DoE, Tesla.

17 millions for 17 projects: The American DoE has awarded 17 million dollars to 17 projects now entering phase II, which means further developing projects from phase I by building prototypes. The projects include vehicle-related technologies and hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, as well as energy and manufacturing innovations.
greencarcongress.com

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Model S easy to hack? Nitesh Dhanjani, a corporate security consultant, has published his findings on design flaws of Tesla’s security system. According to Dhanjani, the Model S could be located and unlocked remotely simply by cracking the six-character user password with traditional hacking techniques. He now has submitted his findings to Tesla.
reuters.com, dhanjani.com (Dhanjani’s report) via electriccarsreport.com