MATCHES THE LATEST. EMPLOYEES AT THIS TESLA SERVICE CENTER IN DEDHAM REPORTED FINDING THREE VANDALIZED VEHICLES WHEN THEY SHOWED UP FOR WORK. POLICE SAY TWO CYBERTRUCKS WERE SPRAY PAINTED AND EACH HAD ALL FOUR TIRES SLASHED. A MODEL S SEDAN ALSO HAS TIRE DAMAGE. WE鈥橰E NOT CONDONING PROPERTY DAMAGE FOR SURE. PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATED OUTSIDE A TESLA STORE IN BOSTON OVER THE WEEKEND, ANGRY ABOUT CEO ELON MUSK鈥橲 ROLE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. AND THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST TWO OTHER TESLA TARGETED ATTACKS IN THE BOSTON AREA AN ARSON AT A CHARGING STATION IN LITTLETON AND MUSK PICTURE STUCK ON PARKED CARS IN BROOKLINE. IF SOMEBODY COMES AND VANDALIZES IT, IT鈥橲 ON THEM. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. AT THIS TESLA CHARGING STATION, SOME DRIVERS SAY THEY鈥橰E BEING UNFAIRLY ASSOCIATED WITH MUSK. I REALLY DON鈥橳 AGREE WITH WHAT HE鈥橲 WHAT HE SAYS. A LOT OF THE TIME AND WHAT HE鈥橲 DOING RIGHT NOW. SO IT KIND OF DOES PUT A STAIN ON THE COMPANY THAT HE鈥橲 VERY PUBLICLY HEADING. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BEFORE. IT WAS JUST A CAR BACK THEN. I鈥橫 LIKE, I鈥橫 PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BUY A TESLA AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE. YEAH, THE WHOLE STIGMA. SINCE PEAKING IN DECEMBER, TESLA鈥橲 STOCK PRICE HAS FALLEN
Fire at Tesla dealership near Rome destroys 17 cars
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Updated: 12:18 PM CDT Mar 31, 2025
At least 17 Tesla cars were destroyed after a fire broke out at a dealership on the outskirts of Rome on Monday morning, according to Italian fire officials. No one was at the dealership when the fire broke out and no injuries have been reported.Rome鈥檚 fire service said it was investigating 鈥渁ll avenues鈥� while looking into how the fire started, but it did not rule out arson. Local police said officers interviewed the dealership owners and are looking at surveillance footage.The fire comes after a string of reports across Italy in recent weeks of Tesla vehicles being vandalized and defaced, with anti-Elon Musk and anti-Donald Trump sentiments written with spray paint.Another car dealership burned down in northern Rome a week ago, destroying 30 cars, including used Teslas. That fire was initially blamed on an electrical fault, but an investigation is underway.Also in Rome, several Teslas in the Garbatella neighborhood, where Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni grew up, were defaced, according to police and social media posts. Meloni and Musk are self-described close friends, but the Italian leader has not commented on the vandalism. Tesla dealerships in Milan have also been targeted by environmental groups in recent weeks.Video below: Group of Teslas set on fire at Las Vegas Tesla dealershipReports of Tesla vandalism have also surfaced in France and various parts of the United States, including the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast.Peaceful protests have taken place at multiple Tesla locations in the U.S., where demonstrators chanted 鈥淓lon Musk has got to go鈥� in response to the slashing of federal jobs by Musk鈥檚 Department of Government Efficiency.
ROME — At least 17 Tesla cars were destroyed after a fire broke out at a dealership on the outskirts of Rome on Monday morning, according to Italian fire officials. No one was at the dealership when the fire broke out and no injuries have been reported.
Rome鈥檚 fire service said it was investigating 鈥渁ll avenues鈥� while looking into how the fire started, but it did not rule out arson. Local police said officers interviewed the dealership owners and are looking at surveillance footage.
The fire comes after a string of reports across Italy in recent weeks of Tesla vehicles being vandalized and defaced, with anti-Elon Musk and anti-Donald Trump sentiments written with spray paint.
Another car dealership burned down in northern Rome a week ago, destroying 30 cars, including used Teslas. That fire was initially blamed on an electrical fault, but an investigation is underway.
Also in Rome, several Teslas in the Garbatella neighborhood, where Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni grew up, were defaced, according to police and social media posts. Meloni and Musk are self-described close friends, but the Italian leader has not commented on the vandalism. Tesla dealerships in Milan have also been targeted by environmental groups in recent weeks.
Video below: Group of Teslas set on fire at Las Vegas Tesla dealership
Reports of Tesla vandalism have also surfaced in France and various parts of the United States, including the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast.
Peaceful protests have taken place at multiple Tesla locations in the U.S., where demonstrators chanted 鈥淓lon Musk has got to go鈥� in response to the slashing of federal jobs by Musk鈥檚 Department of Government Efficiency.
