They stated that the remote summon feature was used. Its a well known feature of Teslas FSD system, not some random event.

Given the plausibility of the circumstances, we’d need an official statement from Tesla to debunk it.

Not confident statements with no backing evidence.

Smart summon is triggered through an API call over cellular network, true or false?

Assuming the request is cryptographically signed or else originates over an encrypted connection, is the certificate in the hands of the car owner, or Tesla?

QED, whether or not cops make shit up, Tesla has the capability to remote command teslas. If they are smart, they will prevent you from sending destinations to autopilot navigation over the same API. But anyway if they can push updates OTA w/o user interaction, it's all moot, I, Robot style

>Tesla cannot remotely update the software.

Why would you have any reason to believe this? Honestly speaking, believing they couldn't would be buying into propaganda.

Just because you responded three times does not make you right. The ability to trigger an update from your phone is possible, Tesla can and does remotely start and stop updates in case of an issue downloading, and either way they own the stack all up and can change any behavior at any time.

It must be nice to be ignorant.

Prove it? Link the repo

> Updates are not automatic. You choose when to install them. People can and regularly do, wait long periods of time before updating.

Says Tesla's software, which can be changed or can be lying.

IIRC, one self-described ex-Telsa firmware guy recounted on some story where he or his team scripted running some SSH commands on a bunch of vehicles to fix some bug they pushed that wouldn't have been able to fix otherwise.

Demonstrably false. Prior to the M3 release, someone with an MS discovered its existence in the firmware.

Tesla disabled his ethernet port in the vehicle, automatically downgraded the firmware to another version which didn't have references, and then blocked the car from getting future upgrades.

-User mode updates- may not be automatic - that does nothing to prove that Tesla cannot update a vehicle without interaction.

Updates are also not generally delivered via cellular, unless they're classified as critical.

Tesla owns the entire stack. They choose when to update, it just happens to be easier and more pleasant to give people the choice. Given that you can trigger the update via the mobile app, there is clearly support for remote updates. And if you as an owner can do it, then Tesla certainly can, even if they choose not to.

Is that by policy or by technology? If it's a confirmation button on a screen, I'm betting it's only policy that stops them from updating the software without permission.

Anyone who develops software is going to say "yes they can". The optional aspect is just its normal behavior, but there will be a forced upgrade mode in there for if they ever need it.