I do nautical marine research as a side-gig.
Embedded in the GPS units of an ocean yacht (of which there are typically 3 GPS units tracking the same course at all times and worth $1.3 million each), is a 'location chip' which is linked to the National Registry of that yacht, which then transmits the yacht's location via satellite 24/7 whether anyone is aboard the yacht or not.
That electronic transmission is made either once a day or once every minute (or anything in-between), depending on how the yacht's owner has it set up. It cannot be turned off completely if the ship's electrical system is to remain powered.
The only way to disconnect that electronic link from yacht to satellite is to disconnect the yacht's battery(s) from the main DC power buss. Doing so will cause the yacht to become electronically invisible from tracking, which is fine if you're okay with being towed like a wooden raft everywhere you want to go with the lights out and the window shades drawn.
That same 'location chip' is found within the onboard computer system of cars and trucks that were built within the last 25 years. That information is useless in most cases to the owner of the car if they don't have a nav system tied to their luxury upgrades, but that GPS location information is still there and is fully operational at all times, but is useful only to the police in this case.
If you went missing along with your car and then someone called the police to report you and the car missing, the police would then put your name as a 'search' into their database.
If you owned the car that you went missing in, the police are able to immediately locate your vehicle's position as long as battery power is available on your missing car. Your name is connected to the vehicle as being the vehicle's registered owner. Therefore, if they locate your car, they will locate you as well, assuming you haven't walked away from it and hitch-hiked to California.
If you were involved in a bank robbery but then fled the scene with the loot and someone got the license plate number of your car as you sped away, the police merely put your license plate number into their database.
This done by the Officer who attended the bank robbery in his patrol car, at which point the location of that getaway vehicle is sent electronically from the getaway car to the cop's GPS screen in his patrol car and then directs him via GPS, to where your getaway car is located, even if your car is in motion or is inside a locked storage container or building.
This info is only available to the cop provided that battery power is powering the electrical system of the car that he is chasing after.
If you made a successful getaway from the bank to a secret airstrip where a jet was awaiting your imminent arrival with it's engines running... and then you quickly disconnected the battery of your getaway car like James Bond always did as soon as you got to the landing strip, the cop would not be able to find your car. You would disappear off his GPS radar the moment the car battery was disconnected.
The only way to turn off the computer system in your car along with it's imbedded satellite location software, is to disconnect the car's battery, assuming you are driving a gasoline/diesel powered vehicle.
If you are driving an EV, you cannot disconnect the battery from the car's electrical system, in which case you will be found by the police.
If you need to move your gas-powered car to a secret location after giving the cops the slip with your impressive driving skills, call a tow truck to move your car to another secret location, but DO NOT re-connect the battery of your getaway car even to drive the car up onto a flatbed tow truck.
Instead, have your car winched onto the truck and then be gone without a trace as you enjoy life in some faraway place with a strange-sounding name.
The moment that someone re-connects your car battery, it's location will immediately be transmitted via satellite to whomever is looking for that vehicle.
