A handful of movies have gone viral on TikTok this week exhibiting one of the weird movies we’ve ever seen of a Tesla, and that’s saying one thing. The movies have been captured in Texas and present a white Mannequin Y towing an enormous trailer on public roads in a sight that actually boggles the thoughts.

The Tesla Mannequin Y is formally rated to tow as much as 3,500 lbs (1,587 lbs) however this 53-foot trailer is assumed to weigh round 10,000 lbs (4,535 kg). The precise sight of the Mannequin Y towing the trailer isn’t all that spectacular as smaller and fewer highly effective automobiles may in all probability additionally tow it as soon as they overcame the friction of the trailer’s tires. Nonetheless, this doesn’t make the scene any much less bizarre.

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The Drive studies the Tesla was first noticed in Harlingen, Texas and it was seen towing the trailer on a few events all through the day. The Texas Division of Public Security finally obtained in touch with Capital Towing after the Mannequin Y and the trailer have been discovered parked new Palm Valley. It was swiftly transported to an impound lot.

Including to the thriller of the incident is the truth that the Mannequin Y and the trailer have been ditched in a car parking zone with the motive force nowhere in sight. It’s unclear if the Tesla was stolen and the way the motive force managed to get entry to the trailer however the truth that the lights of the trailer weren’t connected and that its air brakes wouldn’t have been functioning makes the stunt very harmful. Driving round like that is additionally blatantly unlawful and the motive force is lucky they weren’t pulled over by police whereas behind the wheel.

What do you suppose the story behind this Mannequin Y and its towing adventures are? Was it merely a joyride in a stolen EV or may a social media prankster be behind the entire thing?

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