It is child's play to order software upgrades for electric cars from Tesla.
This has now been proven by a baby who bought an expensive self-drive package.
Palo Alto - Tesla makes it easy for car owners to order software upgrades for their vehicles.
Three taps on the Tesla app are enough to buy an extra.
This even seems like a baby when you look at the video by the Tiktok user “stayfitstaylit”.
It must be stated in advance that all new Tesla models are equipped with the hardware for the autopilot functionality as standard.
If you did not order this functionality at the time of purchase, it can be purchased later via software update.
In the USA, Tesla bills $ 10,000 plus tax for this, in Germany it's 7500 euros.
Ten-month-old baby shops at Tesla: Purchase cannot be canceled after 48 hours
“Our son has decided that we need the self-drive package that we discussed earlier,” says the Tiktok user, briefly describing the situation.
A purchase confirmation is initially shown in the video.
It says “Product Puchased: Full Self-Driving Capability”.
There is also a note that such transactions cannot be reversed after 48 hours, which is still important.
Then the innocent smiling "culprit" is faded in.
@stayfitstaylit
Well our son decided we needed the self driving package we debated on before 🥲😬💀 #tesla #teslaworld #ohno #foryou #fyp
♬ Oh no - Kreepa
The family didn't notice the purchase until the money, $ 10,000 plus tax, was debited from their bank account.
The account details are usually stored in the Tesla profile.
But the 48-hour period for a reversal had already passed.
Desperate, the user asks the question: "Why is there no password or a security measure before making this purchase?"
But apparently they have come to terms with the accidental purchase of the son in the meantime.
Another video snippet shows how the father, with the smartphone in his hand, lets a white Model X roll towards him from the garage without a driver at the wheel.
This is apparently the Smart Summon function of the Full Self-Driving Suite.
Ten-month-old baby shops at Tesla: Adults also make unintentional purchases
According to the
Teslamag
portal, it was
thanks to
a similar incident
that there is even the 48-hour period for a reversal of app purchases from Tesla
.
In January 2020, the prominent author and Tesla owner Nicholas Taleb complained on Twitter that he accidentally touched the upgrade button on the Tesla app with his smartphone in his pocket and bought an option for $ 4,333.
However, the support refused to cancel the purchase.
Tesla boss Elon Musk promised to take care of it.
A little later, Tesla introduced the return option within two days.
In the case of the baby's purchase, however, this was of no use.