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Your Car Is Secretly Stealing Your Data & Sharing It

It’s bad enough that we are being spied on through our electronic devices, now our cars can do the same. Yes, with up to 25 gigabytes of data produced every hour, modern cars are already on par with smartphones in terms of data collecting.

Despite not exactly knowing where you are heading, your new car does know where you have been. Additionally, it may occasionally disclose all of your private information to shady third parties as well as automakers like Ford and Toyota.

The data consists primarily of information that makes sense, such as the full names, residences, phone numbers, emails, and licence numbers of the drivers. Every transaction now seems to come with a courteous request for your phone number or email address.

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Location Of Non-Subsidised Petrol Stations To Be Determined

According to domestic commerce and cost of living minister Salahuddin Ayub, the government is looking for a place in the capital of Johor that would be appropriate for a non-subsidised petrol station.

He said that the domestic commerce and cost of living ministry is conducting a study because Johor borders Singapore and many vehicles from the republic fill up there.

Two (such) petrol stations were opened as part of a pilot initiative in Padang Besar and Wang Kelian, Perlis, which helped the government save over RM6 million on fuel subsidies.

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EV Owners May Have To Pay More To Charge Their Cars

The Imbalance Cost Pass Through (ICPT) mainly functions as a mechanism to evaluate the electricity rate every six months to account for changing fuel prices, which make up 65% of the cost component of the electricity tariff. This new ICPT surcharge for the second half of 2023 was based on fuel prices in the first half of 2023 because it is changed every six months depending on the six months prior to it.

The new ICPT programme for the second half of 2023 may require EV users to pay more to charge their cars at home. An RM0.10 per kWh tax will be applied to bills that use more than 1,500 kWh per month, which is an increase from the RM0.02 rebate that was previously given.

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Jaguar iPace: An Electric Masterpiece

Electric vehicles have forced manufacturers to not only rethink the powertrain, but also the design of a vehicle. The design of EV’s need to be aerodynamically “slippery” to reduce drag as they cut through the air, a design element that ICE cars needed to have as well, but not to the extent of EV’s.

The basic idea of having a slippery design is to reduce the co-efficient of drag, a unit of measurement where the lower the number, the better. In simple terms, the sleeker the design of the car, the less air resistance it faces, the further it can go.

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Phone On The Lap While Driving Will Get You In Trouble With The Cops

Did you know that in Australia, it is illegal to hold a mobile phone in your hand or have it resting on any part of your body, such as your lap, when driving? This applies even if you’re stopped in traffic.

The worst part? The phone does not need to be turned on or in use for it to be an offence. If you hold your phone or have it on your body, you will be fined even if you’re not operating the phone, or it’s turned off.

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Shell To Close 35 Petrol Stations Early Next Year

Hajiji Noor, the chief minister of Sabah, will meet with Shell Malaysia to go over plans to close 35 of the company’s petrol outlets in the state and Labuan early next year.

Hajiji stated that he was aware of the circumstance following Shell Timur Sdn Bhd’s prior confirmation that it will be closing a number of its stations in East Malaysia in order to maintain its performance, whose company manages Shell’s retail operations in Sabah and Labuan.

He will be meeting with Shell Malaysia chairman Siti Hurrairah Sulaiman to find out more about the situation and the fate of the affected retailers in Sabah and Labuan.

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