Tesla's charging station flareed near Boston on Monday. The shots were fired at a Tesla dealer in Oregon since midnight on Thursday. The arrest came on Saturday in a non-violent protest at a Tesla dealer in Lower Manhattan.
Electric car company Tesla was increasingly spotted in police chunks around the country this week, more than seven weeks after President Trump's second inauguration struck the administration with Tesla CEO Elon Musk as senior adviser to the president.
Musk, 53, is increasing his rebound for his drastic cuts to federal agencies.
Protesters joined the chant “No one voted for Elon Musk” and “Olgallery Out, Democracy” at a demonstration at a sparkling Tesla showroom in Manhattan's West Village neighborhood on Saturday. He had a sign saying, “Send your mask to Mars now!!” (Musk also owns SpaceX).
Hundreds of protesters remained there for two hours, blocking the entrance and closing the dealership, according to organizers.
Six people were arrested after some protesters entered the building, organiser Alice Who said. New York police said five people were issued subpoenas for disorderly conduct but faced charges of resisting arrest.
The demonstration took place at the end of the week when employees at a Tesla dealership in Tiguard, Oregon, near Portland arrived at work Thursday and discovered bullet damage.
Police said they believe at least seven shots would be fired, causing damage to three cars and shattering the windows. Police say one bullet went through the wall and entered a computer monitor.
And on Monday, seven Tesla charging stations were intentionally flammed at a shopping centre outside Boston, police said. In another Boston suburb, police arrested the man on Wednesday, tagging six Tesla vehicles with arm poses that swelled Musk's decals.
Police in Brookline, Massachusetts have released a video of a man saying he has the right to taint his car because he was “free speech.” When Musk saw the video, he replied, “Injuring someone else's property and aka vandalism is not free speech!”
Tesla did not respond to requests for comment on the protests and vandalism on Saturday.
In Colorado, federal prosecutors charged the person with malicious destruction of their property on Thursday. According to a news release from a US attorney in Colorado, she is accused of spray painting “Nazi” on the side of a Tesla dealer and planting Molotov cocktails near the vehicle.
At Trump's inauguration, Musk slapped his right hand in the chest, then shot his arm diagonally upwards, and his palm downwards, a gesture similar to the salute used in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. But Musk responded in a post from X: “The 'Everyone is Hitler' attack is so exhausting. ”
A man was arrested in Salem, Oregon on Tuesday, sparking a fire in front of a Tesla dealer, setting a lit Tesla car in Lot on the day of his appointment, causing at least $500,000 worth of damage, authorities said. He was also charged with firing at the same dealer a month later.
The protests at the Manhattan showroom were in one of the city's most liberal areas. State Sen. Brad Hoyleman Cigal, a Democrat who represents the district, said protesters have gathered there for several weeks, with each weekend's protests making the previous protest bigger.
He said it was “a catharsis for New Yorkers to go to the streets,” and that Musk and Trump “it was important to see that separating the federal government with their knees hurt many people.”
Tesla itself is the subject of backlash, with some vehicle owners now selling cars and trucks to keep them apart from Musk and his political activities.
“It's a bit embarrassing to be seen in that car right now,” one owner told The New York Times before trading in the car.
This week's anger towards Musk has also crossed the border.
Several fires broke out at a construction site in Berlin on Tuesday due to an expansion of the Tesla plant. German police said they were investigating it as arson.
In France, dozens of Tesla cars were on fire near the southern city of Toulouse on Sunday night. The flames were “not a coincidence at all,” the prosecutor said.
