Some Hyundai and Kia cars and SUVs are missing a "key" anti-theft device, making them an easy target for car thieves. An insurance industry group says these cars are stolen at nearly twice the rate of ...

Car-related crime has risen significantly over the past two years. It’s not just the theft of catalytic converters either, new vehicles—especially ones manufactured by Hyundai and Kia— are being ...

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS and LONDON--(Marketwire - Sep 26, 2012) - NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the NCF2960-- the world's smallest combo chip solution for automotive ...

The AVR microcontroller provides 16k Flash and 2k EEPROM. Within the 16k Flash, 14kB is available for the application software, while 2kB is available for the immobilizer functionality. The core is ...

Amid a nationwide wave of social media-linked thefts targeting Hyundais and Kias, which state officials say have caused at least eight deaths, federal regulators have declined to issue a recall of the ...

Now that the smartphone industry is moving from fingerprint sensors to facial recognition, it seems that the automotive industry has embraced the PIN code. To be more precise, aftermarket safety ...

MANILA, Philippines – A police official advised motorists yesterday to install a global positioning system (GPS) device and an engine immobilizer in their cars. Superintendent Ferdinand Villanueva, ...

A Winnipeg man who was struck by a stolen vehicle earlier this year is urging Manitobans to install immobilizers in their vehicles, saying the device might have prevented the incident that nearly ...