Proudly owning a Tesla has change into dangerous enterprise in some components of the world as arson assaults are getting extra widespread, however what this Tesla proprietor skilled in Washington on Saturday might be the more severe now we have seen but.
A Tesla Mannequin S proprietor by the identify of J.R. Harriston has shared footage of his car being set alight by a random arsonist with no clear motive outdoors of the straightforward indisputable fact that it was a Tesla.
In line with the proprietor, the blaze came about round 12:40am and was recorded by the car’s Sentry Mode, which is a in-built alarm and safety monitoring system that’s continually recording the encompassing environments of all Teslas which have it enabled.
Though it does certainly drain the battery sooner than if the car was parked with it turned off, on this prompt it appears to haven’t solely captured the assault in full, however managed to outlive and add the footage because the car burnt to a crisp.
The brand new-found dislike of Tesla electrical autos seems to be a uniquely American factor to this point, with some homeowners planning to promote their autos as a result of CEO Elon Musk’s latest antics whereas some have been doing all the things from stuffing steaks into EV charging stations to protesting EV charging factors with their fossil-fuelled vans (ICEing).
The Sentry Mode system in Teslas has induced privateness considerations for some, not simply because the car can basically be used as a digital camera system in any public location (which is authorized in Australia, however not if parked in non-public property and with out consent), but additionally as a result of Tesla staff have shared pictures captured from buyer vehicles with out permission.
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