There's nothing quite as bad as having car trouble on a cold, dark and stormy night. Ask me how I know!
For one Tesla Model 3 driver though, it seems as the cards were not stacked in their favor. According to a reddit post, a user snapped a photograph of a Tesla Model 3 stuck in a grocery store parking lot. It seems from their first-hand account that the vehicle's battery had failed and the driver could not gain access to the vehicle.
The user notes the vehicle boasted California plates, which leads me to believe it was either a Tesla employee or a member of the media doing some standard testing when the problem occurred.
While I am no EV expert, most in the reddit thread seem to think there was a problem with the car's 12V battery that takes care of simple — but critical — functions. This would include ignition and locks. In addition, several EV owners that have endured this pain verified that it very well could have been a 12V battery gone wrong.
The original poster said this:
Saw this Model 3 with California plates in Michigan, the car seems to be locked out and dead, and owner / possibly an engineer is trying to jump the car to try and open it.
Thought it was interesting that the car is able to lock him out once the battery gets low
Edit: he keeps leaving the hood open when he puts it down, so I think the car is completely locked out
Edit 2: I think the "jump" from the other car managed to open the frunk but the problem is it didn't open the doors (again this is from what I saw from 20 minutes of observation, when I pulled up he was opening the frunk, and the other guy was closing his) if you look closely , under the headlight there are 2 black cables hanging , that come out of a little cover in the bumper
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