Six people were arrested Saturday after “several hundred protestors” blocked entrances to a Manhattan Tesla showroom, The New York Times reports. “Tesla Takedown” protests aim to hurt Elon Musk by targeting Tesla,
These destructive acts have included a man allegedly targeting an Oregon dealership with Molotov cocktails, thousands being caused in damage from an overnight shooting in Oregon’s Tigard, charging stations being set ablaze in Littleton, Massachusetts, “no Musk” and a “swastika-like symbol” being spray painted on a Maryland facility, and more.
Musk appears to be turning off potential Tesla buyers with his embrace of far-right politicians around the world, analysts say, and the hit couldn't come at a worse time.
Chanting “Elon Musk has got to go” into a pink bullhorn, Carolanne Fry led about 350 demonstrators in a noisy march outside a Tesla electric vehicle dealership in Portland, Oregon, this week.
Elon Musk's response comes after incidents, ranging from arson to gunfire, have escalated near Tesla dealerships in recent weeks over his role in the Donald Trump-led US administration
The electric car company led by Elon Musk builds all the cars it sells in the United States in California and Texas, shielding it from tariffs that could devastate competitors.
Tesla is losing its wow factor. Boss Elon Musk has long relied on hyperbolic predictions to pump up the electric-car maker’s image, and its stock price – from how quickly vehicle production would ramp up,