BURSTThe New York Police Department is investigating a Thursday vandalism incident involving a Tesla after receiving multiple images and footage from the vehicle’s self-recording features of two men etching words onto the side of the car.
“It was reported to police that on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at approximately 0100 hours, in front of 730 Monroe Street, two unidentified individuals carved the word ‘Nazis’ and a swastika on the doors of a parked unoccupied Tesla vehicle,” police wrote in a statement.
“The unidentified individuals then fled on foot in an unknown direction. The incident is being investigated by the NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force,” they added.
Law enforcement is asking those who might know the identity of the vandals to step forward.
The case is one in a series of similar assaults on Tesla products across the country over disdain for CEO Elon Musk who has helped order mass layoffs and funding cuts through the Department of Government Efficiency.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has pledged to prosecute crimes against Tesla vehicles as an act of “domestic terrorism” due to the onset of violence.
The FBI this week also established a task force to investigate the wave of vandalism and arson against Tesla.
“Acts of violence, vandalism, and domestic terrorism — like the recent Tesla attacks — will be pursued with the full force of the law,” the FBI wrote in a statement.