Wild video shows a row of Tesla cars ablaze at a Las Vegas service center in what cops are investigating as arson.
Several high-end electric vehicles were seen completely engulfed in the early hours of Tuesday — with one bursting into a huge fireball seemingly from a lithium battery inside one exploding, according to footage obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Cops confirmed they were treating the attack as arson, with pictures showing someone had scrawled “RESIST” in giant red letters across the Tesla Collision Center in Enterprise, just a few miles from the Vegas Strip.
Multiple Teslas have reportedly been set on fire deliberately at a service center near Las Vegas. FOX5
Pictures from the scene show multiple destroyed vehicles and the word “Resist” spray-painted on the building. FOX5
One vehicle bursted into a huge fireball seemingly from a lithium battery exploding, according to footage obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Hal Sparks via Storyful“Communications received information that an individual had set several vehicles on fire in the parking lot and caused damage to the property,” the department said in an emailed statement.
One 911 caller reported hearing gunshots and saw a person in black setting vehicles on fire, Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren from the LVMPD told a media briefing on Tuesday morning.
At least five vehicles were set on fire and three rounds were fired into the cars, he said. A non-ignited Molotov cocktail was also recovered from the scene.
“I’d like to point out this was a targeted attack against a Tesla facility,” Koren said. “We do believe that it is isolated at this time.”
Police presences have been stepped up at Tesla facilities in and around Las Vegas as a precaution, Koren said.
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At least five vehicles were set on fire and three rounds were fired into the cars, Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren from the LVMPD said. Hal Sparks via Storyful
“I’d like to point out this was a targeted attack against a Tesla facility,” Koren said. Hal Sparks via Storyful
It is the latest possible attack on Tesla property since Musk joined President Trump’s administration. APThe FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the attack as well and will be working alongside the LVMPD, Spencer Evans, the special agent in charge of the Bureau’s Las Vegas field office, said at the same briefing.
“It’s a federal crime. We will come after you, we will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law,” Evans said.
Police did not directly tie the attack to Tesla mogul Elon Musk, but it comes after a series of other attacks targeting the world’s richest man for his work helping President Trump cut costs as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
In one recent attack, an arsonist tossed several Molotov cocktails — with one setting him on fire.
Tesla did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
