Tesla server outage allegedly leaves owners unable to drive their cars

CNET ^ | 18 November 2021 | Kyle Hyatt

[blueplum]

Tesla has yet to explain the outage, but the issue appears to span the globe.

Based on several posts on Twitter, it seems that Tesla owners around the world are reporting not being able to connect their phone to their vehicle or, in some cases, not even being able to start the car.

The reports mention an unexplained "500 Internal Server Error," which is, unfortunately, a pretty generic error. The existence of he outage appears to be corroborated by the website DownDetector.com, with 74% of reports of outages referring to the app. Tesla boss Elon Musk responded to one user that he was checking on the issue,...

[Inyo-Mono]

: )

[Rebelbase]

Musk remembered the valet scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

[Revel]

Consumer reports now rates them as next to last in reliability for all cars.

[vpintheak]

What the crap!? You buy a car that needs to be connected to the o yet er to drive!?
People buy this garbage!?

[joshua c]

that is an interesting point. if they are successful in getting everyone in an EV they can shut you down with a flip of a switch

vaxx status
gun ownership
global warming

[Sapwolf]

You mean they need some kind of link over the net or other connection?

WTF?

What a silly thing for an automobile.

Worthless for a militia that needs to go local and is decentralized.

Too bad. Back to the F150 I guess. LOL!

[The Westerner]

“Can’t start your car unless you’re logged in? What can possibly go wrong?”

Said by one who knows.

[The Westerner]

Ran out of red paint?

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I prefer gasoline.

Drill baby, drill!

[griffin]

cant wait for the future delivery fleets to be crippled.

[griffin]

It’s all Rittenhouse’s and Trump’s fault.

[mad_as_he$$]

Onstar has had it for years:

https://onstarguide.com/faq/can-onstar-stop-a-stolen-vehicle/

[Mr Radical]

I’m old enough to remember those car-crash jokes, “If Microsoft Windows was an automobile...”

[wally_bert]

I hope to make a pair of fenders and a military style dash Christmas to me

Get back on the horse putting a jeep back together.

[minnesota_bound]

#38 You are a rebel.
You will soon be made to conform comrade.....

[wally_bert]

One creepy movie.

[GOPJ]

Odd timing that right after Musk starts punching-left, he gets hit by hackers.

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!

[Hot Tabasco]

What happens when you’re on a long distance trip with your EV and you misjudge the distance to the next charging station and you run out of electricity?

[RoosterRedux]

My truck has roll-up windows and a standard transmission.

I am the server.

[.44 Special]

What do you do when it blue screens on Dead Man’s Curve?
Jump!