Fury at Elon Musk emerges as vandalism, protest and buyer’s remorse.
The police said the man spray-painted the word “resist” on the doors of a Tesla repair center and then used a firearm and Molotov cocktails to damage five vehicles.
People spray-painted a Tesla dealership, punctured tires and scratched vehicles in apparent protest of Elon Musk, who has made repeated jabs at Canada.
More than 80 Teslas were damaged in Hamilton, Ontario, the police said, amid other acts of vandalism against the company owned by Elon Musk.
Elon Musk’s electric carmaker faces serious headwinds amid his involvement with right-wing politics and the Trump administration.
Tesla dealerships have been vandalized and vehicles set ablaze in apparent protest of Elon Musk’s mass government cuts.
Federal and local law enforcement authorities are investigating what caused the Sunday night fire, which came after a series of attacks against Tesla in rebuke of its chief executive, Elon Musk.
The backlash against the electric vehicle company has turned violent at times, as its billionaire chief executive parlays his support for President Trump into consequential influence over the federal government.