Five Tesla vehicles at a Tesla service center in Las Vegas and two Tesla cybertrucks at a dealership in Kansas City were set ablaze overnight, in the latest attacks against Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company.
Additionally, a Tesla dealership in San Diego was hit by vandals, who reportedly spray-painted anti-Semitic symbols and profanity on the building and at least one vehicle.
According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), a suspect was seen on surveillance video approaching the Vegas Tesla service center wearing black clothing, which is the typical attire of antifa agitators.
Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren told reporters law enforcement believes the suspect “used what appear to be Molotov cocktails and a firearm to conduct his attack.”
Koren said police aren’t ruling out the possibility that multiple people were involved.
He added that police found an “unignited Molotov cocktail” at the scene, as well as evidence that the suspect(s) fired “at least three rounds into different” Teslas. Additionally, according to officials, the word “RESIST” was spray-painted across the doors of the facility.
“This was a targeted attack against a Tesla facility,” Koren told reporters. The LVMPD is still working to determine who owns the damaged vehicles.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is currently investigating the arson attack, which FBI Las Vegas Special Agent in Charge Spencer Evans said “certainly has some of the hallmarks” of a terrorist attack.
“Violent acts like this are unacceptable regardless of where they occur. And specifically, to those who might think that something like this is justifiable or potentially even admirable, we want to let you know that it’s a federal crime. We will come after you, we will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law,” Evans warned during a news conference on Tuesday.
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk condemned the incident on social media, calling it “insane and deeply wrong.”
“Tesla just makes electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks,” Musk lamented on X.
A Tesla dealership in Kansas City, Missouri, was also targeted by left-wing agitators late Monday night, Fox 4 reported.
Two Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged in a fire police believe was intentionally set.
The Kansas City office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said in a statement Tuesday that it is working with the Kansas City Police Department and the FBI to investigate the attack.
Meanwhile, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department said it has surveillance video of vandals spray-painting anti-Semitic and profane graffiti on a Tesla dealership in San Diego. According to Fox News, a left-wing group called “Swing Left Take Action San Diego” helped organize a protest outside the dealership a few days prior to the attack.
In recent weeks, Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations have been vandalized and firebombed by potential left-wing domestic terrorists to protest Musk’s work at the White House spearheading the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in the government.