Several Twitter posts and media reports have reported that many Tesla electric car owners around the world can’t connect their phone to their car or in some cases can’t even start their car.
After a server crash in the company, many Tesla owners only get an error: 500 Internal Server Error. The crash was also noted by the site DownDetector.com, as 74% of the reports on interruptions relate to the company’s application.
I’m experiencing 500 server error to connect my @tesla Model 3 on my iOS app in Seoul, S.Korea. Seems like this is a worldwide issue. @elonmusk
— Jaehwan Cho (@hohocho) November 19, 2021
In response to one of the tweets, Tesla boss Elon Musk personally replied that he was checking the problem, but no solution was found at the time of publication. For now, it is not entirely clear why a server error would prevent cars from starting.
Experts say this may have something to do with the Tesla app, which pings the company’s servers if the owner uses his phone as a key, as many owners of this type of electric car do.
At the same time, the company’s shares fell significantly during the week, which lowered the company’s market capitalization below the threshold of $ 1 trillion for the second time in four trading sessions.
Investors reacted negatively to the sale of shares for a total of 6.9 billion dollars by the head of the company Elon Musk. Tesla’s market capitalization fell $ 187 billion last week, losing about 4.5 percent of its value to $ 986 a share. The figure crossed the $ 1 trillion threshold at the end of October, when the company received its largest order to date from the Hertz car rental network.
Musk sold 6.36 million shares of his company after conducting a survey on Twitter on the idea. Analysts say the move is likely to drastically reduce his taxes. He must get rid of another 10 million shares to keep his promise to sell 10 percent of his assets in Tesla.
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