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What exactly is unsafe about their API now? It's not like you can drive the car with it.

I think you are underestimating what the electronics on the car control. The speed, the breaks and how they behave. when you crash, the airbags, the cooling system, how the steering wheel moves, etc...

It might not be able to drive itself, but it can definitely control how fast and its direction, which would be super scary for some random dev to have any impact on.

I use the api and there’s none of that in the api which is why I ask. It sounds like you’re just guessing it’s something it can do. The only thing that allows the car to be driven with is summon mode but that requires you to be within a set range and as far as I know hasn’t been reverse engineered.

That's correct, the drivetrain is completely separate from what you can access from the outside.

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