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20th November 2021, 10:24 | #1 |
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Tesla Drivers locked out of their cars
The joys of depending on a digital App - Tesla's App crashed and as a consequence they could not start their cars - give me a good old key anyday
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59357306
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20th November 2021, 10:30 | #2 |
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Good safety feature.
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20th November 2021, 11:37 | #3 |
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AA ? RAC? Who ya gonna call?
LOCKBUSTERS! You gotta love modern technology! Or hate it!
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20th November 2021, 12:50 | #4 |
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It's no different to being out in the car and losing the key or an electroinc key failing.
People often drop their phones and break them which makes them non-functional. It's a risk. Whenever I go away a distance of over a 100 miles, I always have a spare key in the rucksack or wife in her handbag in case the primary key fails or is lost. If the app was the only way of getting into a Tesla, it would be news. As it is, it's not. |
20th November 2021, 13:14 | #5 |
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I can remember the days when you could leave your car unlocked, with the keys in the ignition and it would still be there in the morning. We did find a drunk, asleep in the back on one occasion though, which prompted us to re-think our vehicle security!
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20th November 2021, 13:53 | #6 |
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They need to carry the secondary method to access the car which is like us carrying a spare set of keys. I think the have a "credit card" as the secondary method. Fits into a wallet but I dont always have my wallet with me.
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20th November 2021, 14:17 | #7 |
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Big brother ( or Mr Musk) is watching
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Besides that App Tesla gives you multiple ways of accessing the car via Key card, Fob & bluetooth key via your mobile phone, All that they couldn't access were some of the bells &, whistles on the main screen.
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20th November 2021, 14:42 | #9 |
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My sister in law has a Tesla. The software is pretty amazing. Build quality is not what you'd expect for the price but overall if I could afford one I'd have one
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20th November 2021, 19:07 | #10 |
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