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Germany Forces Lexus to Remotely Kill Car Heating In Dead Of Winter
German regulators disable Lexus remote start via over-the-air updates, calling engine warm-up "unnecessary running" that creates avoidable pollution.
Dead phone batteries during emergencies are dangerous, but frozen windshields on winter mornings? Apparently that’s a luxury German authorities won’t let you solve anymore. Your Lexus remote start just got remotely murdered by regulators who decided warming up your car counts as environmental terrorism.
Toyota spokesman Ralph Müller confirmed the parking pre-heating feature—previously free via MyToyota or Lexus Link Plus apps—is now deactivated on combustion-engine vehicles across Germany. The reason? Legislators consider remote engine warm-up “unnecessary running” that creates “avoidable exhaust pollution,” with Toyota disabling the function “to protect the vehicle user from fines.”
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15 minutes cities, eat bugs, and oh yeah...be willing to die for non-existent global heating/cooling. THANKS GERMANY FOR TELLING ON YOURSELF for all the rest of the world to see.