As a model y juniper owner this is really fucked up. Full stop this will forever be in my brain when it comes time to buy my daughter her vehicle in 2 years. This is a brand destroyer for Tesla. i really hope it's fake.
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There is absolutely no reason an electric car (or any car) should be 'phoning home'. I am completely opted out of that ecosystem, all my vehicles were manufactured well before that became a thing, even my ev.
OK, it is confirmed to be fake. Thank God!
Yes but, they do have the power to do this: https://theoffroading.com/can-tesla-shut-down-your-car-remot...
One of the reasons I refuse to own any car that can phone home.
> This feature allows Tesla owners to remotely disable their vehicles using the Tesla app on their smartphones.
This is fake news. The article reads like someone asked ChatGPT to describe “the Tesla remote shutdown feature”.
Also, I have a Tesla and there is no such button in the app.
Also, “theoffroading.com” is the only thing that comes up when you Google “Tesla remote shutdown app”
Please do more thorough research before making statements about things you clearly don’t know anything about.