# Tesla Wreck: No Driver **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 11, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-wreck-no-driver/941832 "2021-05-11T11:49:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-wreck-no-driver/941832/7 "2021-05-11T15:51:17Z")
Substantially every new-ish car is now doing this: sending regular telemetry back to the manufacturer. We talked about it recently in another thread: > [@"Big Brother" Auto Dealership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-auto-dealership/940713): > > Bought a new vehicle in 2019. Have had it serviced at the selling dealer, last time several months ago at 11,123 miles. Mostly in town driving so miles are below normal. I was very surprised when I got an email from the dealership asking if I would like to trade for a new vehicle as used vehicles are in high demand. My estimated mileage they listed for my vehicle was 12,597, notice- not an even number like 12,600 or even 13,000 miles. Scary part is my vehicle’s mileage was 12,602 miles. Coinci… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-wreck-no-driver/941832)._