16 Tesla EVs destroyed in a fireplace in Rome as Italian police examine doable arson
ROME — Italian police are investigating as doable arson a fireplace that destroyed greater than a dozen Tesla electrical autos at a dealership on the outskirts of Rome early Monday.
Tesla Italy stated that it’s cooperating with police, and that it had turned over surveillance video from the autos themselves. The vehicles’ inside video operates even when they’re off.
An Related Press reporter on the scene counted 16 burned vehicles.
Tesla has been the goal of protests world wide towards proprietor Elon Musk’s affiliation with the Trump administration. European gross sales of Tesla autos tumbled 49% within the first two months of the yr whilst general gross sales of EVs grew.
