The most recent occasion of vandals tagging Teslas within the Boston-area has been reported in Dedham.
The Dedham Police Division is investigating at the very least two cases of vandalism within the space of the native Tesla dealership, within the 800-block of Windfall Freeway.
The primary got here late final month when the constructing was tagged with some messages, although what these messages mentioned was not disclosed by the police. Then got here a name on Tuesday morning reporting that two Tesla Cybertrucks had been tagged with an analogous message, and had all their tires popped.
A consultant on the Dedham Tesla dealership declined to remark.
The Dedham Police Division has mentioned further safety measures with the dealership, in keeping with a police assertion. The division asks that anybody with any data concerning the crimes to contact police by calling 781-326-1212.
The announcement of the crimes follows shortly after a person was arrested for placing unfavorable stickers of firm CEO Elon Musk on Tesla automobiles within the Brookline space.
Harrison Grant Randall, 39, of Roslindale, allegedly informed a sufferer of his alleged vandalism spree that his actions had been his “free speech.” He was arrested and charged with six counts of defacing property in Brookline.
Randall’s arrest in flip got here shortly after a Tesla charging station was set on hearth in Littleton.
All of the actions are set to a backdrop of nationwide activism in opposition to Tesla in protest in opposition to its chief, Elon Musk, who has stepped past his position as a tech billionaire to spearhead the brand new federal Division of Authorities Effectivity, or DOGE, underneath the President Trump administration. He’s tasked with dramatically shrinking the scale and expenditures of presidency, and his slash-and-burn ways are angering many.
“Tesla is becoming a political symbol of Trump and DOGE, and that is a bad thing for the brand,” Wedbush Securities monetary analyst Dan Ives informed the Related Press in an interview.
An instance exterior of Boston is three Tesla charging stations set on hearth in a South Carolina outlet mall parking zone in North Charleston. Alongside the burned-out ports was the spray-painted message “long live the Ukraine” and a few kind of “crude reference” to Trump, in keeping with an Related Press report.
The New York Instances reviews that pictures had been fired at a Tesla dealership early Thursday morning and a nonviolent protest occurred at a Tesla dealership in Decrease Manhattan on Saturday.
Musk can also be the pinnacle of X, the social media micro-blogging platform generally known as Twitter when he purchased it in 2022. The platform’s web site suffered widescale outages Monday that made it unavailable for numerous customers. Musk himself referred to as it a “massive cyberattack,” in keeping with the AP.
Tesla inventory has plummeted 45% to date this 12 months, with a 15% freefall on Monday alone. Trump mentioned Tuesday that he had bought a Tesla himself.
“I don’t like what’s happening to you,” Trump informed Musk, in keeping with the Related Press, earlier than slipping right into a purple Tesla Mannequin S, which retails for $80,000. “Wow. That’s beautiful.”
Herald wire companies had been used on this report.
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