Tesla cars set on fire in Germany two nights in a row

In the German city of Dresden two nights in a row unknown people set fire to Tesla cars. This is reported on February 9 by MDR radio.

"For the second night in a row, a Tesla electric car caught fire in the Neustadt neighborhood of Dresden. According to the fire department, the front of the car completely burned out in a few minutes on Sunday night," the statement said.

Thanks to the rapid arrival of firefighters managed to prevent the fire from spreading to other vehicles.

It is specified that another Saturday in the same city in the same city caught fire Tesla car. Investigators now suspect a connection between these incidents.

According to MDR, police officers contacted the owners of Tesla cars and advised them to apply various safety measures.

The authors of the article made the assumption that arson may arise because Tesla is the work of American billionaire Ilon Musk, who in turn is accused of interfering in the country's politics.

At the moment, police are investigating the case.

Earlier, on February 6, sales of Tesla electric cars fell sharply in European countries due to the negative public reaction to the interference of the company's CEO Ilon Musk in the politics of the region. According to the Federal Road Transport Authority in Germany, only 1,277 new electric vehicles were registered in January, down 59% compared to the same month in 2024.

Prior to that, Musk said at a campaign event for the Alternative for Germany (AdG) party on Jan. 25 that the German government was taking a totalitarian approach to curbing free speech in the country. The entrepreneur urged Germans to be proud of their nation and stop feeling guilty about the past. He also advised the citizens of Germany to support the AdG.