On today’s challenging episode of Quick Charge, Elon seems serious about rebuilding the Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, there are questions about Tesla’s record-setting weekend in Canada, and lots, lots more.
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Looking at all the Tesla protests and Twitter hacker attacks, consider this: Tesla "mothership" servers have the capability to remotely connect to any Tesla car anywhere at any time and execute any code on the car. Tesla has used this capability many times in the past, including for downloading logs from crashed Tesla cars remotely and also for disabling DC charging capability of Tesla cars that were declared to be in "salvage" status. Model 3 and Y cars also have the capability to "run" the motors in "idle" to generate excess heat to be used for battery and interior preconditioning if the heat pump does not work or is insufficient.
Now imagine what kind of mess would happen if some hacker would hack into Tesla, set all cars to "salvage" mode, disable DC charging or make all motors generate as much heat as possible (while disabling coolant circulation). Tesla is the only car company in the world that has such glaring security voulnerability and they have it by design.
In other news, we’ve got a hot tub you can sail around a lake, a 140-ton electric hoverboard from Liebherr, a $1,000 electric pickup from China, questions about the effectiveness of EV rebates in general, and a 0% interest deal on an all-new electric Dodge Charger Daytona.
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- Destroyed Cybertruck used in Vegas bombing is for sale, Musk said Tesla would rebuild it
- Spacruzzi opens 2025 reservations for limited builds of its all-electric hot tub boats
- Liebherr developing giant, 140-ton Segway-style autonomous haulers
- Tesla made a suspicious number of rebate requests on last days of Canadian EV incentive
- Harbinger guarantees incentive pricing to combat Trump Administration chaos
- All the EVs (and one PHEV) you can buy with 0% financing in March 2025 [update]
- These are the cheapest EVs you can lease in March at under $300 a month
- Remember that $2,000 electric mini-truck I bought from China? Now they’re down to $1,000
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