Tesla Update Allows Drivers To Play Video Games

The New York Times reports:

Not long after buying a Tesla Model 3 this summer, Vince Patton saw a YouTube clip highlighting a feature that took him by surprise: three video games that can be played on the large touch screen mounted in front of the dashboard — while driving down the road.

“I thought surely that can’t be right,” Mr. Patton, a retiree in Lake Oswego, Ore. But in a parking lot, he gave it a try, and he was able to play a solitaire game on the Model 3 while in motion. “I’m astonished. To me, it just seems inherently dangerous.”

The automaker added the games in an over-the-air software update that was sent to most of its cars this summer. They can be played by a driver or by a passenger in full view of the driver, raising fresh questions about whether Tesla is compromising safety as it rushes to add new technologies and features in its cars.

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Tesla this year began letting drivers play games on the large touch screen in its cars while cars are moving, raising a new safety concern. @nealboudette reports https://t.co/UNRqwoaQ5S

— Vikas Bajaj (@vikasbajaj) December 7, 2021