{"id":80347,"date":"2025-02-10T10:39:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80347"},"modified":"2025-02-10T10:39:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:39:59","slug":"tesla-stores-are-targeted-by-vandals-and-arsonists-fbi-gets-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80347","title":{"rendered":"Tesla stores are targeted by vandals and arsonists, FBI gets involved"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tesla stores have increasingly become targets of vandals amid rising discontent with the company\u2019s CEO, Elon Musk.<\/p>\n

In one case, a Tesla store has even become the target of arson and the FBI is getting involved.<\/p>\n

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Over the last few weeks, and especially after Musk threw out two Nazi salutes at Trump\u2019s inauguration, Tesla stores have been targeted by vandals.<\/p>\n

There have been a few examples in Europe of anti-nazi. Last week,\u00a0a Tesla showroom in The Hague was vandalized with graffiti of swastikas and phrases such as \u201cNee tegen nazi\u2019s\u201d and \u201cFuck off fascist.\u201d<\/p>\n

A group also projected Musk\u2019s salute and the word \u201cHeil\u201d onto the Tesla factory in Berlin:<\/p>\n

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But the backlash against Tesla appears to be ramping up as we now learn of an even more extreme example.<\/p>\n

The Loveland, Colorado police said that the local Tesla store was targeted by vandals on two occasions lately:<\/p>\n

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On January 29th, 2025, and February 2nd, 2025, the Loveland Police Department received\u00a0reports of similar incidents at the same location; however, these incidents were of lesser\u00a0magnitude than today\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But things ramped up.<\/p>\n

According to the police, the Tesla store was the target of an arson attempt on February 7th:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0On February 7th, 2025, around 7 a.m., Loveland Police Officers were\u00a0dispatched to a report of an attempted arson at 1606 North Lincoln Avenue, the local Tesla\u00a0dealership. A preliminary investigation indicates the attempted arson took place shortly\u00a0after midnight. In addition, various vehicles and the Tesla building were vandalized with\u00a0graffiti, some of which were offensive and hateful in nature.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here are some images of the mentioned graffiti (pictures via CBS and Reddit):<\/p>\n

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