Cell Phones

For those of you who are thinking, “Is he like totally ignorant of how cell phones work?” : I am pretty close to totally ignorant of how cell phones work. I don’t know how to: listen to music; delete an app; move my apps around on the (desktop?); send a text to someone who hasn’t first sent me one; do almost anything online. I spend (many) whole days without my cell phone because I didn’t grab it on my way out the door.

So that’s why I had so much trouble understanding how to get music on my phone in a way that I could actually play it. I have a printed out copy of my boarding pass for tomorrow folded up in my wallet, because I didn’t know where the boarding pass would go if I clicked “digital copy.” Etc.

Why is this important? It’s important because a Tesla doesn’t have a key. To get it locked and unlocked, and to start and drive it, you need a specialized device.

A cell phone.

More specifically, a cell phone with an app that is attuned to your specific car. A cell phone that is charged. A cell phone that is in your pocket and not on the nightstand back home.

Wish me luck.