Vehicle data
Video recording and remote control: Tesla is always in control
What happened before and during the Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas? Tesla seems to be able to reconstruct this – they apparently have comprehensive access to the vehicles.
The explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump Tower in Las Vegas is still troubling the American authorities. Investigators no longer believe it was a terrorist attack. However, officials have not fully completed their investigation. Tesla supplies the material for police work itself, among other things.
Shortly after the explosion, company boss Elon Musk spoke out via . “We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by a very large firecracker and/or bomb in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and had nothing to do with the vehicle itself. All of the vehicle’s telemetry equipment was positive at the time of the explosion,” explained he publicly.
Videos of the vehicle and Tesla remote control
However, access to pure telemetry data is not all that Tesla was able to contribute to the investigation. As Sheriff Kevin McMahill explained to “”, his agency received videos from Tesla, for example, of charging stations that allowed them to trace the man’s journey. Tesla also opened the vehicle for investigators via remote control.
According to “”, it is currently not clear whether the release of the recordings was ordered by a judge. The magazine also reports that Tesla also transmitted footage from the vehicle’s cameras.
According to “Wirtschaftswoche”, this shows “how comprehensively the company records the driving behavior, travel routes and apparently also interior and exterior photos of its customers”.
The fact that Tesla stores data is no secret. So far, however, the company has always made it clear that everything is stored anonymously. The current case, the report continues, proves the opposite.
Modern cars need a lot of data
It is not the first time that Tesla’s extensive data collection has come under criticism. In 2023 it emerged that Tesla employees had been sharing customer recordings internally for years. “”, among others, reported about this at the time.
Modern cars and hermetically sealed cybersecurity definitely stand in the way. In order for driving assistants to learn effectively, vehicle data, including videos, must be evaluated. This is partly done by machines, but training artificial intelligence has not yet been possible without human help. And how anonymous can recordings be if the exact vehicle and location are clear?
Source: Stern
I’m a recent graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism. I started working as a news reporter for 24 Hours World about two years ago, and I’ve been writing articles ever since. My main focus is automotive news, but I’ve also written about politics, lifestyle, and entertainment.
