Have you ever, in your entire life so far, felt sheer hate toward an inanimate object? The kind of aversion you would typically only direct toward your worst enemy? Your nemesis, if you will?
Probably not. Well, prepare to have that changed because that's what you're most likely to feel for the front door on the right-hand side of the Tesla Model 3 in the clip below. That door is the biggest buzz killer we've seen from Buzz Killington until now.
You know how you go to a game or a show, and there's this tall guy in front of you who manages to shift his position at precisely the worst time, blocking the view when the most interesting part happens? Or when you're waiting for something to happen for ages and when you turn your eyes away for literally one second because somebody called your name, you miss it? That's sort of how this feels.
Alright, by this point, you're probably wondering what it is we're talking about. Basically, it's two guys fighting. Technically, it's three guys and a woman fighting, with one of the three wielding a lug wrench. However, we can only guess most of it because, apart from the first few seconds, between 75 and 80 percent of the screen is taken by that damn door.
According to Electrek, the man being attacked is called Mathew Lambert. The whole thing happened in the Spanish city of Manresa when Mathew tried to charge his Model 3 using one of the two 11 kW chargers in a mall's parking lot. The attacker had his car parked in one of the two dedicated spots (the other had just been vacated by another ICE car, enabling Mathew to charge his EV).
When the man returned to his vehicle, Mathew asked him not to park there in the future as those spots were the only ones where EVs could recharge their batteries. Now, we don't know exactly what tone he used, but he claims the man got into the car and showed him the finger. Asked why he did that, the attacker got out of the car, went for the tire iron in his trunk and... well, the rest you can see for yourself. Or you could if Tesla made Model 3s with glass doors.
They say the man eventually ran away, but thanks to the footage captured by the Sentry Mode cameras, the police were able to identify him, call him in and, with Mathew pressing charges, inform him he'll make the subject of a trial. Some people may look at the Sentry Mode and think it's just one more of Big Brother's long arms, but then you use it to get out of a hairy situation (this may not necessarily be the best example), and you think it's all worth it. Things are rarely black and white, and video surveillance makes no exception.
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