Apparently the multiple Tesla owners on this thread and online are all just spreading FUD about how they can't open their own cars this morning...
As other commenters have noted, the problem arises if your Tesla app needs to update its license or whatever this morning. If it did, you're SOL until they fix the bug. If it didn't, like apparently your wife's Tesla app, then you won't experience the problem.
I wouldn't call it FUD. I wasn't aware of any outage and just went about my day dropping the kiddo off at Daycare this morning without issue.
I just now opened up the App to see if I was affected and it gave the usually "Waking up car" message before kicking me out to a splash screen that says "No Products Found\r\nJoin the Mission"(https://i.imgur.com/n34IKUc.png). When I try to view my account it displays an error (https://i.imgur.com/JnD6gev.png).
And with the App in that state I just checked and the car let me put it in gear. So even without my key(card) it still recognized me.
Idk what's going on but I wouldn't outright dismiss it as FUD.
Appears to be some confusion. I was calling the parent comment to my reply FUD, not the claims by Tesla owners about not being able to unlock their cars.
So I noticed the app would not connect earlier when I went to lunch so I just hopped in an drove to and from the store. I did use the app to open the frunk but I did not bother to see if it would sync up to the car.
However in the name of science I swiped the app off the phone so I had to restart it. Still could use my car. Now if the app is not loaded I cannot use the car. So I start the app and instantly I can use my car.
Now let me make it clear, at no time has the app forgotten which car I own. I am not sure how that falls off the app if it cannot connect? I am using an iPhone if that matters.
My Mac App, ValetforTesla of course cannot find the car as it needs to get back to the mothership.
On a side note, I had similar issues with my Volt's app when OnStar went on the blink but that car relies on the fob to unlock the car and drive off, all I lost was stats and ability to remote start.
I mean, I agree with you that Elon is typically full of shit, but it's FUD because it's not a problem in real life, the bluetooth isn't always reliable in the general case anyway, anyone who relies on the car in a practical sense understands that the key-card is the key, not the phone.
Every outage is a "real problem", I'm using a turn of phrase to express that it's not at all a big deal. Instead of the car magically unlocking and starting from your mere presence you must deign to reach for the physical key like some type of barbarian.
As other commenters have noted, the problem arises if your Tesla app needs to update its license or whatever this morning. If it did, you're SOL until they fix the bug. If it didn't, like apparently your wife's Tesla app, then you won't experience the problem.