MULTIPLE incendiary devices have been uncovered at a Tesla dealership, according to police.
Police responded to the Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas, on Monday morning after receiving reports of suspicious devices at the location.
The Austin Police Department’s bomb squad unit was deployed to the dealership, where they determined the devices were incendiary.
Incendiary devices are weapons or munitions designed to set fire to objects or cause burns, according to the United Nations’ Office for Disarmament Affairs.
Authorities collected the devices without incident.
The FBI was assisting Austin police at the showroom, according to CNBC.
Federal agents launched a 10-person task force on Monday as 48 attacks on Teslas have been reported so far this month, according to the New York Post.
The agency called the acts “domestic terrorism” and plans to deploy personnel from the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division and eyeing a blog that reportedly calls for more attacks.
A growing number of videos online have also circulated of people defacing and damaging Tesla vehicles on the roads.
The attacks have come following Tesla chief executive Elon Musk’s appointment as head of the Department of Government Efficiency in the Trump administration.
Since his appointment, Musk has slashed federal jobs and budgets in an effort to reduce government spending and bring down the national debt.
‘HATRED AND VIOLENCE’
The billionaire, 53, has blamed Democrats for the attacks on his auto company, calling the incidents “coordinated.”
“It’s really come as a quite a shock to me that there is this level of real hatred and violence from the left,” Musk told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on March 18.
“I thought the left, you know, Democrats, were supposed to be a party of empathy, the party of caring.
“And yet they’re burning down cars. They’re firebombing dealerships.
“They’re firing bullets into dealerships. They’re just smashing up Teslas.”
There has been no evidence to support Musk’s claims.
Tesla attacks
A series of attacks have targeted Tesla showrooms and vehicles starting in early 2025.
The FBI has started investigating the attacks as potential domestic terrorism.
The recent attacks have been linked to people protesting CEO Elon Musk and his work in Donald Trump’s administration.
Some of the attacks include:
- January 20 and February 19 – Tesla dealership in Salem, Oregon, attacked with Molotov cocktails and gunfire
- March 3 – Seven Tesla charging stations set on fire near Boston
- March 9 – Four Cybertrucks burned in a parking lot in Seattle, Washington
- March 18 – A Tesla service center is set on fire with Molotov cocktails in Las Vegas
- March 24 – Multiple bombs found inside a Tesla showroom in Texas
President Trump has called the destruction of Tesla property domestic terrorism and vowed to send those responsible for the attacks to El Salvador’s terrorism confinement center, CECOT.
“I look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20 year jail sentences for what they are doing to Elon Musk and Tesla,” Trump said.
“Perhaps they could serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions!”
TESLA ATTACKS ON THE RISE
Three people have been arrested in recent weeks in connection with the attacks on the electric vehicle company.
A man was arrested after throwing approximately eight Molotov cocktails at a Tesla showroom in Salem, Oregon, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
In South Carolina, another man was arrested after authorities said he wrote profane messages against Trump and his administration on Tesla charging stations before lighting them on fire.
And in Colorado, a woman was charged for attacking Tesla vehicles with Molotov cocktails and writing the words “Nazi cars” at a showroom in Loveland.
In early March, four Cybertrucks were set ablaze at a Tesla lot in Seattle, Washington.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/13858758/bombs-found-tesla-dealership-texas-austin/
