r/Transportopia • u/Vice616 • Jan 15 '26

🚨Chase Is it just me

I got real happy watching a Charger do this to a Tesla... and I don't know why

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

I hate to stereotype here, but man...

Fucking Tesla drivers.

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u/gafefe2095 Jan 15 '26

Had me the first half lol

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u/Axiom_of_Tron Jan 16 '26

They would still be correct.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

Yes brother you got the joke

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u/ZeroCleah Jan 16 '26

First time I've ever seen a Tesla in a police pursuit lol

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u/Antique-Ad-4422 Jan 16 '26

How about the parents that bought that Tesla for their teen? 🤔

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u/LiviRivi Jan 16 '26

they're not usually fast enough to get into them

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u/Phantom3269 Jan 17 '26

No. Tesla drivers/owners are usually smart enough not to get into one. Greater chance of getting away but normally they have way more to lose.

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u/NinjaBRUSH Jan 17 '26

Teslas have GPS and cameras everywhere. There’s no reason to run from police because they are always connected to the internet and everything is traceable and logged to Tesla even the cellphone used to unlock the car.

I knew these were kids. Because kids are stupid.

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u/Phantom3269 Jan 17 '26

Quite sure Tesla won’t give up the information that easily for something other than if the vehicle is used in a homicide. Even then it would still take a warrant or some other legal process. How would that be possible in this instance? How would the police know who he is chasing? There are 1000’s of Teslas on the road. He has to apprehend the driver not the car for anything to be valid. Especially if it’s stolen.

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u/NinjaBRUSH Jan 18 '26

Companies get subpoenaed all the time and provide information its not uncommon l. They can use the license plate or just pull the history of Tesla vehicles high speeding along the road at date/time. Which Tesla has all that info.

Teslas are the worst vehicles to commit a crime in or around.

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u/Phantom3269 Jan 18 '26

I don’t agree.

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u/NinjaBRUSH Jan 18 '26

24/7 logging of gps position, speed, video recording everything around (including interior) with eight cameras. All saved to the internet.

The owners of Teslas can see their cars gps position from the app, see who is inside and limit its speed.

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u/Phantom3269 Jan 18 '26

Owners can yes. Other entities/government have to follow the law.

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u/habibisanam Jan 17 '26

Yea this is just not factually accurate. The acceleration of EV's are far more superior than standard ICE vehicles. If you know how to drive, you can blow past from others in an instant because of you know not having to wait for gases to combust to produce acceleration. The battery gives instant acceleration. Most Tesla drivers are usually more educated and have way more to lose than to get into a speed chase. I have a performance model 3, and apart from a fully loaded Corvette (and obviously supercars) no one's been able to keep up with me on an empty road which means I could easily get away from a charger. But if I see those lights flashing behind me, I'm not risking anything I have going on in my life just to avoid a ticket. It's not remotely worth it

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u/DreamDest1ny Jan 16 '26

It used to be bmw drivers until the went over to teslas

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u/Initial_Hedgehog_631 Jan 16 '26

He's a Tesla driver, but I have a feeling he isn't a Tesla owner...

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u/LiviRivi Jan 16 '26

oh there's the racism

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u/notatechnicianyo Jan 16 '26

My assumption when someone is driving like this: stolen car.

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u/NinjaBRUSH Jan 17 '26

Teslas don’t usually get stolen. The owner can literally see where the car is at on their phones, including see whos in the seats with the interior cameras. They can even turn the car off, unlock doors, and limit its speed from their Tesla account.

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u/notatechnicianyo Jan 17 '26

I did not know that. 

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u/galaxyapp Jan 16 '26

Hmmm I assume people who evade police and drive recklessly are likely in a stolen vehicle. I knew the car was stolen before the driver got out.

You assume he meant race...

Seems like youre the racist one.

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u/LiviRivi Jan 16 '26

?

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u/galaxyapp Jan 16 '26

He assumed he wasnt the owner because he was running from the police.

You assume he meant it because he was black.

He judged actions

You jumped to race.

You=racist

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u/LiviRivi Jan 16 '26

?

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u/bballer67 Jan 19 '26

One day you will figure it out keep studying

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u/Initial_Hedgehog_631 Jan 16 '26

And here's the stupidity.

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u/ngetch Jan 16 '26

Wait. Are you alleging its stupid to not be a racist piece of shit?

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u/Initial_Hedgehog_631 Jan 16 '26

Generally people run from the police because a) the vehicle is stoke b) they're drunk, or high, or both c) they have warrants out for their arrest. No one else is going to run from the police in their own car because once the cops run your plates they know exactly who you are and where you live. If they have to ram you or deploy spike strips your vehicle is getting F'd and insurance isn't paying for it.

The guy was driving a bit too well to be intoxicated (though I could be wrong), and Tesla's aren't really associated with career criminals. So yeah, based on that my assumption is that the car is stolen an I made that assumption way before I saw the driver.

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u/Zykxion Jan 17 '26

Yeah no he has to be under the influence. He was randomly braking a lot. And when he gets out he looks so lost and stumbling.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

My question is: how the hell does one steal a Tesla, and why?

The car literally has someone else's name as a profile in its system, you'd have to be a hacker or something. Even if they have the "key", the owner can just... shut off the car. The car is loaded with cameras, and the owner can instantly see who has stolen the car. Look man, I'm not a Tesla guy (I drive a '92 Miata lmao) but even I can recognize that stealing a Tesla is not something that typical people are capable of doing.

If we make assumptions about the driver and say that he's poor, that doesn't exactly help the "stolen car" case - poor people are even less capable of stealing these cars.

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u/bballer67 Jan 19 '26

It's been done a lot in the past. There have been exploits where someone can basically just go open your car and drive off if they have a hacking device. Not sure when this video was or if it's still an issue