Teslas are at the cutting edge of technology but sometimes that comes with a price. A Vancouver, Canada, man somehow managed to get into someone else’s Tesla and drive off by using the app on his own phone.
Rajesh Randev, an immigration consultant, said he thought he was getting into his Tesla as the car was the same make and the same colour as his. Randev managed to open the door with his app, got in and drove off.
It wasn’t until he was driving that he realized something was off. “Apparently I found some glitch,” Randev said. “I was able to get access, a hold of that person’s car but while I start driving it, I realized there was a crack on the windshield.”
When Randev went to pick up his car, there were two Teslas parked next to each other. He was also in a rush to pick up his children from school, which is why he didn’t notice the crack until he started driving.
“After, five, 10 minutes I got a text on my phone that said “Rajesh are you driving Tesla?'”
Randev said the person who messaged him told him he was driving the wrong Tesla. It was only after he parked that Randev noticed the wheels were also different from his car. He then called the person who messaged him and they realized he had taken the other person’s Tesla.
Fortunately, he was able to get into the car again, drive it to pick up his children from school and then meet up with the other Tesla owner to set things right. Randev is still confused as to how this mixup happened.
“We were both laughing and I called the police as well,” Randev said. “The police said they have my statement but they cannot give me a file number because nothing happened but if something does happen to let them know and they will investigate.”
Randev said he reached out to Tesla, with video evidence of the entire thing but he had some emails bounce back and no one has contacted him so far.
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9541040/bc-tesla-driving-wrong-car-app/