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.
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.
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.
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