Tesla owner: Elon Musk’s car saved my life

Conservative News DailyMarch 11, 2021

Tesla head Elon Musk arrives to have a look at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin on September 03, 2020. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

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A Tesla owner credited Elon Musk’s car for helping to save his life. On Wednesday, Navy sailor Draper Younce shared his story about an attempted carjacking before he thanked Musk.

Attempted carjacking Tesla! Acceleration, doors and cameras save my life! I got a bullet hole in my car now. I need a bullet prof one @elonmusk can I trade in? Y’all can do some tests on a M3 ability to take a hollow point! 15 years in the military 8 deployed and shot first in US pic.twitter.com/O8rnsmDxHC

— Draper Younce (@DraperYounce) March 7, 2021

Younce was recently parked in his Tesla Model 3 as he waited to pick up a friend from an apartment complex. An armed man then approached his vehicle and demanded Younce get out of the car. He quickly hit the gas and dodged a bullet.

Wow!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 11, 2021

Thanks to Tesla’s eight cameras, the entire ordeal was caught on tape.

“I saw my opportunity to escape,” Younce stated. I ducked to the right, I accelerated as hard as I could. I have never had a gun drawn on me overseas in 8+ years deployed.”

Tesla owner: Elon Musk’s car saved my life

A man looks at a Tesla Model 3 in a Tesla showroom in Beijing on October 21, 2020. (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

Younce honked the horn in order to save the video, which is a feature that drivers can set up for their Tesla’s. He has since turned the recording over to the police.

“When the gun was put in my face, I went from having a great day, talking to my friend and landlord on the phone,” Younce said. “To ‘Hey, I got to go, I’m getting robbed.’”