FLflutas·Aug 29, 2025
In Tesla said it didn't have key data in a fatal crash, then a hacker found itteslamotors
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teslamotors / linux
linux
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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5 sourcesThey check in periodically, mostly for posterity: https://github.com/teslamotors/linux
Nobody can blame them for choosing the right tool for the job, but many held them in contempt for license violation.
In Ractor – a Rust Actor FrameworkHappy to see Tesla /finally/ make some traction on GPL compliance.
Some additional context [1]:
I’m reaching out you since you are someone who has expressed interest
or requested open source code from Tesla in the past.
We would like to let you know that we now have two repositories on
GitHub that might be of interest.
You can find them here:
https://github.com/teslamotors/buildroot
https://github.com/teslamotors/linux
Today they contain the buildroot material that is used to build the
system image on our Autopilot platform, and the kernel sources
for those boards as well as the Nvidia Tegra-based infotainment
system in Model S/X. It is expected to be amended with material for
other systems in the car in the near future.
Currently the material that is there is representative of the 2018.12
release, but i
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t will be updated with new versions corresponding to new
releases over time.
It does not contain the proprietary applications Tesla has built on top of
this system image such as the actual Autopilot software stack,
Nvidia proprietary binaries, etc.
Work is underway on preparing sources in other areas as well, together with a
more coordinated information page. We wanted to let you know about this
material as it is available now while work continues on the other parts.
For further questions, please contact opensource@tesla.com.
[1] https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/tesla-releases-some-...