They require a cellphone connection, weirdo stalker.
“Tesla cars have prepaid cellular connections for mapping/navigation, voice recognition, bug reporting, software updates and entertainment (including streaming audio with different services depending on the region and a web browser). The car also provides telemetry data to Tesla to help it improve Autopilot and maps.”
“Tesla cars have prepaid cellular connections “
So does my Mustang and both run fine without a cellular connection.