2012 Tesla Model S prototype(credit: tesla cars)

See that big display in the middle?  The Tesla CEO has announced that there will be support for third party apps on that screen.  That makes me wonder if they've considered that anything with support for third party appls will have malware made for it.  And if they've considered just what malware could do to an entirely electrically controlled car!

"Musk made the announcement during the question-and-answer portion of his keynote speech at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco. He was wearing jeans and a plaid shirt in a standing-room-only crowd full of suits.

'We want people to develop car-specific applications [for the Model S],” he told the audience. “And text-to-speech technology can address some of the issues with driver distraction.'"

Source:  Green Car Reports