PolitiFact - Video of Elon Musk talking about a new way to unlock a Tesla is fake

No, Elon Musk did not say that Teslas have added a feature that allows vehicles to biometrically unlock and start cars with a scan of certain body parts. This video is a deepfake.

"Yeah, so the newest Tesla feature is that the seat will take a high resolution scan of your balls," Musk appears to say in the March 27 video, which includes captions of his supposed comments."You can then use your ball print to biometrically unlock and start the car. We call the tech ‘particular testicular detection.’"

This video is a deepfake. It was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our

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