By Michael Elkins
One of the perks of owning a Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is using your smartphone as a key to open and drive your car. This feature allows users to do away with carrying a key fob. However, over the weekend, several Tesla owners reported getting a â500 server errorâ on their smartphone apps. The error would leave some stranded in the cold, unable to unlock their cars.
âStill stuck in Seoulâ wrote Jaehwan Cho on Twitter after earlier reporting the server error when trying to use it with his Tesla Model 3.
The website Downdetector showed a large spike in reported Tesla server problems at around 5pm on Friday. It is unknown exactly how many Tesla owners are affected by the outage, or how many are locked out of their cars…