The incident is the newest in a collection of suspected arson assaults concentrating on Elon Musk’s firm.
Italian police are investigating a attainable arson assault after greater than a dozen Tesla vehicles have been burned at a dealership on the fringe of the capital early on Monday morning.
A complete of 17 vehicles have been broken within the fireplace after a blaze was reported round 4:30 am, Italian information company Ansa reported. No accidents have been reported.
It seems to be the newest in a collection of incidents concentrating on Elon Musk’s electrical automotive producer. Police on Saturday have been investigating a fireplace that destroyed seven Teslas in northwestern Germany.
The FBI final week launched a job power to sort out what it described as “home terrorism” concentrating on the Tesla showrooms and autos, as stories of vandalism escalated.
The corporate has turn into a goal as Musk leads the Trump administration’s divisive drive to slash the federal authorities’s workforce and purge federal businesses via the Division of Authorities Effectivity, or DOGE.
Final Saturday noticed the rising anti-Tesla motion stage its largest protest but, with “Tesla Takedown” demonstrations held exterior greater than 200 cities world wide, with the majority within the US. Lots of the motion’s supporters have referred to as for protests to stay peaceable.
European gross sales of Tesla electrical autos dropped 49% within the first two months of the yr in contrast with the identical interval final yr, in response to the European Vehicle Producers’ Affiliation.
Musk was extensively condemned in Europe after he endorsed Germany’s far-right Different for Germany occasion throughout the nation’s election final month.
Euronews contacted Tesla and the Rome police headquarters for remark.
