Did Tesla remotely deactivate a Cybertruck in the course of a freeway as a result of the proprietor featured it in an unauthorized music video? It’s extremely unlikely.
On Sunday, Instagram person @bighuey313 posted a video of his supposed deactivated Cybertruck, full with a flashing purple warning message on the truck’s predominant touchscreen. “Canine wtf my cybertruck simply shut off on the freeway! 😡” he wrote within the caption. “Virtually simply crashed wtf @teslamotors.”
The proprietor additionally posted an image of what he claimed was a cease-and-desist letter from Tesla’s vice chairman of authorized affairs, Dinna Eskin. The letter cites “unauthorized use of Tesla’s mental property in musical content material distributed underneath your identify.”
The video shortly went viral on BlueSky, the place anti-Elon Musk sentiment has helped gasoline nationwide protests in opposition to Tesla. However customers shortly observed numerous discrepancies, equivalent to the truth that the letter opens “We symbolize Tesla” regardless of being signed by the corporate’s in-house counsel. The letter additionally makes use of Eskin’s outdated title, “Sr. Director and Deputy Normal Counsel,” despite her current title of VP. And the warning message isn’t formatted like Tesla’s typical in-vehicle alerts and notifications. An X user speculated that the flashing purple title was possible only a YouTube video enjoying on fullscreen to simulate a professional error.
Regardless of these points, the video went viral on BlueSky, X, and Reddit — and sure will proceed to journey far and vast, confirming many individuals’s prior opinions about Tesla and Elon Musk.