This sort of thing is becoming so common it's absurd. Another Tesla owner posted a video of their vehicle being vandalized. It's gotten so bad that some drivers are trying to disguise their vehicles.
In this case, video posted to the r/TeslaModel3 subreddit appears to show the perpetrator keying the vehicle in broad daylight with other people nearby.
The video is titled, "When you hate to see a Tesla."
Vandalism of electric vehicle charging stations has been happening for years, along with gas-powered vehicles' blocking EV charging spaces. But instances of Teslas being targeted for vandalism have skyrocketed in recent months, coinciding with Tesla CEO Elon Musk's political involvement as the head of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency.
Since then, Tesla sales have plummeted worldwide and the stock has tanked. But Tesla owners are feeling the backlash as well. Their EVs are getting keyed, paint thrown on them, or otherwise damaged by passersby.
Whatever the motivation behind these attacks, the fallout could be far-reaching. These incidents could convince someone who is considering making their next car an EV, Tesla or otherwise, to reconsider and get a gas-powered vehicle instead, which will only add carbon pollution to the atmosphere for the life of the vehicle, further contributing to the overheating of the planet.
It's also entirely possible that the vandalism was done out of anti-EV sentiment. There are those who incorrectly believe EVs are worse for the environment than internal combustion engine vehicles because of the mining of materials needed to manufacture their batteries. But the amount of materials mined every year for the production of EV batteries measures in the millions of tons compared to the billions of tons of fossil fuels extracted from the earth every year.
Whatever the case, this sort of vandalism should be stopped.
"There should be a big punishment," one person commented.
Another said, "I really don't get it, why?"
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