On the Road Don't miss out on the headlines from On the Road. Followed categories will be added to My News. A wild spate of bizarre and brazen attacks on EVs across the country has left Tesla owners feeling helpless.
In recent months, there appears to be a huge spike in the amount of Teslas parked in shopping centres, on the side of the street and even in people’s driveways being targeted by strangers armed with sharp objects. Ironically, all of these attacks are captured on Tesla’s unique ‘Sentry Mode’ feature – the car’s ability to automatically record what is happening around them. One recent clip shared to social media was captured at Adelaide’s Westfield Marion shopping centre earlier this week.
The video appears to show an unidentified man wearing jeans and a hoodie scratch the side of the car using his keys as the vehicle was parked in the carpark of the popular shopping hub. The shocking footage quickly went viral on social media, racking up over 650,000 views on X, formerly Twitter. “Only a coward keys a vehicle,” one said.
“Imagine being that old and angry and immature.” “Such a dog act. Such a stupid thing to do,” another commented.
“Not the sharpest tool in the shed.” Last month, an elderly man was caught keying a stranger’s Tesla in broad daylight. The car’s owner, David Shannon, asked the public to help identify the man after he damaged his car at a carpark outside Woolworths in Queanbeyan, on the ACT-NSW border.
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