{"id":524,"date":"2023-03-16T19:05:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/?p=524"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:24:47","slug":"tesla-drivers-shocked-after-accidently-driving-off-in-each-others-cars-sparking-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/2023\/03\/16\/tesla-drivers-shocked-after-accidently-driving-off-in-each-others-cars-sparking-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Drivers Shocked After Accidently Driving Off in Wrong Cars; Sparks Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A metallic white Tesla Model 3 at Brussels Motor Show, produced by automaker Tesla. File photo: Grzegorz Czapski, Shutter Stock, licensed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

VANCOUVER, CA – Two motorists in Canada found themselves in the midst of a bizarre situation when they accidentally mixed up their Tesla electric cars<\/a>, with the vehicles\u2019 smartphone app actually allowing them to mistakenly unlock, enter, and even drive off with each other’s nearly identical car, sparking serious security concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rajesh Randev, 51, said that he used his app to get into his Tesla, which was parked in a public lot in Vancouver last Tuesday; once inside, he proceeded to drive to pick his children up from school at approximately 2:30 p.m. However, it took him just a few minutes to realize that something was oddly off about the vehicle he had gotten into. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, he said he noticed a crack in the windshield that he had never seen before. In addition, his cell phone charger was not where he left it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just moments later, Uber driver Mahmoud Esaeyh, 32, utilized his own Tesla app to enter into what he thought was his white 2020 Model-3; after having driven just one block, he suddenly realized that he was in the wrong car as well when he noticed that his cracked windshield had mysteriously fixed itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was the only white Tesla on the block, and the car opened. But when I drove away, I noticed that something was different about the car,\u201d Esaeyh said. \u201cThere was stuff inside that wasn\u2019t mine. I have a crack in the windshield that wasn\u2019t there.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

After frantically searching the car for clues about the identity of its true owner, Esaeyh discovered a medical prescription with Randev\u2019s phone number and immediately dialed it; after Randev declined to answer calls from a number he was not familiar with, Esaeyh instead resorted to sending a series of text messages that finally got his attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you drive a Tesla?\u201d Esaeyh texted. \u201cI think you are driving the wrong car.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Randev was shocked by the revelation that he had somehow managed to open and drive off in someone else’s car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was totally surprised,\u201d Randev said. \u201cI mean how was this possible? How was I able to gain access and drive?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

After picking up his children from school, Randev immediately drove back and met up with Esaeyh, and the two shared a laugh over the bizarre mix-up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They [the children] were laughing together. I mean my kids are young people so they love computers and stuff like that and they were laughing,\u201d Randev said. \u201cBut then on the other side, they were kind of scared too, you know, like how was this possible?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Multiple media outlets have reached out to Tesla to find out how the company’s app was capable of such an error; as of press time they have not yet responded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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