Update on this from my brother-in-law, a security expert. No, because Russian hackers do not have access to your post-it notes, and they are the most likely potential thieves. However, changing your password regularly does nothing, because they are harvesting them via keyloggers. The most important thing you can do is run Firefox with the No-Script plugin, to prevent the keyloggers from being installed in the first place.

A few other cool touches: in the top center of the dashboard there’s a bright indicator that lights up green when the car is charging, and flashes when the charge is full. It’s placed there so you can peek out your window or garage door and know, just by glancing through the windshield, the status of the charge. This is cool, too: you can monitor the car’s charge on an iPhone app. You can even warm up the cabin using the app, by remote control, so that it’s toasty on winter days when you’re ready to drive. (A button on Read more…