Tesla charging stations torched in obvious arson close to Boston, newest assault on Elon Musk firm

Greater than a half-dozen Tesla charging stations have been torched close to Boston on Monday, police mentioned, in what seems to be the most recent assault on the corporate owned by Elon Musk, the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump.

Cops and firefighters rushed to The Level Buying Middle, at 830 Structure Ave. in Littleton, Massachusetts, at about 1:10 a.m. and located Tesla charging stations “engulfed in flames and heavy, darkish smoke,” in line with a police assertion.

The primary responders had Littleton Electrical Gentle & Water Division shut down energy as a “whole of seven charging stations sustained heavy fire-related injury,” police mentioned. 

There have been no accidents.

Fireplace investigators imagine that the “hearth seems to have been deliberately set,” police mentioned.

“It is scary that anyone would come and torch these as a result of it is hazardous to society, hazardous to the air and harmful,” Tesla driver Zaheer Kalvert, who recurrently makes use of these chargers in Littleton, informed NBC Boston. “It is actually unlucky.”

A Tesla consultant couldn’t be instantly reached for touch upon Tuesday.

A suspect in northern Colorado was arrested final week for allegedly attempting to burn down a Tesla dealership in Loveland, police mentioned.

And a Tesla Cybertruck was vandalized within the San Francisco suburb of Redwood Metropolis in late January.

Firm founder Musk has develop into the general public face of the Trump administration’s efforts to drastically slash federal packages and shift U.S. overseas coverage.