Number of Tesla attacks soars past 50 as violence targeting Musk's company escalates

The fig of reported attacks connected Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations has present surpassed much than 50 amid Elon Musk’s increasing power successful the Trump medication and the entrepreneur not holding backmost connected voicing his right-leaning governmental views. 

An investigation by Fox News has recovered that determination person been astatine slightest 51 targeted attacks across the U.S. portion determination person been astatine slightest 17 akin attacks internationally. 

The incidents scope from insignificant vandalism, specified arsenic keying oregon graffiti, to much utmost cases similar arson and drive-by shootings allegedly targeting Tesla vehicles. There are astatine least five national lawsuits pertaining to these Tesla attacks.

Elon Musk and a caller Tesla protest. The fig of reported attacks connected Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations has present surpassed much than 50 amid Musk’s increasing power successful the Trump administration. (Getty Images)

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Musk has described the attacks arsenic "wide-scale home terrorism" and demanded authorities "go aft the generals" down the violence. Musk is spearheading Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an bureau that has been slashing national spending to service its ngo of rooting retired waste, fraud and corruption. 

Attorney General Pamela Bondi has said her section is treating specified incidents arsenic "domestic terrorism."

Some superior attacks connected Tesla successful the U.S. see a March 18 incidental successful Las Vegas erstwhile constabulary said 36-year-old Paul Hyon Kim utilized a Molotov cocktail to torch respective Teslas astatine a section dealership. 

Paul Hyon Kim, the fishy arrested successful Molotov onslaught connected Vegas Tesla dealership (Hal Sparks via Storyful/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

He allegedly besides damaged surveillance cameras with a firearm and spray-painted the connection "resist" connected the Tesla center’s beforehand doors. Authorities said Kim's societal media enactment showed imaginable links to communist groups and Palestinian causes.

Four Tesla Cybertrucks were acceptable connected occurrence successful a Seattle Tesla batch past month, portion two Tesla Cybertrucks caught occurrence astatine a section dealership successful Kansas City.

Police besides recovered "incendiary" devices wrong a Tesla showroom successful Austin, Texas, connected March 24 pursuing repeated protests astatine the showroom portion 24-year-old Cooper Jo Fredrick was arrested for allegedly igniting an incendiary instrumentality and hurling it astatine the dealership successful Loveland, Colorado, connected March 7. The instrumentality landed betwixt 2 cars and created a fire. There were nary injuries contempt radical being successful the gathering astatine the time. 

Some protesters are boycotting Tesla portion others are targeting Tesla vehicles by mounting them connected fire.  (Getty Images)

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Elsewhere, much than a twelve shots were fired astatine a Tesla dealership successful Tigard, Oregon, connected March 13, the 2nd specified incidental astatine that determination successful 1 week.

In Charleston, South Carolina, Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24, allegedly wrote profane messages against President Donald Trump and advocated for Ukraine astir Tesla charging stations earlier lighting 3 of the charging stations connected occurrence with Molotov cocktails connected March 7.

Court documents, citing witnesses, accidental Clarke-Pounder spray-painted successful reddish paint, "F--- Trump" and "Long Live Ukraine" successful a Tesla charging presumption parking spot.

Meanwhile, successful Salem, Oregon, connected Jan. 20, 41-year-old Adam Matthew Lansky is alleged to person thrown astir 8 Molotov cocktails astatine a Tesla dealership, national prosecutors said. One conveyance was wholly destroyed and respective others were damaged.

Other incidents person progressive radical keying Tesla's, carving oregon spray-painting the connection "Nazi" oregon swastika symbols onto Tesla vehicles, portion 1 antheral has been charged successful Texas with utilizing a tiny all-terrain conveyance (ATV) to ram into a Tesla conveyance and harm astatine slightest 2 others.

Teslas connected occurrence astatine a collision halfway successful Las Vegas, Nevada connected March 18, 2025.  (Souphany Vannavong via Storyful.)

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The planetary incidents progressive respective instances of vandalism against vehicles, including a Tesla humanoid robot having orange liquid poured implicit it by clime activists successful the U.K.

A Tesla factory near Berlin was acceptable connected occurrence March 5 portion twelve Tesla vehicles were acceptable connected occurrence in Toulouse, France, connected March 2.

Over the weekend, anti-Musk protesters saw 1 of their biggest shows of unit arsenic the decentralized question known as Tesla Takedown planned a "Global Day of Action" targeting much than 500 Tesla locations worldwide. 

Fox News’ Madeline Coggins, Mary Schlageter, Peter D'Abrosca and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.