Tesla App allowed Vancouver man to gain access someone else’s vehicle

A latest incident in Vancouver involving the Tesla cellular app let an individual drive off in another person’s Tesla.

As reported by World Information, Rajesh Randev, an immigration marketing consultant, was stepping into his Tesla in a rush on Tuesday, March seventh. All went easily, and he acquired into his automobile and drove off. Unknown to him, the Tesla he acquired into wasn’t his, and the automobile adjoining to the one he drove off in, which was the identical make and the identical color, was his automobile.

Randev opened the door to the flawed Tesla along with his cellphone app, acquired in, and drove off, not realizing one thing was flawed till he observed a crack on the windshield and his charger was not in its standard place. Additional, after receiving a textual content message from the precise proprietor of the Tesla asking if he was driving their automobile was when Randev understood that the automobile he was driving wasn’t his. The 2 met as much as set issues proper, and the incident resulted in a peaceable method.

Randev stated he doesn’t know the way it occurred, however he suspects it might have been resulting from a glitch within the Tesla app.

“We have been each laughing and I referred to as the police as nicely,” he added. “The police stated they’ve my assertion however they can not give me a file quantity as a result of nothing occurred but when one thing does occur to allow them to know and they’ll examine.”

The proprietor of the Tesla that Randev drove off was in a position to contact him due to a doc that had Randev’s quantity printed on it, and it was seen in his parked Tesla. “I used to be shocked how I used to be in a position to drive another person’s automobile, by mistake, for an hour-and-a-half whereas his automobile was in his hand,” he added.

Randev has contacted Tesla with the video proof of the incident, however he’s but to listen to again from the corporate. The incident has raised questions in regards to the safety of Tesla’s app, with some speculating that the app might not be as locked down because it’s touted to be.

Supply: Global News