Dad uses Tesla's Summon mode to put the fear of robotics into his son

Not everyone is prepared for the age of autonomous cars.
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Adario Strange
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Dad uses Tesla's Summon mode to put the fear of robotics into his son
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The Tesla's Summon feature is now a well known feature of the electric car -- but not everyone is up to date on the car's autonomous mode, which makes playing pranks that much easier.

In this case, the prank is played by a father on his son, who innocently sits in the Tesla when it suddenly stirs to life and begins moving. The kid is understandably panicky and even tries asking the car to stop. (Hey, would you have grabbed the wheel at such a young age in that situation? Yeah, right.)

The freak out only lasts a few seconds as the dad, who caught everything via a hidden GoPro, shows up and stops the car while grinning at his son's robot takeover panic. We don't advise anyone try this on their own family, but this is video is a great peek into our collective societal transition from expecting to manually control cars into the age of expecting cars to operate on their own

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