Written by Cláudio Afonso | LinkedIn | X
Several Tesla vehicles were set on fire early Tuesday morning at a Tesla service center in Las Vegas, in what appears to be the latest act of violence against the automaker led by Elon Musk.
The incident occurred around 2:45 a.m. local time at the Tesla Collision Center on West Badura Avenue, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told the local media outlet Las Vegas Review Journal.
Authorities believe an individual deliberately set multiple vehicles on fire in the parking lot, though the investigation is still ongoing.
Musk responded to the attack on X, calling it “Terrorism” and describing the violence as “insane and deeply wrong.” In a separate post, he wrote, “Tesla just makes electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks.”
As of Tuesday afternoon, Tesla shares were down 4.25% at $228.
Tesla Sales and Analyst Ratings
Earlier on Tuesday, insurance registration data from China showed Tesla sold 15,300 vehicles last week, marking its strongest sales week of the year as production of the updated Model Y ramps up.
Meanwhile, RBC Capital analyst Tom Narayan lowered his price target on Tesla shares to $320 from $440, citing reduced expectations for Full Self-Driving (FSD) adoption and robotaxi deployment.
March EV Sales in Europe
In the first 18 days of March, Tesla sold 3,426 vehicles across Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, capturing a 16% share of the region’s EV market, according to data from EU-EVs.
Tesla leads the market in those countries, followed by Volkswagen (2,945 EVs) and Volvo (1,521 EVs). The Model Y remains the best-selling EV in the region with 1,802 units sold, followed by the Model 3 with 1,614.
