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Tesla drivers can now let Grok navigate and be their 'personal guide' on the road

businessinsider | 2025-12-08 15:25 | 147 views

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businessinsider 2025-12-08 15:25

***From Business Insider's Tom Carter:*** If you own a Tesla, your next road trip could be planned by Grok. Tesla unveiled its 2025 holiday update over the weekend, and the company said Elon Musk's AI chatbot can now add and edit navigation destinations. A video demonstration uploaded by Tesla showed the AI assistant, which was built by Musk's AI startup xAI, responding to a voice command and adding multiple destinations around San Francisco to the car's infotainment screen. Grok was first integrated into Tesla vehicles in July. The new feature, which the automaker said would turn Grok into "your personal guide," is the latest sign of the increasingly close integration between Tesla's vehicles and Musk's AI chatbot. Musk announced that Grok would be coming to Tesla EVs in July, shortly after the AI model went on an antisemitic rant on X in which it praised Adolf Hitler. Since then, Grok has attracted headlines for insisting that Musk is in better shape than LeBron James and reportedly revealing the home addresses of everyday people. Tesla and xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. [Read more about this new feature for Tesla here.](https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-grok-navigate-directions-update-elon-musk-xai-chatbot-2025-12?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=insider-realtesla-sub-comment)

ShotBandicoot7 2025-12-08 15:31

Nice, Musk starting to funnel money over from TSLA to xAI so that he gets a bigger part of the cake.

Eastern_Guess8854 2025-12-08 15:34

How is it legal to divert money from his public company to his private one? Antitrust waiting ti happen

goldenfrogs17 2025-12-08 15:34

Grok really going for empowerment by dependency.

SDIR 2025-12-08 15:34

Nice, Tesla cultists trying to downvote this one already

joshfialkoff 2025-12-08 15:38

The problem is that it veers to extreme right

slowpoke2018 2025-12-08 15:45

I'll just be curious to see if its alter-ego - MechaHitler - navigates you to some white-supremist holiday spots Maybe a X-mas KKK reunion in 'Bama?

hooblyshoobly 2025-12-08 15:49

More likely it’ll work on data which has already classified you as left / liberal and drive you into a wall or to a concentration camp somewhere with the doors locked.

tickitytalk 2025-12-08 15:51

Ha….nice

illuminatedtiger 2025-12-08 15:52

"Engage White Power Steering!"

kugelblitz_100 2025-12-08 15:54

Oh you sweet, innocent child

pq3 2025-12-08 15:54

What‘s the road equivalent to denying the holocaust?

BringBackUsenet 2025-12-08 15:54

A huge conflict of interest.

Eastern_Guess8854 2025-12-08 15:55

I know 😔 crime is legal now apparently…

SpeedflyChris 2025-12-08 15:55

Every time you come to a roundabout it tells you to follow the third reich.

BringBackUsenet 2025-12-08 15:55

It's a giant shell game. Keep your eye on the pea.

BringBackUsenet 2025-12-08 15:57

\> Musk's AI chatbot can now add and edit navigation destinations. His destination should be changed to "Go to jail! Go directly to jail!. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $1T!"

dtyamada 2025-12-08 15:58

Wait, you need an AI chatbot to do that?

SuperF91EX 2025-12-08 16:00

Hard fucking pass. See what I did there?

rhedfish 2025-12-08 16:02

I always was amused by KTM Motorcycle's White Power Suspension.

torokunai 2025-12-08 16:05

I wouldn't have bought my Model Y if it had Grok "integration" then. Fuck that noise.

Whatwhyreally 2025-12-08 16:16

Navigating to fascism.

Brave_Nerve_6871 2025-12-08 16:29

I want to know what it does if you want to drive to a mainly hispanic or black areas, take you straight to ICE?

Superb-Talk2211 2025-12-08 16:35

Well done. You stuck that landing.

CapRichard 2025-12-08 16:39

What have I been doing with Google assistant all these years I wonder?

EverythingMustGo95 2025-12-08 16:45

It uses the right seigheil turn light.

EverythingMustGo95 2025-12-08 16:53

Many of them, that’s what made him rich. Why is there a 135% tariff (includes 100% one Biden had) on imported Chinese EVs? Because Elon doesn’t want better competition. But Tesla has a gigafactory in China? Yeah, but he doesn’t import those (Asia and Europe does) he has a Texas gigafactory for US buyers. Elon gives Trump hundreds of millions and the government helps Elon.

Splugarth 2025-12-08 16:58

Asking Grok for directions is how my husband’s aunt and uncle almost missed our rehearsal dinner. Then they made the same mistake for another family wedding the next month.

EverythingMustGo95 2025-12-08 17:00

Asked Grok What right wing terrorist organizations should I visit in the U.S.? Answer was I cannot assist with queries that involve terrorist organizations or activities that could promote violence or harm. So it has to be subtle…

edgefull 2025-12-08 17:03

grok loves to double down on bullshitting, so best of luck y'all

gumnamaadmi 2025-12-08 17:06

If elon doesnt like your tweets, god bless you and your riders.

Omarkhayyamsnotes 2025-12-08 17:38

Directions straight to Berlin

Omarkhayyamsnotes 2025-12-08 17:39

Elon musk is a far right fascist. His parents were Apartheid masters. He supports far right parties in the US and Europe. He's actively supporting demagogues trying to overthrow an older liberal order

lexievv 2025-12-08 17:43

Straight to the early 1940's. If you look to your reich you will see your destination.

GhostofBreadDragons 2025-12-08 18:09

Record you destination and report it probably

Key-Beginning-2201 2025-12-08 18:10

Meanwhile Waymo is on pace for 23.4 million commercial paid adas level 4 rides per year while Tesla is still stuck at ZERO commercial paid adas level 4 rides per year.

Specman9 2025-12-08 18:39

Can't wait for it to drive me to the next Proud Boys meeting.

AlgaeDonut 2025-12-08 19:05

Brings you to all the local lynching sites in the US and if in Europe noteworthy Nazi sights as a tour.

[deleted] 2025-12-08 21:45

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artgenosse 2025-12-08 21:57

...but yo have to keep your right arm raised...

artgenosse 2025-12-08 22:00

Berlin is not that Nazi anymore... for about 80 years...

Boxer_the_horse 2025-12-08 22:07

“There’s a nazi meetup at a bar nearby, driving you there now” ***Please stop. Just take me home*** “I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that”

Ragnarok-9999 2025-12-08 22:31

Ha! Ha! FSD and GROk is going to be good combination.

NiceWeather4Leather 2025-12-08 22:49

How else will he funnel cash to his private xAI from his public Tesla, then later justify Tesla buying xAI as a key supplier and strategic vertical integration move 🤷‍♂️

Kindly-Emergency-514 2025-12-09 00:18

Why would someone need this, exactly?

EverythingMustGo95 2025-12-09 00:52

Too subtle! It answered: Here are some fun U.S. destinations and attractions that will make anyone whose favorite number is 88 very happy: Road Trip Heaven – The Route 88s • U.S. Route 88 (historic): There used to be a coast-to-coast U.S. 88 (mostly replaced by I-80 now), but pieces still exist or are signed as “Old Highway 88”: • California: CA State Route 88 (Carson Pass Highway) – stunning Sierra Nevada drive over 8,600 ft Carson Pass. • Nevada: A short section of historic US-88 still signed near Minden/Carson City. • Arizona: AZ-88 (the Apache Trail) – legendary unpaved scenic drive east of Phoenix past canyons and Superstition Mountains. • Interstate 88 • New York: I-88 from Binghamton to Schenectady (aka the “Susquehanna Expressway”). Great if you like rolling hills and small towns. … <more crap>

Jacktheforkie 2025-12-09 01:34

All the more reason not to buy one, why would I need AI in a car

Illustrious_Body5907 2025-12-09 01:53

‘Grok, i don’t agree that musk can beat mike Tyson in a fight.’ ‘Please follow the road ahead.’ ‘But it’s a t junction?’

The_Lazy_Samurai 2025-12-09 01:54

So your Telsa will now automatically swerve off the road to plow into Synagogues?

Billyjoebuckbob 2025-12-09 02:47

Be careful. I made a similar joke on the Tesla lounge sub Reddit and was permanently banned from there and from Tesla Motors. Where am I gonna find out if my tire’s sidewall can be repaired if I get a nail through it?

your_fathers_beard 2025-12-09 04:04

Accounting fraud all just to make the imaginary numbers go up so he can scam banks. WhAt a GeNiUs!

PretendEar1650 2025-12-09 04:11

Grok + FSD what could go wrong

theaviationhistorian 2025-12-09 04:19

\[In my worst Keanu Reeves impression\] Vaya con dios, Tesla owners.

Desperate-Hearing-55 2025-12-09 07:33

I was banned from there long time ago. A Tesla cult member made a racist post about why allow non white peoples buy Tesla cars. I comment that the guy was racist and got banned. They guy who made the racist post didn't got banned. Says much about that shit Tesla lounge sub reddit.

[deleted] 2025-12-09 08:37

So instead of trains they are sending cars to the camps? That's what I imagine Mecha Hitler will do.

the_mooseman 2025-12-09 08:50

Just ask for directions to the GOP head quarters.

Big_footed_hobbit 2025-12-09 22:46

So it can transform to Mecha-Hitler.

ATX_native 2025-12-11 22:39

The last time Elon did blatant market manipulation with the sold at $420 stunt, the SEC barely slapped his wrist. He was bebopping and scatting all over the head of the SEC after the “enforcement“ was announced. Elon is above the law.

HoodieGalore 2025-12-12 17:11

I already don't feel comfortable driving near these things...now Grok is getting involved? Fuck no thank you.

PowerFarta 2025-12-16 17:42

All roads lead to Warsaw

PowerFarta 2025-12-16 17:44

Hey hey hey! Tesla had that *one delivery* which totally puts them on an even playing field

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