Real answer: Tesla would be acquired before filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Theoretical answer: The cars would continue to function as cars, but network-dependent features like Autopilot and remote unlocking/monitoring would cease.
Theoretical answer: The cars would continue to function as cars, but network-dependent features like Autopilot and remote unlocking/monitoring would cease.
It's going to Chapter 7 - Liquidation.
Funding secured
now I did not need to use a super charger but one would hope they don't need network access to work and would just keep a local database of cars that are allowed. would be damn silly to require a call to the mothership for each charging session.
With the key card?
https://www.tesla.com/autopilot
> Tesla’s Enhanced Autopilot software has begun rolling out and features will continue to be introduced as validation is completed, subject to regulatory approval.
http://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/bankruptcy/bankruptcy...
There is virtually no question that the Supercharger network will be bought by someone in the event of Tesla going under -- another car company, or another company that already operates a charging network, or even a new company formed to run the network. The new owner would almost certainly open it up to non-Tesla customers if that's at all possible, too. I don't think this is just true of this network, either; I have little doubt that all of Tesla will be bought if they collapse, although they might be broken up and bought piecemeal.
If I was forced to make a prediction for Tesla's fate, though, this wouldn't be it. I think it's most likely that Tesla will be bought in total by another carmaker within four years, and it will continue as a semi-independent brand for years past that, with its technology being diffused through the rest of their new owner's properties -- and vice-versa.
But, it begs a question about such system in the long-term. If we look at the electric car segment of all transport, as it replaces ICEs over time - the systems they rely on to function are bigger than a single brand.