Report: Incendiary Devices Found At Texas Tesla Showroom
The Austin American Statesman reports that multiple incendiary devices were found at an Austin-area Tesla showroom yesterday.
Police responding to a call around 8 a.m. found "suspicious devices" and the bomb squad later determined they were incendiary.
This all happens amid a backdrop of protests against Tesla -- as well as attacks involving damage to Tesla vehicles. The protests are in response to Tesla boss Elon Musk being appointed by President Donald Trump to head the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Musk and DOGE have been cutting federal departments and programs -- and many of those cuts have proven unpopular. There's also concern that some, if not all, of DOGE's actions are against the law.
Trump has said people caught damaging Tesla property will be treated as domestic terrorists. Three people have been charged in connection with alleged damage or attempted damage of Teslas -- one in South Carolina, one in Colorado, and one in Oregon. The minimum penalty, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, is five years in prison, with a maximum of 20 years.
The incident in Austin follows several protests at that location, including a peaceful one over the weekend.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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I guess hating on Tesla's was fun until the lefties joined in and ruined it for y'all.
When I want to start a fire, I start a fire, and then I stick around and make sure it burns completely and safely. So I don't leave 'incendiary devices' lying around other peoples' property, and when you find 'incendiary devices' that didn't burn up, I didn't put them there. With that out of the way,
TG DOES NOT WASTE TIME AND ENERGY ON 'PROTESTS' -- I VOTE WITH MY WALLET. MY WALLET IS BIGGER THAN YOUR SIGN.