A Nevada man is facing state and federal arson charges after the police say he spray-painted the word “resist” on the doors of a Tesla repair center and set fire to Tesla vehicles in Las Vegas last week.

The police said that early on March 18, the man, Paul Hyon Kim, 36, of Las Vegas, shot at surveillance cameras and used a firearm and Molotov cocktails to damage five Tesla vehicles, engulfing at least two in flames.

The torching, which occurred about 2:45 a.m., was among a number of acts of vandalism and arson against Tesla property in recent weeks, as the company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, has led President Trump’s push to drastically shrink the size of the federal government and fire thousands of federal workers.

Tesla charging stations have also been set on fire outside Boston. And in Colorado, federal prosecutors have accused a man of spray-painting the word “Nazi” on a Tesla dealership and of planting an incendiary device there.

Last week, Mr. Musk described the attack on the Tesla repair center in Las Vegas as “terrorism,” echoing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s calling the destruction of Tesla property “nothing short of domestic terrorism.” She has promised “severe consequences” for anyone who targets the company.

Mr. Kim, who was arrested on Wednesday, faces 15 state charges in Clark County Justice Court, including three counts of arson, four counts of destroying property worth more than $5,000 and three counts of unlawful possession of an incendiary device.