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  2. Automotive hacking - Wikipedia

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    Using a fake device sold on the dark web, thieves were able to steal vehicles by forcing the headlamps open and accessing the CAN bus, and then once on the bus, to simulate the signals to start the vehicle. The exploit requires enough time and privacy for thieves to remove vehicle hardware, sometimes bumpers, in order to open the headlights. [33]

  3. Grand Theft Auto modding - Wikipedia

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    While vehicles in the Grand Theft Auto series are loosely based on real-world makes and models, custom vehicle models such as this Audi R8 are a popular form of modification throughout the GTA community. User modification, or modding, of video games in the open world sandbox Grand Theft Auto series is a popular trend in the PC gaming community ...

  4. Livery - Wikipedia

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    Yeomen of the Guard processing to St George's Chapel, Windsor for the annual service of the Order of the Garter in 2006. A livery / ˈ l ɪ v ər i / is an identifying design, such as a uniform, ornament, symbol or insignia that designates ownership or affiliation, often found on an individual or vehicle.

  5. Livery cab - Wikipedia

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    The term livery cab evolved from North American livery stables which, in addition to short-term horse boarding, hired out horses, teams and wagons. A 1910 Winnipeg, Manitoba, bylaw regulating transport for hire differentiated a livery cab, licensed for C$2.00 from "street cabs" that were licensed at $8.00 or $10.00. [1]

  6. Hackney carriage - Wikipedia

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    A hackney or hackney carriage (also called a cab, black cab, hack or taxi) is a carriage or car for hire. [1] A hackney of a more expensive or high class was called a remise . [ 2 ] A symbol of London and Britain, the black taxi is a common sight on the streets of London. [ 3 ]

  7. Howard Hughes - Wikipedia

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    Lockheed Constellation in TWA livery. Hughes is commonly credited as the driving force behind the Lockheed Constellation airliner, which Hughes and Frye ordered in 1939 as a long-range replacement for TWA's fleet of Boeing 307 Stratoliners. Hughes personally financed TWA's acquisition of 40 Constellations for $18 million, the largest aircraft ...

  8. Air transport of the British royal family and government

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    The aircraft, the RAF VIP Voyager, retained the standard Royal Air Force grey livery and continued its primary military duties when not in use by the government. [21] Its first use as a VIP transport was on 8 July 2016, when it was used to take government ministers from London Heathrow airport to the 2016 NATO conference in Warsaw, Poland.

  9. Vehicle for hire - Wikipedia

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    A vehicle for hire is a vehicle providing private transport or shared transport for a fee, in which passengers are generally free to choose their points or approximate points of origin and destination, unlike public transport, and which they do not drive themselves, as in car rental and carsharing.