Brian Lair on WNYC. We'll talk now about some news about cars. Maybe you've heard

the recent New York City crime stats. Violent crimes are down this year, but the number

of car thefts continues to rise. One reason has to do with the TikTok phenomenon known

as the Kia Boys. We'll explain it if you're not familiar with those videos. Also in automotive

news, a little more below the radar, Tesla continues to advance the idea of getting driverless

cars on the road. Though Tesla stock took a bit of a tumble yesterday, the erratic Elon

Musk is presiding over Twitter's value on the decline and at least some short term questionable

moves at Tesla. We'll get into those stories and more now with Andrew Hawkins' transportation

editor at the Verge. He covers electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, those are the driverless

ones, ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, public transit, policy, infrastructure, electric

bikes, and what he calls the physical act of moving through space and time as his bio

page puts it. Hi, Andrew, welcome to WNYC. Hi, Brian. Thanks to really nice to be here.

And on the radio, we have to move through time, but not so much space since it's an audio

on the media. And listeners, we invite your calls on these topics. First off, who's had

a car stolen or car parts stolen recently? That's part of the wave as well. Or maybe you're

a car mechanic, or you're in law enforcement. Call in and tell us why you think this problem

is still on the rise. 212-433-WNYC, or maybe you're a key aboard yourself. 212-433-9692.

Or if you have a question or comment about self-driving cars, which we will get to, 212-433-96

92. Andrew, who are the key boys? Well, the key boys are sort of a loosely affiliated

group of underage car thieves that have been really making a lot of trouble for people

who own key vehicles and also Hyundai. Hyundai is a major stockholder in Kia. They're sort

of affiliated with each other. And for the last several years, there's been a rash

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