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Re:Unofficial documentation of the Tesla Model S REST API by nolok on Thursday February 14, 2013 @11:38AM (#5220230)
It has an active 3G connection at all times and can be queried for its GPS position ? Damn, future is both exciting (tech wise) and scary (privacy wise).

Now that I think about it I'm sure it's not the only car with this, but I didn't realize before

Re:Unofficial documentation of the Tesla Model S REST API by mlnowak on Thursday February 14, 2013 @03:31PM (#5221974)
This is really actively used in fleet management domain today. Mostly for utilization analytics, fuel usage, idling detection, driver behavior etc. It is amazing how many efficiencies can be found in the data...
Re:Unofficial documentation of the Tesla Model S REST API by RandallBrown on Thursday February 14, 2013 @05:33PM (#5222943)
I believe this tracking has to be turned on by the user.