As the poster right above you mentioned, the local bluetooth functions don't work unless the app recently connected to the Tesla servers.
Are there teslas without physical "key" cards of fobs?
Are there teslas without physical "key" cards of fobs?
I was unaware of the outage and did my normal routine obliviously and without ever opening the App. When I read about the outage, I opened the app and it basically gave me the middle finger. For shits and giggles I tried to use the car and it still worked.
So I'm not sure how the Phone talks to the Car but for me, on Android, the App losing it's mind didn't kill my phone's ability to drive the car.
I also carry my card with me at all times in case something happens to my phone. Seeing as how the replacements are only $25, I might pick up one or two just in case.
I'd bet that a good number of owners don't always carry them around though.
A lot of newer tech products seem intended to move us to a place where we don't need to carry separate wallets/keys alongside our phones. That's a reasonable goal.
Look at how popular credit card phone cases are!
[1]: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/tesla-driver-napping...
Tesla sells the fob for $150 which is normal for car keys.
It sells the keycard for $25 which is only $5 more than my office charged to replace a lost access badge.
No
I've seen articles of people using Java cards to create a Model 3 key card that works, but it wasn't possible to clone an existing card. They created a card, then had to use an existing authorized card (or phone) to unlock and turn on the car, then use the car's tablet screen to add the created card to the list of authorized cards.