Canada
In Vancouver, police arrested a man suspected on vandalizing a Tesla dealership multiple times between January 1 and March 21, spray-painting obscenities on the building. [1] In Montreal, police arrested two members of an activist group who sprayed paint on a dealership. [2]
On March 17, a Tesla Model S was set on fire in the parking lot of Masonville Place in London, Ontario. No injuries were reported. [3]
On March 20, 80 Teslas were damaged at a dealership in Hamilton, Ontario, with cars having deep scratches and tires punctured. [4]
United States
Northeast
Several Tesla chargers were set on fire outside a shopping center in Littleton, Massachusetts, on March 3. [12] In a Dedham dealership, two Cybertrucks were spray-painted, and a Model S had all of its tires punctured. The same dealership had been targeted by vandalism on February 26. [13] In Brookline, a man was arrested for allegedly placing Elon Musk-related stickers on Teslas. [14]
A Tesla owner in Syracuse, New York, reported an unidentified person wrote "This car supports Nazis" on his car while he was in a theater. [15] On March 6, two men in New York City spray-painted swastikas on a Cybertruck in Lower Manhattan. The New York City Police Department said they were investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. [16]
In Pennsylvania on March 23, a Tesla Cybertruck was vandalized while parked outside a restaurant in Newtown Township, Bucks County by an apparent juvenile who dragged something along the side of it, leaving a mark. [17]
South
On March 22, 44-year-old Andrew Dutil slowly drove a black Nissan SUV into a group of peaceful protesters on a sidewalk in front of a Tesla store in West Palm Beach, Florida. Although no one was injured, Dutil was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, being held without bail. According to protesters, Dutil had driven by earlier in the day and yelled at them. [18] An employee from the store added that Dutil walked into the store and stated that he supported Tesla, then left. [19]
A Tesla dealership in Owings Mills, Maryland, was spray-painted on March 2, the day after a protest was held outside the same dealership. [20]
In Washington, D.C., police said they were looking for a man and woman who had graffitied at least two Teslas with unspecified "political hate speech". [21]
The word "NAZI" was found etched on the side of a Tesla in Garner, North Carolina. [22]
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma reported that a masked individual spray-painted the word "NAZI" on the side of a Cybertruck. [23]
In North Charleston, South Carolina, federal authorities charged a man with arson after he allegedly set Tesla chargers on fire with Molotov cocktails. The suspect is also accused of spray-painting "Fuck Trump, long live Ukraine" next to the chargers. [24]
On March 24, Austin Police Department responded to calls of suspicious devices found in the local Tesla showroom, the Austin Bomb Squad determined the devices to be incendiary devices . [25] [26]
On March 25, a man in Texarkana, Texas was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and failure to identify for vandalizing several Teslas. Video from one of the cars appeared to show the suspect driving a mini four-wheeler into the side of a Tesla parked outside a restaurant. [27]
West
On March 22, a man in Berkeley, California, was arrested for firing a stun gun at protesters. No injuries were reported. The suspect, who demonstrators said had attempted to disrupt several earlier protests, was grabbed by protesters before officers arrested him. [28]
In San Jose, California, police arrested a man who was seen on video keying a Tesla. [29] A dealership and several vehicles in Encinitas were spray-painted with swastikas. [30] In Vista, a person reportedly broke the side-view mirror of a Tesla parked in a driveway. [31] In Berkeley, a person was filmed spray-painting a Tesla in a Whole Foods Market parking lot. [32] On March 29, a Cybertruck parked outside a home in Novato was vandalized, with a suspect slitting the tires and throwing a rock at the windshield. [33]
One person was arrested after a molotov cocktail was thrown at a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado, on March 7. A second person had been charged with vandalizing the same dealership earlier in the month, though a police said the incidents appeared to be unrelated. [34] Police in Colorado Springs said they had responded to two reports of Tesla vehicles being vandalized in 2025. [35]
In Nevada, multiple Teslas were set on fire at a dealership in Enterprise. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said they were investigating. [36] A 36-year-old Las Vegas resident was arrested and charged with federal offenses. [37]
In Salem, Oregon, a Tesla vehicle was set on fire in a dealership parking lot in January. [38] The following month, several gunshots were fired at the windows of the same dealership. [39] A suspect was arrested and faces federal charges. [40] A dealership in Tigard was also damaged by gunfire in March. A security guard was present, but they were not injured. [41]
In Portland, a person spray-painted the word "Nazi" on a Tesla. [42] In Eugene, the words "Divest" and "Depose" were spray-painted on two Tesla vehicles. [43]
In Washington, four Cybertrucks were damaged by a fire in Seattle. [44]
On March 22, four Tesla chargers in Rock Springs, Wyoming, were spray-painted with Swastikas. [45]
