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Agreed. Your opinion is an unpopular one, albeit one I share. There are far too many cases where security is getting removed in the name of convenience, and t

• URSpider94 12y ago
  It's important to look at this in the context of overall auto theft trends. Auto theft has dropped by more than 50% over the past decade, driven mostly by the broad use of smart keys. (http://www.iii.org/issue-update/auto-theft http://www.iii.org/issue-update/auto-theft). The lion's share of the thefts are of older cars (mentioned in the above cite) -- thefts of 2013 vehicles number in the hundreds. Further, a Tesla has a GPS, sophisticated processor, and a 4G WAN. It would be easy enough to have the car report back to the owner if it's being driven without sensing the key, and give the owner the option to route a theft report and live location of the vehicle to police with one click. That's something I wished for in my revenge fantasies when my car was stolen a decade ago. We could do more, sure -- but it's hard to argue that we are making cars less secure, or even that car security should be a major care-about for the buyer.
  • greglindahl 12y ago
    The main issue with newer cars is people stealing your stuff from your unlocked car. The Tesla app does show the car location on a map; they don't have a "report to police" option, but they aren't that far away from it. BTW the Tesla modem is 3G.