I would not be surprised if the car jacker, noticing that there was no engine sound, tried to start the car (thereby turning it off) and then could not start it again, because the FOB had left the cabin... Just a guess. Even I have had times that I arrived somewhere for a quick drop off, put the car in park without turning it off and upon re-entering, tried to turn it on, so it turned off on me... Obviously, for me it just meant a 5 sec delay to re-start.
But it might be simpler than that, the thief might have tried and re-tried to crank the car and never gotten the desired result... Cor. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga via EV Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12:22 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: Robert Bruninga; EVDL Administrator Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVjacker: Stymied by Bolt EV controls> arrested, $20k-bail Austin-TX But you can remove the FOB and the car still runs. Unless it was turned off. Im not sure in the case of someone beting me up, I woiuld have the presence to remember to push the off button... bob -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of EVDL Administrator via EV Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 1:49 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> Cc: EVDL Administrator <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVjacker: Stymied by Bolt EV controls> arrested, $20k-bail Austin-TX On 28 Feb 2018 at 10:32, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > [The alleged carjacker] then attempted to drive away but couldnTMt > because he didnTMt know how to drive an electric car, according to the > document. > > It said the owner of the car later told police, who were alerted at 11:10 a.m. > Saturday, that oehis vehicle cannot be driven like a normal vehicle > and takes some getting used to. I'm calling BS on this one. My uninformed guess (but no more uninformed than the writer of this piece) is that the car had an RFID key fob, just as many ICEVs now have. The fob was still in the driver's pocket, and the car refused to move because key fob and driver were no longer in the car, much less in the driver's seat.. Ths stinks to the skies of the old anti-EV bias: "EVs are really WEIRD. What normal person would ever want one?" David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
