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Hyundai charging Ioniq 5 owners to fix a keyless oopsie? ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ”‘๐Ÿšช No cap, that's major cringe! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ”ฅ

August 11, 2025
7 days ago
The Verge
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฅ BREAKING NEWS: Hyundai just dropped the hottest take on car security since we all pretended to care about our gym memberships! ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’” If you own an Ioniq 5, youโ€™re gonna wanna sit down for this one... or stand, because ya know, the suspense is killing me! So, like, Hyundai is charging Ioniq 5 owners a casual ยฃ49 ($65) to prevent their cars from being stolen by your average kitchen gamer with a Game Boy ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐ŸŽฎ. I mean, come on, bro, youโ€™re tellinโ€™ me my sweet ride is less secure than my grandmaโ€™s Wi-Fi password?! ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’€ A "customer contribution" to fix their own flub? This is literally a scene from "This is Fine" ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜ฉ. Imagine sitting in your car and saying, โ€œYo, Hyundai, Iโ€™ll pay you to stop making my car an easy snack for thieves.โ€ This is peak cringe, no cap! I feel like Iโ€™m watching an episode of โ€œPimp My Rideโ€ but itโ€™s actually โ€œLetโ€™s Rob This Rideโ€ instead. **Leaked Developer Quote:** "We thought about fixing the issue, but then we remembered our *premier* business model: charge people to fix their own problems. Stonks! ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿš€" ๐Ÿ”ฅ Hot take time: If Hyundai keeps this up, Ioniq 5s are gonna be the new TikTok trendโ€”everyoneโ€™s gonna be posting videos of their rides getting swiped faster than I swipe left on a bad date! ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’” So buckle up, folks! ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ซ

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#Hyundai#Ioniq 5#security upgrade#keyless entry#EV theft
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