Ohio man catches woman spitting on his Tesla Cybertruck on camera
Ah, the Tesla Cybertruck. The angular, disruptive EV was divisive from the start. Hailed by some as revolutionary and slammed by others as hideously repulsive. This year, however, the Cybertruck is battling a host of other issues. It’s the recipient of anti-Elon Musk protests as well as straight-up vandalism. In this case, an Ohio Cybertruck owner captured a woman defacing his EV. Not with paint or a car key, but with her own spit.
An Ohio Tesla Cybertruck owner recorded a woman spitting on his vehicle in what he believes was a form of protest
A driver parked his 6,638-lb Tesla Cybertruck next to a condo building in South Euclid, Ohio, likely thinking it was safe from the slings and arrows (and spit) of angry passersby. Not so much. According to the Cybertruck’s owner, the vehicle’s onboard cameras captured a woman spitting on his EV. Not exactly the kind of thing you want to see on your vehicle’s cameras.
There was a kink in the spitter’s plan, though. According to Cleveland.com, the Cybertruck’s camera footage revealed a clue: she was wearing a Heinen’s uniform. Heinen’s is a midwestern grocery store chain, and it narrowed down the man’s list of suspects. While it’s a chain, the man reportedly said he ‘believed he saw’ the woman working at the Heinen’s in University Heights.
Incidentally, Tesla vehicles have a feature for just that sort of event. “Sentry Mode” uses the vehicle’s cameras to record “suspicious activity” around a parked Tesla EV. Protestors beware, eh?
Of course, it’s far from the first time that the Cybertruck has been the recipient of angry public sentiment. In a recent case of Cybertruck-targeting vandalism, a masked and hooded person slashed all four of the EV’s tires and smashed its large, sloping windshield with a slab of concrete. In the aftermath of that particular instance, the owner offered $25,000 for information leading to an arrest for the act.
In yet another brazen act of vandalism, a Colorado woman carved a swastika into a parked Cybertruck. Like the Ohio case, the Cybertruck’s onboard cameras captured the move. Despite the action being carried out in broad daylight, the vandal was masked, making identification difficult.
