Hyundai Allegedly Rented Tesla Model 3 On Turo For Ioniq 6 Benchmarking via insideevs.com
A Tesla Model 3 owner who rented his car out on Turo was surprised to learn that the customer who paid for the car was actually working for Hyundai, which used for benchmarking purposes against the Ioniq 6.
It may sound hard to believe that a major automaker like Hyundai, with virtually unlimited resources at its disposal, would choose to book aIn a series of tweets picked up by, user FSD & Chill talks about the strange Turo rental experience he had recently with his Tesla Model 3. He says it started when a customer rented his car for a week for"driving locally."
Everything seemed normal until the Tesla owner started getting notifications from the car that all the doors were left open for several days. This triggered his curiosity, so he accessed the Model 3's live cam to see what was going on. The photos showed that the car was parked in an indoor office space that had Hyundai posters on the walls. After checking out all the vehicle's cameras, theThe man allegedly admitted that the Model 3 was used for benchmarking purposes. More specifically, when the car was returned, the owner asked him why was the vehicle sitting with the doors and trunks open for long periods of time, and his answer was"training" at Hyundai.
When the Tesla owner insisted with the questions, the alleged Hyundai employee told him the Model 3 was used for research and training purposes for benchmarking against the
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