Woman stumbles upon abandoned mall’s eerie parking lot full of hundreds of Teslas in Missouri
- There are hundreds of Teslas parked in an abandoned Missouri mall
- Most of them are brand-new
- But there’s a good reason as to why they are here
Published on Oct 15, 2024 at 11:30 AM (UTC+4)
by Nalin Rawat
Last updated on Oct 15, 2024 at 3:10 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
A piece of eerie footage shows an abandoned mall’s parking lot filled with hundreds of Tesla cars, including several Cybertrucks sitting outside the now-defunct shopping complex.
It became even more creepy when one of these empty cars pulled out and drove away.
These cars are brand new and sit outside the now-defunct Chesterfield Mall in Missouri, USA.
But why are so many brand-new cars being stored away in an abandoned mall’s parking lot?
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Abandoned mall parking lot with hundreds of Tesla cars
The footage was posted on YouTube by obsoleteVoids, an explorer of abandoned locations.
She was visiting the mall to film a video and wasn’t expecting to see hundreds of Tesla cars in the parking lot.
The content creator filmed various parts of the car park and realized one of the cars was moving on its own.
Although it is known that some Tesla cars feature autonomous driving.
It was quite spooky to see one reverse itself and ‘sped off’ into the distance.
“Dude, no one’s driving them, they are driving themselves. It just drove away with nobody in it,” she said.
Some of these cars were so brand-new that they were still covered in plastic.
Why are these cars here?
There’s actually quite a good reason as to why so many unsold cars are parked right here.
Tesla rents out multiple car parks across the US as there is not that much space at dealerships.
The abandoned Chesterfield Mall for example stores a reported 400 Teslas, including many Cybertrucks.
“[Tesla] does not have enough capacity at the [local] dealership to park all of the cars they are bringing in,” Tim Lowe, senior VP of leasing for The Staenberg Group, told FOX 2 earlier this year.
“So they are renting space within the parking lot to store their cars,” he added.
Nalin started his career by working with various national newspapers in India. He has also worked as a writer/editor for many popular websites, while still pursuing his journalism and mass communication degree. Working as a digital nomad has allowed him to inform and educate through his work. When he is not writing, you can find him playing video games or travelling the mountains on his bike.