Arson Attacks on Tesla and Other Luxury Cars Investigated in France and U.S.
Authorities in Niort, France, and the United States are probing a series of deliberate vehicle fires, with anarchist groups claiming ideological motives but no confirmed links to the crimes.
- The Niort prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the deliberate burning of 15 luxury vehicles, including Tesla, Porsche, and Aston Martin, reported since September 2024.
- An anarchist website based in Nantes has claimed responsibility for the Niort incidents, framing them as protests against 'petty bourgeois' lifestyles, though no direct link has been established.
- In early March 2025, 12 Tesla vehicles were burned in Toulouse, France, with an anarchist group also claiming responsibility for the attack.
- In the United States, three individuals have been charged with vandalizing Tesla vehicles, including incidents involving Molotov cocktails in Oregon, Colorado, and South Carolina.
- Authorities in France and the U.S. continue investigations, with no arrests made in Niort and no confirmation of the anarchist claims' validity in any location.
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