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Elon Musk uses cybertruck explosion to show Tesla can remotely unlock and monitor vehicles
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this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2025
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So, was entering the exploded vehicle an extreme difficulty without the remote unlock, then? Because I don't think it was, exploded or not.
Prius' used to have a problem in that the main power feed ran through the A pillar so emergency services couldn't cut you out of it without killing themselves. Bit of a different situation though.
I would have thought an average locksmith could have opened it, and given its already exploded there probably wasn't a need to get it open quick via Tesla tech support. I'm surprised the radios providing telemetry and control even worked in a car that had exploded, particularly a car that appears to be riddled with issues like a cyber truck.
I’m guessing they unlocked his Tesla account, not the actual vehicle. Because there’s no way that thing was functional in any way.
The article says they remotely unlocked the car, it says it a few times. I guess they must have implemented a well protected auxiliary battery for the radios phoning home. Seems like they really care about making sure their control survives.
They can be opened with a battery angle grinder. Remote unlock is quicker though
Depends on what was damaged. Being able to unlock and open things like the frunk, tonneau cover, glovebox, etc. with a remote command is certainly easier than breaking them open, if they were still closed.