More Money - Less Work, Carvana Same-Day Delivery, Jailbroken Tesla

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It’s a fresh Friday to get out there and “move some lives forward” (Thanks Liza Borches for that phrase). Today we’re talking about the released UAW demands and GM’s response. We also cover Carvana’s move to same-day delivery, as well as a jailbreak of Tesla’s infotainment system.

• Citing the 40% rise of CEO salaries for the Big 3, Shawn Fain, President of the United Auto Workers union announced the union would be seeking wage increases of a 20% raise upon ratification, followed by 5% raises annually over the four-year period.
  • "The CEOs of the Big 3 over the last four-year agreement have enjoyed a 40 percent increase in pay on average, so I don't think our workers asking for their equitable share, when inflation's gone up almost 20 percent in the last four years, I don't think it's asking a lot for our members to look for their fair share."
  • Also included in the proposal is a proposed 32 hour work week with a full 40 hours worth of pay saying “I think it will create more jobs, more opportunities for people to get their share in the economy.”
  • GM released a statement pushing back against the broad demands saying that the demands  "would threaten our ability to do what's right for the long-term benefit of the team."
  • They also alluded to the threat of many new automakers positioning for market share by saying "We think it's important to protect U.S. manufacturing and jobs in an industry that is dominated by non-unionized competition.”
• Carvana has begun offering same-day vehicle delivery to customers in specific areas in Arizona, Indiana, and North Carolina after initially launching and testing in the greater Phoenix area 
  • Same-day delivery eligibility largely depends on the proximity of the customer to the selected used vehicle and the availability of delivery slots amidst other customer orders.
  • Carvana plans to further roll out this offering across its nationwide footprint in the upcoming months.
• Three students from Technische Universität Berlin and an independent researcher have cracked Tesla's infotainment system, scoring free upgrades like heated rear seats.
  • This car 'jailbreak' might even unlock self-driving and navigation features where they're usually off-limits.
  • The researchers were also able to extract personal information from the car, such as contacts, calendar appointments, call logs, visited locations, Wi-Fi passwords, and session tokens from email accounts.
  • To jailbreak the car, they used a technique called “voltage glitching,” which involves manipulating the supply voltage of the AMD processor that runs the infotainment system.
  • This sort of hack requires physical access to the car.
  • According to the researchers, Tesla would have to replace the hardware to prevent s

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