Multiple Tesla vehicles were set on fire at a service centre in the US while personal details of car owners were leaked on a doxing website as anti-Elon Musk protests escalated over his contentious role in the Donald Trump administration.
The spate of arson attacks against Tesla vehicles continued on Tuesday after a person torched five cars using Molotov cocktails in Las Vegas, with the FBI investigating the incident as a possible act of terrorism. The word "Resist" was spray-painted on the front door of the facility.
While no injuries were reported, a major explosion was avoided as the fire department extinguished the blaze before it could reach the batteries of the vehicles. "This was a targeted attack against a Tesla facility," CNN quoted Las Vegas police as saying.
In Kansas City, two Tesla Cybertrucks were also set on fire. In South Carolina, an arsonist tried to torch a Tesla charging station but ended up setting himself on fire, the New York Post reported.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk reposted videos of the vehicles on fire, calling the incident "terrorism". "This level of violence is insane and deeply wrong... Tesla just makes electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks," Musk, who is part of Trump's DOGE team, tweeted.
The incidents add to the growing reports of vandalism against Tesla vehicles and dealerships as Musk faces a backlash for his push for job cuts in federal departments in a bid to increase government efficiency.
The incidents have added to the financial woes for Tesla, with the company facing declining sales for the first time since it started. Last week, Trump bought a Tesla in a show of support for Musk.
Meanwhile, adding to Tesla's woes, a doxing website, called 'Dogequest', has leaked the personal information of Tesla owners, the New York Post reported.
The site reveals the names, addresses and phone numbers of Tesla owners in the US and uses an image of a Molotov cocktail as a cursor. Most of the Teslas were set on fire using Molotov cocktails.
The site's operators said they would remove the details on Tesla drivers only if they give evidence of having sold their vehicles, the report further said.
Source: India Today