> The Ctrl-Bar doesn't send commands to the vehicle directly. It instead connects via Bluetooth to the driver's smartphone, which must be running the Tesla app

> The Ctrl-Bar doesn't send commands to the vehicle directly. It instead connects via Bluetooth to the driver's smartphone, which must be running the Tesla app What kind of insanity is this? It's almost like they want it to fail so they can say "see, no buttons is better." Every time I get in my model 3, I have to manually reconnect my phone over Bluetooth. About a third of the time, the Tesla app crashes. Edit: I mistakenly thought Tesla was releasing this. They aren't. Doesn't change what I said, though it makes a bit more sense now.