Tesla’s shops, automobiles, and chargers have continued to face protests and acts of vandalism in current weeks, as folks have been focusing on Elon Musk’s firm for his current work throughout the newly created authorities effectivity division underneath the Trump administration.
Over the weekend, Tesla’s Charging account on X responded to a consumer who posted a photograph of a Supercharger put up tagged with the phrase “Nazi” and a swastika, noting that the corporate would have the graffiti eliminated instantly and would press expenses for vandalism at any of its chargers.
The consumer who initially posted the photograph at his native Supercharger says he’s situated in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, and the occasion comes as the most recent of a number of protests each over the weekend and vandalism occasions previously few weeks.
Beneath you’ll discover a couple of hyperlinks to another related items, a brief roundup of just some of the current anti-Tesla protests and vandalism occasions, and a bit extra background on the current outrage in opposition to Musk.
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Current Tesla protests and vandalism: a brief roundup
San Francisco, California Tesla retailer protest
Some folks actually don’t like @elonmusk proper now pic.twitter.com/BGoMqUix8V
— The Kilowatts 🚗⚡️ (@klwtts) February 22, 2025
D.C. Protestors name for ‘Much less Elons and Extra Luigis,’ say Elon ought to want ‘100 bodyguards as an alternative of 20’
Protester tells Elon Musk he wants not simply 20, however 100 bodyguards.
“I need Elon Musk to be gone. He’s a egocentric, grasping bastard who’s simply sucking the humanity out of the world. And we want much less Elons and extra Luigis.”pic.twitter.com/Z0iVArjzUa
— TESLARATI (@Teslarati) February 24, 2025
Bumped into an Elon Musk protest in DC.
They had been chanting that Elon Musk is a racist who needs to deport folks.
So I requested them: “What would you inform @elonmusk if he had been right here proper now?”
Each Lib demanded Musk get deported “again to Africa!” the place he “belongs”
It’s good 🤣 pic.twitter.com/txrKVtPzWf
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 24, 2025
Pennsylvania Tesla retailer protests
In a report on Sunday from The Philadelphia Inquirer, a couple of protestors could be seen outdoors the corporate’s Devon, Pennsylvania retailer holding indicators out to passing automobiles.
A separate video posted on X on Sunday confirmed what was estimated to be round 100 protestors outdoors of Tesla’s retailer in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which you’ll be able to see beneath.
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: About 100 protestors are outdoors of the Tesla Dealership in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Indicators learn:
“Deport Elon”
“Free Tesla From Elon”
“Time to Get Out of DOGE”Keep tuned for extra pic.twitter.com/cSsPAwnDv0
— LOGAN DUBIL 🇺🇸 (@thelogandubil) February 22, 2025
Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah Supercharger graffiti
The aforementioned graffiti in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, to which Tesla has responded that it goals to press expenses in opposition to the one that did this. Customers additionally observed a safety digicam within the background of the shot, footage from which might probably be used to determine the vandal.
Credit score: @SnazzyLabs/X
Gothenburg, Sweden arson of Tesla automobiles
Two Tesla automobiles had been set on hearth in Gothenburg final Thursday, and authorities went on to arrest a suspected perpetrator, a 35-year-old, although he was later launched. On Friday, two extra Teslas had been torched round 8:00 p.m., and all 4 fires are being investigated in potential reference to one another.
Authorities later arrested and re-released the suspect once more, although a fifth Tesla was later additionally began on hearth, they usually arrested him and stored him in custody. It’s not clear on the time of writing if authorities have been capable of hyperlink the suspect to the crimes.
Loveland, Colorado arson and graffiti
In Loveland, Colorado, vandals repeatedly tried to gentle the town’s Tesla retailer on hearth in current weeks, together with tagging X’s over car home windows and writing “Nazi vehicles,” on the placement’s entrance home windows.
Credit score: crusadrpers0n | Reddit
Credit score: CBS Colorado
Why are folks focusing on Tesla’s shops, automobiles, and chargers?
Final month, at U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Musk carried out what many mentioned gave the impression to be a Nazi salute, a gesture which a number of high-profile figures, together with former Trump senior counselor and media govt Steve Bannon, have repeated in current weeks. Many wrote the gesture off as an act of pleasure and/or trolling, whereas others world wide have condemned the act.
Some Teslarati readers had been additionally outraged following Musk’s look final month at a marketing campaign occasion for the German far-right celebration Various for Germany (AfD), wherein he echoed ideas on anti-immigration coverage, the significance of “taking pleasure in Germany,” avoiding shedding tradition to “multiculturalism that dilutes the whole lot,” and including that there’s “an excessive amount of of a concentrate on previous guilt.”
Preliminary outcomes present that the AfD misplaced the election over the weekend, coming in second to CDU/CSU’s Friedrich Merz, however the celebration additionally garnered its largest end in historical past and doubled votes from the earlier election, in response to chief Alice Weidel.
Different readers have defended Musk’s actions on the inauguration and the looks at AfD’s marketing campaign occasion, in addition to his current work underneath the Trump administration’s authorities effectivity division.
Musk was additionally defended by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and others following the salute and look, and his current work for the U.S. authorities.
Tesla shops are additionally being protested due to Musk’s current involvement within the so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), which has been gutting a number of federal businesses, together with the U.S. Company for Worldwide Improvement, and anticipated plans to focus on the Division of Training.
DOGE has been hit with a number of lawsuits over the actions taken previously few weeks, although it’s not clear if the large federal cuts shall be discovered lawful. The administration has additionally demonized judges and the judicial department usually in current weeks, with Trump saying in a put up on X earlier this month that “He who saves his Nation doesn’t violate any Legislation.”
What are your ideas? Has your car, native retailer are charger been focused by vandalism or protests? Let me know at [email protected], discover me on X at @zacharyvisconti, or ship us ideas at [email protected].
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