The irony is that Badger5 is a Wisconsin Lottery game. http://wilottery.com/lottogames/badger5.aspx

The assumption in the article is that the thief has a device that contains the "magic code" to open car doors. In 2011 the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium presented a paper titled "Relay Attacks on Passive Keyless Entry and Start Systems in Modern Cars ( reference http://www.internetsociety.org/events/ndss-symposium-2011-0) discusses this very topic. A direct link to the paper is http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/franc.pdf The relay attack seems more feasible to explain this phenomenon, where parking locations or specific vehicles are targeted rather than randomly targeting vehicles. In the paper, section 5 does the best to describe an attack scenario that might best explain the thieves mechanism. A thief will exploit with what is readily available. Apparently, like a card scanner, they are able to capture the original key fob signal and present it in another form.

And what if crude oil is found not to be that of a decaying biomass from long ago? Could crude oil be classified as a renewable energy source? http://www.viewzone.com/abioticoilx.html

I would be more interested if this effort if it were focused on a full size half ton pickup truck. To conquer economy and durability in one project would be a major victory. No work seems to be going on in this market segment. Plus, there are already SUV hybrids on the market, although they are the electric assist variety.