 700,000 when the 2013 numbers are finalized near the end of 2014. The steady fall in the number of vehicle thefts is encouraging, but automakers and law enforcement agencies still have much more work to do, NICB President and CEO Joe Wehrle said. "The drop in thefts is good news for all of us," states Wehrle in a press release (PDF). "But it still amounts to a vehicle being stolen every 45 seconds and losses of over $4 billion a year. That's why we applaud the vehicle manufacturers for their efforts to improve anti-theft technology and pledge to continue to work with our insurance company members and law enforcement to identify and seek vigorous prosecution of the organized criminal rings responsible for so many of these thefts." [© 2014 Tech Times] http://gas2.org/2014/08/30/tesla-model-s-is-americas-least-stolen-car/ Tesla Model S Is America’s Least-Stolen Car [2014/08/30] [image] (Tesla-S EV dash) The Tesla Model S has changed everything we thought we knew about electric cars, and it has send shockwaves rippling through an auto industry struggling comes to terms with this upstart from Silicon Valley. Tesla may also change how automakers look at car security after hearing this latest report as well. It turns out that the Tesla Model S is America’s least-stolen car, reports The Irish Times, which just released their annual “America’s Most Stolen Car” report, and while the Honda Accord again took the most dubious crown, the Tesla Model S was the least-stolen vehicle per-thousand produced. That’s a pretty important title when you think about it. Nearly 54,000 Honda Accords were stolen last year, though that isn’t exactly a fair comparison since that’s more than the total number of Model S sedans. Instead, by looking at the number of cars stolen per-thousand produced, you can up with a more even-handed look at the numbers. The national average is about 3.5 cars per thousand produced are stolen, and some of the least-stolen conventional cars like the Hyundai Tucson and Acura RDX, came in at just 0.4 car stolen per thousand produced. Impressive right? Well the Tesla Model S cuts even that number in half, with just 0.15 cars stolen per thousand produced. If we estimate that about 40,000 Model S sedans have been built, that means just 6 Teslas have been stolen in the past year, including a well-publicized showroom theft that resulted in the first Model S fatality. So why is that? Well for one, there are still relatively few Teslas on the road, and there isn’t much black market demand for parts. Furthermore, the Model S can be remotely shutdown in the event of a theft, and since most of them are constantly connected to the Internet, tracking down the pilfered EV is remarkably easy. The study doesn’t say, but I’d be surprised if any of the electric sedans weren’t recovered. That doesn’t mean the Model S is invulnerable though, as a team of Chinese hackers recently proved. Tesla is actively recruiting IT defense specialists to help protect the Model S, suggesting that they know the car could be vulnerable given its connected nature, and a new feature through the Tesla app will allow users to start the car from their smartphones. Imagine the sort of havoc a mean-spirited hacker could wreck with that kind of control? Thankfully, Tesla seems to have a handle on things, and along with being one of the safest cars on the road, it’s also extremely unlikely to be stolen. Just another benefit of driving a Tesla I suppose. 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