--- title: "Pickup Truck Driver Turns Himself In After Vandalizing Tesla" description: "20 year-old Austin Grabas from Edmonton, Alberta turned himself in after vandalizing a Tesla Model 3 by keying it in a parking lot last week." date: "2019-10-21" modified: "2019-10-21" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/pickup-truck-driver-vandalizing-tesla" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "Model 3" - "tesla" - "the digest" - "vandalism" --- # Pickup Truck Driver Turns Himself In After Vandalizing Tesla ![20 year-old Austin Grabas from Edmonton, Alberta turned himself in after vandalizing a Tesla Model 3 by keying it in a parking lot last week.]() *\Image: Andrew Batiuk via YouTube\* ## Keying Teslas Yet another perpetrator has turned himself in after vandalizing a Tesla vehicle. 20 year-old pickup truck driver Austin Grabas, from Canada, keyed a Tesla Model 3 that belonged to a news editor in a parking lot last week — but after the video taken by the electric car's cameras went viral, Grabas decided to admit to his crime. https://youtu.be/eyRRn5h0VMI "Immediately I regretted it," Grabas [told *Global News*]() — the same news network the Tesla owner works for. "I’m just disappointed in myself right now." ## Immediate Regret Grabas says he's willing to pay for the repairs, which are estimated to cost around $1,600. The Model 3 had Sentry Mode turned on — a feature that turns on all on-board cameras and sets them to record the area around the vehicle while it is parked. It's not the first time the system has busted a vandal. [A video]() of a 57-year-old woman keying a different Model 3 in a Colorado suburb went viral earlier this month, causing her to turn herself in as well. **READ MORE:** [Tesla vandal turns himself in after seeing Sentry Mode video online]() \[*Electrek*\] **More on Tesla vandalism:** *[“Famous” Tesla Vandal Caught by Sentry Mode Turns Herself In]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()