Product design question

Design a Grok feature that integrates with Tesla vehicles.

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What this question tests

Product design in a safety-critical physical environment, very different constraints from a chat interface.

Clarify the context: a driver's attention must stay on the road, so any Grok feature must minimize visual and cognitive load.
State the use case: voice-first assistance for tasks like trip planning, explaining a dashboard alert, or answering a question without touching the screen.
Propose the feature: a voice-activated Grok that can access vehicle context, like battery range or nearby charging stations, to give grounded, actionable answers.
Address safety constraints explicitly: disable or heavily restrict any feature requiring visual attention or typing while the vehicle is in motion.
Define success: task completion rate via voice without requiring a screen touch, and no measurable increase in distraction-related safety incidents.

Leads with voice-first design as the core safety constraint, not an afterthought, given the driving context.
Grounds the feature in real vehicle data, like range and charging status, making it genuinely useful rather than a generic chatbot bolted onto a dashboard.
Explicitly designs against distraction, restricting any screen-heavy interaction while driving, which shows real safety awareness.
Proposes a concrete, safety-focused success metric alongside a usage metric, since a merely popular feature that increases distraction would be a failure.

Designing a feature that assumes visual or typed interaction while driving, ignoring the safety-critical context.
Treating this like a generic assistant feature without grounding it in actual vehicle telemetry and context.

How would you test this feature for distraction risk before shipping?
What would the experience look like differently when the car is parked versus moving?