GOING back as far as 2021...Have a VW Tiquan and the GPS system is tied my phone via blue tooth along with my GPS...Anyone have anything further back than that???
Tesla can track all of their vehicles without charging station assistance. GM's On*Star also can. I wouldn't be surprised if many modern vehicles have this embedded in their electronics. After all, modern vehicles are said to be hackable and in one instance was alleged to have led to the death of a journalist on the trail of some naughty government behavior.
A lot of high end cars have "connected driver" packages, top of the range mercs, BMWs, and super-premium cars like Rolls Royce. Anything that takes a sim card will be logging location and other telemetry. You would expect Tesla to have it to allow software updates.
I wouldn't like it, I have a car with park assist and that makes me nervous because it means the steering wheel can be motorised by a hacker. I've never used it, but knowing the car could swerve itself at any time is not comforting.
Elon has been hinting that he has all the telemetry from the truck.
Maybe he knows it was remotely driven or something.
If Tesla can track and share that kind of information with anyone they want then there's another good reason to never buy one.
Thinking the same thing
Unfortunately, that is a reality for just about every modern vehicle.
True. Sad but true.
Yup. If you have a vehicle manufactured in the last ten to fifteen years, it will be no different. The Tesla is just more up front about it.
GOING back as far as 2021...Have a VW Tiquan and the GPS system is tied my phone via blue tooth along with my GPS...Anyone have anything further back than that???
It’s gathered from charging stations.
Tesla can track all of their vehicles without charging station assistance. GM's On*Star also can. I wouldn't be surprised if many modern vehicles have this embedded in their electronics. After all, modern vehicles are said to be hackable and in one instance was alleged to have led to the death of a journalist on the trail of some naughty government behavior.
Michael Hastings
A lot of high end cars have "connected driver" packages, top of the range mercs, BMWs, and super-premium cars like Rolls Royce. Anything that takes a sim card will be logging location and other telemetry. You would expect Tesla to have it to allow software updates. I wouldn't like it, I have a car with park assist and that makes me nervous because it means the steering wheel can be motorised by a hacker. I've never used it, but knowing the car could swerve itself at any time is not comforting.
Pfft! The car has a microphone to take voice commands. WTF else you think it’s used for? It to mention multiple cameras. Wake up folks!
Cameras are useful as mirrors, though obviously exploitable.
Best to have a camera on your car anyway (dash cam) due to all the craziness.
You would need to purchase a vehicle pre 1985 to get past this.
All new teslas are loaded with cameras inside and out. There should be good footage if those involved. If there’s none it would be a huge red flag
Was the guy a patsy?
well, you can now see posts here saying that his family see him as a Trump supporter. It's looking more likely.
IMO, it is a message to Elon from the X Remphan Star group who own the majority of shares in X.
if so, then it's a dumb move.