Amaphoyisa aseChicago akhiphe isikhangiso samasonto onke abanikazi be-Kia nabakwaHyundai mayelana nokwebiwa kwalezi zimoto zohlobo ngenxa yokuphawula kwe-TikTok.
Isigameko salokhu okubizwa nge-'Hyundai noma i-Kia Challenge' akuyona inkinga ebhekene ne-Windy City kuphela. NaseMilwaukee nasePennsylvania babike ukwanda kokwebiwa kwamasheke ngenxa yale nselelo yegciwane.
EChicago, amarobhothi akwaHyundai neKia anyuke ngo-767%, ngokusho komnyango wamaphoyisa kuleli dolobha.
Indlela esetshenzisiwe ilula kakhulu, ifakwe ku-TikTok yiqembu elibizwa nge-'Kia Boyz'. Ividiyo esebenza ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zomdabu waseShayina ifundisa indlela yokuqalisa imoto ngeshaja yeselula noma intambo ye-USB, evumela imoto ukuthi iqaliswe ngaphansi komzuzu.
Ukusuka ku-40% kuya cishe ku-70% wokwebiwa kwezimoto
Ukwanda eChicago kuye kwaba nedumela elibi. Ezigebengwini ezingu-74 ezebiwe phakathi kukaJulayi maphakathi no-Agasti nasekupheleni kweKia neHyundai, sezinyukile zafinyelela ku-642 kulesi sikhathi esifanayo salo nyaka omusha, ngokusho kweziphathimandla zamaphoyisa.
Ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, iqembu lentsha eneminyaka engu-14 kuya kwengu-17 lalibandakanyeka esigamekweni sokugetshengwa kwaKia eMinnesota, kubika iFox News. Ngemuva kokweba, bajaha umgwaqo omkhulu nezimoto eziqaphayo kanye nendiza enophephela emhlane. Baboshwe ngemuva kokushayisa imoto.
Imithombo yezindaba efanayo ikhomba ukuthi Amaphoyisa aseSaint Petersburg, eFlorida, amemezele ukuthi ukwebiwa kwalezi zinhlobo ezimbili zenza u-40% walolu hlobo lobugebengu. E-Milwaukee isilinganiso siyethusa kakhulu: phakathi no-2021, u-67% wokweba uhlobene ne-Kia noma i-Hyundai.
lahla ama-immobilizers
'Iqhinga' lokuqalisa imoto lisukela ekubhuntsheni kwamamodeli ngaphambi kuka-2022, ikakhulukazi amaKia akhiqizwa phakathi kuka-2011 no-2021 kanti amanye amaHyundai kusukela ngo-2015 kuya ku-2021. Ngokusho kwabezindaba abakhethekile iCar And Drive, inkinga isekutheni ukushoda kwama-immobilizer ezimoto ezithintekile.
Iziphathimandla ziphakamise kubanikazi balezi zimoto ukuthi bazikhokhele ukunakekelwa okukhethekile ezimotweni zabo; ikakhulukazi ezitobhini 'ezisheshayo' egalaji likaphethiloli noma kwezinye izikhungo.
