Une douzaine de véhicules Tesla ont été incendiés durant la nuit du 2 au 3 mars 2025 dans le showroom de la marque situé près de Toulouse. Que s'est-il passé ? Un incendie est survenu dans la nuit du dimanche 2 au lundi 3 mars 2025, sur le site de Tesla à Plaisance-du-Touch, près de Toulouse. Selon La Dépêche, les
I know this is meant to send a message, but I think it would be more hurtful to Tesla to leave those cars to rot on the lot. This way they’re getting paid by insurance for all those cars.
If the goal is deterring purchase, then it would actually be most impactful to vandalize teslas that have already been bought. Torching them in a dealership has people going “it sucks to be that dealership.” After all, they didn’t torch any cars that had already been bought, so what is the harm in buying one? If people are only targeting dealerships, you’ll be safe.
Spray painting swastikas on them on the street has people second-guessing whether or not they want to own one personally, because they don’t want to be targeted. Basically, a dealership isn’t personal enough to deter personal ownership. A dealership says “we’re targeting the corporations,” whereas vandalizing individual cars says “we’re targeting every Tesla.” You need something that sends a strong “you could feasibly be next if you buy one” message.
I’m not even saying you’d need to torch them. You’d just need to vandalize them to the point that the owners don’t want to drive them anymore. It’s a pain in the ass to clean, but spray paint can be cleaned off. And also, it doesn’t disable or destroy the car. So you’re not depriving the owner of its use in the long term (except for the psychological “it could happen again” side of things). But it’s enough of a pain in the ass that most people won’t even want to risk owning one in the first place.
I guess I don’t see how attacking the property of a hard working individual, who’s political stance you don’t even know, would be beneficial to making Musk feel some pain. Hate on Tesla all you want. Clearly the world feels the same, based on their poor sales. That’s where the real damage will come from. I just don’t think we should be attacking the properties of individuals.
I guess I don’t see how attacking the property of a hard working individual, who’s political stance you don’t even know, would be beneficial to making Musk feel some pain.
Burning Teslas in the dealership lot is short term pain, quickly recouped by insurance claims. Making people afraid to buy Teslas at all has the potential to kill the entire company in the long term. And that’s not something that can be recouped by an insurance claim or a corporate reorganization effort.
I know this is meant to send a message, but I think it would be more hurtful to Tesla to leave those cars to rot on the lot. This way they’re getting paid by insurance for all those cars.
Hey, revolutionaries need to start somewhere. We need to support their learning journey!
And eventually anything connected to Tesla will cost too much to insure. Remember insurance companies arent obligated to give you cover.
Gotta love the free market.
If the goal is deterring purchase, then it would actually be most impactful to vandalize teslas that have already been bought. Torching them in a dealership has people going “it sucks to be that dealership.” After all, they didn’t torch any cars that had already been bought, so what is the harm in buying one? If people are only targeting dealerships, you’ll be safe.
Spray painting swastikas on them on the street has people second-guessing whether or not they want to own one personally, because they don’t want to be targeted. Basically, a dealership isn’t personal enough to deter personal ownership. A dealership says “we’re targeting the corporations,” whereas vandalizing individual cars says “we’re targeting every Tesla.” You need something that sends a strong “you could feasibly be next if you buy one” message.
I’m not even saying you’d need to torch them. You’d just need to vandalize them to the point that the owners don’t want to drive them anymore. It’s a pain in the ass to clean, but spray paint can be cleaned off. And also, it doesn’t disable or destroy the car. So you’re not depriving the owner of its use in the long term (except for the psychological “it could happen again” side of things). But it’s enough of a pain in the ass that most people won’t even want to risk owning one in the first place.
I guess I don’t see how attacking the property of a hard working individual, who’s political stance you don’t even know, would be beneficial to making Musk feel some pain. Hate on Tesla all you want. Clearly the world feels the same, based on their poor sales. That’s where the real damage will come from. I just don’t think we should be attacking the properties of individuals.
Burning Teslas in the dealership lot is short term pain, quickly recouped by insurance claims. Making people afraid to buy Teslas at all has the potential to kill the entire company in the long term. And that’s not something that can be recouped by an insurance claim or a corporate reorganization effort.
Property is less important than democracy and the social contract. Insurance will cover the body work.
The aggregate effect of multiple counts of vandalism is real and substantive harm to a man who is attempting a coup of the US government.
But if this keeps happening, no one will insure them :)
Why not both?
It’s not about money, it’s about sending a message.
Every day I turn more into the Joker.