The hack involves a person near the car and an accomplice positioned near the owner's NFC card or Tesla key-enabled smartphone. The hacker near your Model Y uses a Proxmark RDV4.0 RFID tool and ...

Tesla knew this long ago when they launched the Model 3 and Model Y without a key fob. Later though, the company backtracked and offered a key fob via Tesla’s online shop.

In Rodriguez’s scenario, attackers can steal a Tesla Model Y as long as they can position themselves within about two inches of the owner’s NFC card or mobile phone with a Tesla virtual key on ...

That’s because the Y is not only Tesla’s most popular model but has also long topped charts as the best-selling EV worldwide. Some automotive analytics groups have even crowned the Y as the ...

Musk suggested that the push towards self-driving technologies in America makes the Tesla Model Y L less of a priority for US release.