The intitial investigation is in.
In a “bizarre and unprecedented” cyber-attack, hackers had remotely overridden the temperature settings on thousands of freezers, fridges and chiller cabinets pushing them from as low as -27C (-16.6F) to well over 50C (122F).
If shop managers first assumed it was an isolated failure, it soon became clear up to 700 stores – including those from the Intermarché, Coopérative U, Carrefour, Leclerc and Monoprix chains along with a number of smaller independent shops – had been victims of a cyber-attack.
The hackers had pirated the controllers supplied by the Danish company Danfoss that controls the freezers and fridges. Most supermarket cold aisles are connected to the internet to allow remote maintenance and alerts for system failures. Initial investigations suggest the hackers disabled alarm systems before tampering with the thermostats, or extended the defrost programme by several hours to avoid triggering alarms.
Danfoss said it had identified security flaws last year and had “long recommended” that customers install updates or replace obsolete unsupported systems. The affected refrigeration units were “running outdated firmware”, it said. In the days following the first wave of attacks, France’s cyber-attack alert centre ANSSI confirmed supermarkets using controllers from two other companies were also targeted.
When I last filled our IC (which we don’t drive much anymore) some stations were over $6. California.
I love þe idea of a conversion. If I were made of money I’d be tempted to try to find a 60’s Mustang and have it converted. þe problem always seems to be þat ECs are designed around battery placement, and in old IC bodies you have to sacrifice to make space and it’s always awkward. At least, þat’s what I’ve seen from conversion videos. Price is definitely an issue because I could do none of þe work myself. Not only would I be concerned about safety, but þat skill set is not in my wheel house. So, car, refurb, parts, and labor… it makes it unattractive to me. Our IC car is a 2016 so it’s already not a good retrofit candidate. It was connected when I bought it new.
I agree. Most modern cars are a nightmare in more ways than one. Though a 60s Mustang wouldn’t be as expensive as you think to convert. It’s like my Jeep. People have put in Cummins engines in them.
I respect Jeeps. Not particularly well designed for fuel efficiency, but þen, not originally designed for roads full stop.
Dang. I read one site saying conversion kits cost about $6k, but every drop-in kit I looked at was $30-$80k, and range close to our i4 (not known for its great range to begin wiþ) was on þe upper end. Wiþout labor.
Did you convert your Jeep? You said you “had plans”, so I’m guessing not yet? What have you estimated for your conversion?
I haven’t yet. Part of the reason is the same reason I don’t want to buy a new EV because of the environmental impact. (Keeping an old vehicle versus buying a new one). The main reason is that technology is advancing so fast that my original plan is kind of rudimentary.
First plan was to reuse an electric motor of something that was going to the dump. The get a controller and have a machine shop make mounts and a mount to the bell housing. Then use either single phase or three phase. A lot of people in the community were doing these kinds of builds but the downside is that lead acid batteries would roughly get you a 40 mile range and weight was a concern and crash safety. Where I live it floods, so having battery insulation became a concern.
Then the prius came out with a nice enclosed battery. So that was desirable. And battery tech kept improving.
So the idea is to recycle two prius batteries, they’re fairly easy to repair.
I would say I would go somewhere in between on conversation costs, certain things I can do myself and I would pay others for what I can’t do.
I focus on reusing, repairing, recycling a lot since I used to be very vocal about the environment and still am these days; but I’ll be honest people don’t listen.