Tracked By Flock
About this episode
The episode discusses various automotive topics including vehicle reviews, news about tracking systems, and safety regulations.
This week Robbie was driving the Chevy Trax and Sam had the Ford Maverick XLT Hybrid AWD and Subaru Uncharted GT. In the news we discuss our friend Joel getting tracked by flock for an allegedly stolen license plate on a press car. We also have longer loans, right to repair, testing driver response time with touch screens, AVs and first responders, the Fiat Topolino, new EU safety rules, an electric hot hatch from MG, and a proposal to require multiple sensor types for AVs in New Jersey. Links How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked Me For Days over ‘Stolen’ Plates and Sent Police After Me Almost A Quarter Of New Car Buyers Got 7-Year Loans Last Quarter - Jalopnik Touchscreens in cars are moving in the wrong direction | Vi Bilägare Farmers Finally Get a John Deere Right to Repair Agreement That Doesn’t Screw Them Over NHTSA calls out autonomous cars for interfering with first responders - Engadget America’s cheapest new EV is smaller than a ping-pong table and tops out at 19mph | The Verge Safer cars, safer roads: New rules take effect - European Commission This New MG Concept Car That Recalls The Old MGB GT May Be Part Of A Coming Wave Of Hatchbacks - The Autopian New Lexus LFA aims…
People in this episode
Hosts: Robbie, Sam
Topics covered
- automotive news
- vehicle reviews
- driver technology
- autonomous vehicles
- right to repair
- safety regulations
Keywords
- Chevy Trax
- Ford Maverick
- Subaru
- Flock
- autonomous vehicles
- right to repair
- safety rules
- electric vehicles
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Flock, NHTSA, European Commission, Tesla
Products: Chevy Trax, Ford Maverick XLT Hybrid AWD, Subaru Uncharted GT, Fiat Topolino, MG, Lexus LFA
Places: New Jersey
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