Tesla’s next car will seamlessly unlock with UWB, FCC leak suggests

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeApple and Samsung have been quietly contributing to a new technology to find and seamlessly unlock your car with your phone, without even pulling it out of your pocket — and Tesla may be one of the first with the tech. Tesla is actively working on building UWB into its cars, according to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission.
On September 9th, the company submitted six new “products” for the FCC’s consideration, including two key fobs, a security controller, and a number of “endpoints” that would be installed inside the frame and cabin of a vehicle:
According to the FCC documents, at least three of those products explicitly support UWB communication.
What’s more, Tesla’s FCC filing is unusual in…

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