A Tesla driver parked his Model 3 on a stranger's lawn in Florida and left the car plugged in at the house for 12 hours
- A Tesla Model 3 owner in Florida parked his car on a stranger's lawn and left the vehicle plugged into the person's home for over 12 hours, ABC affiliate WPBF News reported.
- The vehicle's owner reportedly told the home's owner, Phil Fraumeni, that the Model 3 had run out of battery the previous night as he was driving to visit a friend nearby.
- Fraumeni did not press charges against the Model 3 owner and did not ask him to pay for the electricity he used to charge the vehicle, WPBF News reported.
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A Tesla Model 3 owner in Florida parked his car on a stranger's lawn and left the vehicle plugged into the person's home for over 12 hours, ABC affiliate WPBF News reported. The station did not specify the vehicle's model, but it appears to be a Model 3, based on photographs of the vehicle shown during a segment on the incident.
The home's owner, Phil Fraumeni, told WPBF that he was told early in the morning on July 19 to move his car from his lawn. Fraumeni told the station he went outside to find the Model 3 parked on the lawn and sidewalk outside his home with an extension cord running from an outlet on his home.
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He called the police a few hours later, and they determined the vehicle was not stolen, according to the WPBF News report. The vehicle's owner reportedly arrived later and said the Model 3 had run out of battery the previous night as he was driving to visit a friend nearby, so he started charging the vehicle around midnight.
Fraumeni did not press charges against the Model 3 owner and did not ask him to pay for the electricity he used to charge the vehicle, WPBF News reported.
Watch WPBF's full story here.
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