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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.

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psud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
They can be opened with a battery angle grinder

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Lodespawn@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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.

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- FeloniousPunk@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’m guessing they unlocked his Tesla account, not the actual vehicle. Because there’s no way that thing was functional in any way.
  
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  - Lodespawn@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    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.
    
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halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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.

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