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oriel | 11 months ago

That's always been the catch for me; its an always-on remotely controlled camera-mobile, of which you happen to sit in the drivers seat and pretend you own while it drives you around dangerously.

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averageRoyalty|11 months ago

Aside from the gimmicky "summon mode", what remote control are you talking about?

oriel|11 months ago

Simply being always-online and sending telemetry, doesnt preclude the ability to remotely intercede in the car's operations.

I think there's precedent with the OnStar system in other cars, and there has anecdotally been evidence of various systems being operable by some kind of admin terminal.

I think "summon mode" is actually a great demonstration of how you can remotely access and do some form of piloting the car without a driver. There's also the disabling of features remotely on resale, and probably other examples.