Scenario: Undocumented immigrant family in Minneapolis get in their Tesla car to go to work, school or shopping. The doors lock and are disabled via software OTA. Because they are not mechanical, the family can’t open the doors. They try to roll down a window, but that too is software controlled. The buttons do nothing. They are trapped.

The car then disables the steering colums via OTA software so the wheel goes limp. It is a drive by wire steering with no mechanical, rack and pinion physical link for the driver to control. Even the brakes are fully drive by wire so the driver can’t stop the car.

The cars autodrive engages and sends the trapped family to an ICE detention facility. In a panic the driver tries to turn off the car and finds that button is software controlled as well. The family find they are disconnected from their own car and are left with the choice of smashing a window and jumping out of a moving car, or to be sent to a processing facility for their concentration camp.

Is there any design feature stopping this from from hapening today?

Edit: In hindsight, it seems like this was the obvious design goal all along. The user has been completely disconnected from control of anything and it is to my understanding 100% drive by wire.

Edit 2: Another possibility is simple deactivation so people can’t drive out of an area. Imagine ICE sweep an area and deactivate all software controlled cars.

Maybe Trump wants to punish a region showing defiance and disable cars, or cause them to drive to pickup locations.

Edit 3: I’m also reminded of the internal cameras that can use facial recognition to identify undesirables and can either be remotely disabled and report undesirables for ICE pickup, or self-drive as stated earlier. It seems everything about this car is designed for dual use. Weaponizing a consumer good under the guise of features and convenience.

  • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    3·
    3 hours ago

    In the door cubby, covered in everyday items, under a rubber mat then open a latch then pull the cable. In case of emergencies.

    • P1nkman@lemmy.world
      11·
      3 hours ago

      ~~Or… Just hear me out… It’s under the door handle: ~~

      Sometimes people shock me with how ignorant they are, just because they don’t like something.

      I’m the ignorant one here.

      • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        Depends on the model.

        Tesla Manual Door Release in Rear Passenger Doors (Model 3/Y)

        This one is tricky because it is hidden and difficult to open. It helps to have a flashlight too.

        Locate the rear door pocket
Remove bottom inner liner

        tesla bottom liner Remove Inner Liner

        1. Locate a square tab on the floor of the pocket (using a flashlight will help)

          Flashlight pictured is from Jowua, on Amazon

        2. Lift the square tab (this is harder than it looks and may require a small tool for leverage) tesla rear door manual release Square Tab tesla rear door manual release Lift Square Tab (may require small tool)

        3. Once the square tab is lifted, you’ll see a white foam piece. Pull the white foam piece, and the door will open

        What was that again about shocking levels of ignorance?

        • P1nkman@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 hours ago

          H… o…,… Fuck. Wait. No. Huh??

          What the actual shit??? I have a model 3 (different discussion, I hate Mush as much as the next person) , and this is not how mine is! I’m going to admit that I’m the ignorant person here, 100%!! And thank you for being pedantic, because I needed it in this thread!

          But HOLY FUCK THAT’S DUMB!!!

          I’m going to edit my comment (not remove anything).