Stolen Tesla was searched via an app until it ran out of power after the police chase

Despite all the safety features, some not-so-brilliant thieves are still trying to steal Tesla vehicles. A man in California was arrested this week after stealing a Tesla that the owner found with the app and helped the police to pursue them.

Finally, he stopped on the highway after the battery was exhausted and was arrested.

It's very difficult to steal a Tesla.

According to the latest available data, the stolen Tesla vehicles in the United States have almost all been found: 112 out of 115.

In Europe, some more sophisticated thieves managed a series of Tesla vehicle thefts during relay attacks and most of the vehicles were not recovered.

In response to these attacks, Tesla began implementing additional layers of security with the improved cryptography key ring and the optional PIN to Drive feature.

Even if a thief can work around this problem, the owner can follow the car through the Tesla app.

They could disable tracking in the settings, but Tesla launched an update last year to require the entry of your Tesla account pbadword to disable tracking, making the flight more difficult for a Tesla vehicle .

Nevertheless, some still do it.

Last Sunday in Riverside, California, a Tesla vehicle was reportedly stolen from a garage. We do not know how he got access to the vehicle.

According to the press company, the owner followed the car and communicated information to the police.

The police wrote in a statement:

"The owner has done a great job updating our dispatch center with the location of the car in real time,"

The officers finally caught up with the vehicle and the thief refused to stop and led the police in pursuit of the streets of the city.

They finally pulled out because they thought the situation was too dangerous.

The thief returned to the highway and the owner continued to update the messages using the location feature of the Tesla mobile app.

He finally informed the police that the vehicle was being unloaded and that the thief had to stop on the highway.

At that time, he was stopped by the California Highway Patrol and handed over to the police.

Filiberto Felix, 30, was arrested on suspicion of taking a car without his owner's consent, criminal escape and breaches of probation, according to prison records. He was in detention instead of depositing a $ 100,000 bond.

We also saw several other examples of Tesla owners stalking thieves who had stolen their cars via the Tesla app, which led to arrests.

In addition to the aforementioned security features introduced last year to prevent vehicle theft, Tesla has also recently introduced the "Sentry Mode" to prevent burglaries.