Marc Favreau

The author has 30+ years of automotive experience and has assembled the most extensive collection of symbols and warning lights anywhere (over 1,000!) and can help you open and start any keyless start car with a dead key fob battery. BA, St. Joseph's, ME: MS, RPI, NY

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EV sales cool in October but interest remains solid

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EV sales Automotive shopping guide and tracking site Edmunds.com reports that EV sales activity cooled in October after setting sales records in September, a direct result of the end of the $7,500 federal tax credit. They also report that average transaction prices for new electric vehicle (EV) during the month as well. Market watchers, including …

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Jeep re-absorbs Wagoneer prompting several site changes

Wagoneer Jeep has ended its three-year quest to separate the Wagoneer model in order to create a new, high end lineup. The company ended this quest a year ago, and we’ve been frankly slow to adjust the website. We now have removed the Wagoneer symbols page, doing a complete scan of both the Jeep and …

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Kia video page separated from Hyundai, Genesis

Kia video page We have been adding tables of contents to our manufacturer video pages, and when we got to the Hyundai, Kia and Genesis page it was clear that a Kia video page needed to stand alone. These pages and videos exist to provide help for drivers who experience the loss of battery power …

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Kia Videos: Help for Key Not Working

How to Open, Start and Replace Fob Batteries for Kia Vehicles We have eight videos offering help to Kia drivers for Key Not Working. Kia EV9 This one is exclusive for the Kia EV9 with a unique key hole cover. —————————————————————— Kia Soul EV This video covers the electric Kia Soul. —————————————————————— Most Kia models, …

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Cybercab production may include some added hardware

Cybercab production Two days ago, I posted on the upcoming Tesla Cybercab asking primarily about liability. I also alluded to some hearsay that Cybercab production could not begin because they did not yet have regulatory approval. I was told that this came from a CNBC interview, but it turns out that there was discussion by …

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Cybercab — who covers liability?

Liability We posted a few days ago about Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claims that the company would begin production of the self driving Cybercab in the second quarter of 2026. And we completely forgot about this — who cover’s liability? If there is no driver and the expectations are that the vehicle will go station …

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Solid-state battery tech poised to take EV range to 800+ miles

Battery tech An automaker in China is touting solid-state battery tech capable of nearly double the energy density of today’s best lithium-ion EV packs. As reported by Autoblog, the company, Chery, says the technology could take driving range up to and over 800 miles on a single charge. Solid-state batteries offer a number of key …

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