Summary
A suspect vandalized and set fire to Teslas at a Las Vegas Collision Center early Tuesday in what police call a “targeted attack.”
The assailant, dressed in black, shot at five vehicles, torched two, and left an undetonated Molotov cocktail. They also spray-painted “Resist” on the building.
Authorities have not confirmed a political motive but noted Elon Musk’s ties to Trump. The FBI is investigating, warning that such acts are federal crimes.
Tesla has faced backlash amid Musk’s government role and far-right politics.
Burning Teslas is stupid and wasteful. All this does is get Elon a free check from the insurance company.
Protesting and stigmatizing buying a Tesla works better.
Fuck being “wasteful”. It makes consumers think twice about buying one, which is the actual intended consequence.
Elope doesn’t care about the insurance payout on a handful of undelivered units. Theres been like <30 cars burnt so far. Manufacturers lose hundreds of vehicles to random damage and acts of god every year.
But the brand damage and resulting tens of thousands of lost sales caused by consumers seeing this and thinking “I may be a target if I buy this car”… THAT makes a dent in the bottom line, and is market pressure working as intended.
Also can impact the insurance rates - https://www.newsweek.com/tesla-insurance-costs-could-surge-amid-anti-elon-musk-vandalism-2044675
Maybe if you are are someone who expects change to just magically “appear” and for the system to simply correct itself so that they can go back to consuming.
Protest without the ultimate threat of force behind it is a parade.
Steal them and strip them for their batteries and parts instead.
I’ve never heard it worded this way, before, but it sums up something that has been bothering me about modern protests: they are parades.
Protest is supposed to be disruptive
Nothing is free with insurance, they just add it to your future bills.
No, it bring attention to him being a shitbag. Burn them all down.
Eventually, it might make Teslas uninsurable.
If this keeps up, no insurance company will insure Teslas anymore. I’m fairly sure the prices for that have already gone up and will continue to do so. It’s a high-risk asset now.
Elon doesn’t get anything. Well unless the troglodyte having his Tesla just burned down goes out and buys another in hopes this one won’t combust or see him on the wrong side of a mob.
Building teslas is stupid and wasteful. Folks are just balancing things out.