(KRON) — Fremont District 4 Councilmember Yang Shao claims his Tesla was vandalized, based on his Fb publish on Thursday. He says his electrical automobile was “keyed by someone,” which primarily means somebody with a key or a equally sharp object triggered injury.
Shao doesn’t know when or the place the alleged act occurred; the scratch (pictured beneath) was above the precise rear tire. Teslas have built-in safety surveillance that information footage from cameras positioned all through the automobile. The surveillance known as “Sentry Mode.”
Shao advised KRON4 through textual content message that Sentry Mode was not in a position to seize the alleged incident of vandalism.
“Today, I was astonished to find out that my Tesla was keyed by someone. I don’t know when and where it happened. I wonder why someone would do this to a Tesla owner,” Shao wrote on his Fb web page.
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Fremont councilmember Yang Shao claims his Tesla was vandalized at an unknown location. (Photograph: Metropolis councilmember Yang Shao Fb)
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A number of commenters in Shao’s publish say that it is not proper for individuals’s anger towards Tesla CEO Elon Musk to be taken out on homeowners of the automobile. “It is sad that they are targeting you because you have a Tesla and for their hatred for Musk,” one remark mentioned.
The injury performed to Shao’s Tesla comes at a time of controversy surrounding Musk, primarily as a result of billionaire’s function inside the Trump administration. There have been quite a few protests exterior of Tesla dealerships within the Bay Space. As well as, there have been Tesla homeowners regionally who’re being focused and urged to promote their autos.
Some Tesla homeowners are even making an attempt to disassociate themselves from Musk. Anti-Musk Tesla stickers have been seen all through the Bay Space and past. You’ll have seen a sticker on a Tesla that claims, “I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy.”
(Photograph: Mad Puffer Stickers)
All through the nation, Tesla vehicles and dealerships have been vandalized. Gunshots have been fired at a dealership in Oregon, and a hearth destroyed 4 Cybertrucks at a Tesla lot in Seattle.
President Donald Trump has publicly defended Musk and Tesla.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
