Canadian motorist unknowingly opens wrong Tesla but is allowed to drive away in it
A Canadian Tesla owner accidentally climbed into the wrong car and his app allowed him to drive away in the lookalike vehicle, the motorist said Tuesday.
Rajesh Randev, 51, used his app to get inside his 2021 Tesla Model 3 — or so he thought — about 2:30 p.m. March 7 and went to pick up his two children from school, the immigration consultant from Vancouver said.
Minutes into the journey, Randev was alarmed to see a crack in the windshield and discover his phone-charging cable was missing.
Randev ignored multiple phone calls from someone identified as "Mahmood" because he didn't know anyone by that name. Then the strange experience became even more confusing when Randev received a text message: “Do you drive a Tesla?”
"I thought maybe some client saw me or maybe some old friend or whatever maybe someone recognized me (driving by) and texted me?" Randev said.
Randev said he pulled over into an alley, saw that the tire rims were not off his car and realized that he had mistaken his own white Model 3 for the white Model 3 owned by the man on the other line.
