A few days ago, a rapper shared a video of his Tesla Cybertruck screen and said the company had decided to remotely deactivate the EV truck.

Days later, this person also shared a ‘cease and desist’ letter received by Tesla.

The company responded and called both things ‘fake’.

But people are pointing out something in the comment section.

Tesla said it did not remotely deactivate the Cybertruck

A Tesla Cybertruck owner went viral with a video depicting his Cybertruck screen going crazy and showing a message that said the car was being deactivated remotely.

Days later, he shared a cease and desist letter they reportedly received from Tesla, apparently because he made a song titled Cybertruck.

Tesla said the video was fake – as was the cease and desist letter – and that the company does not deactivate cars remotely.

Even though the video – and the story – was fake, some people in the comment section had a question to ask.

Can automakers remotely ‘kill’ your car?

A lot of users said Tesla should sue the person in question for spreading fake news, which is a fair point.

But an X owner made another good point by asking a very important question

“But you do have that capability, do you not?” an X user asked.

In the olden days, it would’ve been impossible for an automaker to remotely interact with a vehicle because the technology simply wasn’t good enough for that.

But it is today, which means that, in theory, automakers are technically capable of controlling and interacting with EVs remotely.

After all, that’s exactly what happens with OAT, or Over The Air, updates.

A while back, Xiaomi halved the amount of horsepower that owners could use in their SU7 Ultra because some were driving too fast.

Xiaomi partly backtracked, mostly because people complained about it, but it apparently did happen.

And, according to The Guardian newspaper in the UK, Ford has apparently applied for a patent to remotely repossess cars after missed payments.