CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk said he is shocked by the growing number of events against his company of electric vehicles.
During an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday, the technological billionaire said: “It’s really a shock for me that there is this level of hatred and violence of the left.”
“I thought the left, you know, the Democrats, were supposed to be the party of empathy, the care party. And yet they burn cars. They are bomb dealers.
“Tesla is a peaceful business, we have never done anything harmful, I have never done anything harmful, I only did productive things,” he continued, before calling “disturbed” attacks, and claiming that there must be “a kind of mental illness in progress.”
Musk also alluded to “larger forces at work”.
“Who finances it and who coordinates it?” He concluded.
There is no evidence indicating general coordination, and there has been no confirmation of the political affiliations involved in the demonstrations.
Musk’s remarks were in response to A fire in a Tesla collision center in Las Vegas.
According to Las Vegas police, the police arrived around 2:45 a.m. on several fire vehicles on Tuesday and the word “resist” the bomb at the company’s front.
At least five vehicles were damaged by the flames, two of which were fully swallowed up.
Police said the suspect used Molotov cocktails and a firearm to carry out the attack, with evidence suggesting that at least three rounds of ammunition were fired on vehicles. An unploded Molotov cocktail was also recovered on the crime scene.
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“It seems to be a targeted attack on a #Tesla ease. There is no continuous threat, but by abundance of prudence, we have increased the patrols around the locations of Tesla, “shared the Las Vegas police on X, as well as the images of the fires.
The FBI is currently investigating and says that it does not raise the possibility of terrorism.
Special agent Spencer Evans told journalists that the incident “had certain characteristics” of a terrorist attack, but that he was too early in the investigation to be certain.
“One thing that I wanted to highlight and make the crystal clear, in particular in the light of the relationships that have continued throughout the country on similar incidents, targeted attacks in Tesla’s facilities, is that violent acts like this are unacceptable, no matter where they occur,” he said.
“To those who think that something like it is justifiable or potentially even admirable, we want to let you know that it is a federal crime, we will come after you, we will find you and continue to the right extent,” he continued, adding that anyone considering a similar act should think twice.
The Las Vegas incident is the last in a series of Tesla attacks in the United States and beyond its borders.
On Monday evening, two Tesla cybertrucks were burned at a dealership in Kansas City, Missouri.
Police said that an officer had spotted a fire cybertruck at the dealership shortly before midnight on March 17. The officer tried to use a fire extinguisher before having to call the Kansas City fire service to help the fire.
Last week, four vehicles were burnt down in Berlin, Germany. Likewise, March 13, Shots were fired on a Tesla dealer In Oregon for the second time in a week, causing significant damage to cars and windows in the exhibition hall, the Associated Press reported.
March 8 captured images during demonstrations During an exhibition hall in Manhattan Tesla Showroom, the police removed a number of demonstrators from the interior of the premises, where glass doors had been broken.
The demonstrators also gathered outside the establishment and could be heard to sing: “We need clean air, not another billionaire.”
Six people were arrested, five for disorderly driving and one to resist arrest, according to the media.
In Toulouse, France, 12 Tesla vehicles were set on fire Apart from a dealer on March 5, destroying eight and seriously damaging four. Authorities have since opened a criminal investigation.
The same day, Seven Tesla charging stations in a shopping center In Littleton, in the Mass., About 60 km outside Boston, were burned, causing heavy damage and sending plumes of thick smoke.
– With Global News ‘Files’ Michelle Butterfield
