In recent years, cops have begun using the EVs large data troves to assist with investigations.
In many cases, police will get the drivers permission before they reach the data inside the vehicles.
Police took advantage of video recorded by a nearby Tesla to aid their investigation.
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Ultimately, two men were arrested several weeks later and charged with murder, the newspaper reports.
Gizmodo reached out to the Oakland Police Department for comment but did not receive an immediate response.
The privacy threat posed by Elon Musks cars has been obvious for quite some time.
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