17 Teslas destroyed following blaze at Rome dealership
17 Teslas destroyed following blaze at Rome dealership
The cause of a fire at a Tesla dealer in Rome early on Monday remained under investigations, firefighters told BI.
Summary
A fire at a Tesla dealership in Rome’s Torre Angela district early Monday destroyed 17 cars and damaged the building. No injuries were reported, but investigators are exploring multiple causes, including arson.
The incident follows recent Tesla vandalism in Rome amid rising backlash against Elon Musk’s leadership and cost-cutting at DOGE.
Tesla has faced arson, protests, and boycott calls across the US and Europe.
The company’s stock fell 5% Monday, down 34% this year, with sales dropping sharply in both the US and Europe.
The incident comes as CEO Elon Musk's aggressive cost-cutting efforts at DOGE have sparked a backlash against his EV maker.
No, the incident comes as Musk reveals he's a fucking Nazi. Quit the bullshit. Elon Musk is a Nazi. The DOGE stuff is icing on the Nazi cake.
Agree. That is such an america centric view. Why would italians give enough fucks about DOGE to burn a Tesla store about it. Being a Nazi is what is our primary issue with Musk here in Europe.
I wish it was being taken seriously here. Many in America, including Democrats, think calling these maniacs traitors and Nazis is hyperbole/ rhetoric/ exaggerration/ propaganda, but it isnt. Its exactly what they are, and the sooner people understand and internalize that, the sooner we can purge them from our government.
Exactly, I was trying to jump hold to try and think why they would care about doge so much.
It's not cost cutting when he's managed to waste half a trillion with his ineptitude
There’s that darn 4th branch again, trying to manufacture the thoughts we think.
10 years from now, I hope we all remember how EVERY SINGLE mainstream news outlet refused to call what Musk did a Nazi salute. I hope that we can all see that they work solely for the billionaire class. And I hope that we can still see all that, even when they’re “on our side”.
Fuck America.
That's why it was so shocking when a judge recently compared them to Nazis, and even implied that the Mazis were kinder! Unfortunately, many MAGA Trairors woumd be proud of that.
Also, I have NEVER heard a news personality call any of them Traitors, despite an Insurrection, the False Electors Plot, hundreds of stolen classified documents, turning against our allies, smooching the world's worst authorities, etc.
By any objective measure, Agent Krasnov is the most prolific traitor in American history, more than all other American traitors COMBINED.
And yet not one talking news head has ever called him a Traitor.
DDR Announcer Voice: "Good Good Keep on going!"
Damn teslas are really explody
A charged Li-Ion battery aflame is no joke, as we saw when it was the Galaxy Note 7. It's a major concern for EVs catching fire in tunnels, parking garages, and ferries. They are SUPER HARD to extinguish- legacy techniques don't really work.
Another example: In August of 2012, an explosion and fire occurred in one of the lithium-polymer batteries on the Foss hybrid tug CAMPBELL FOSS. - the reinstallation report
Here's the report of the event itself: https://professionalmariner.com/battery-related-fire-damages-famed-hybrid-tug-puts-it-out-of-service/
A charged Li-Ion battery aflame is no joke, as we saw when it was the Galaxy Note 7. It’s a major concern for EVs catching fire in tunnels, parking garages, and ferries. They are SUPER HARD to extinguish- legacy techniques don’t really work.
Thank god, ol' smarty Musky built a tunnel with no safety features for all those Teslas.
During/after the recent LA fires, they spraypainted “NOT EV” on all of the ICE vehicles
Some of them are in protest, some are insurance fraud because teslas don't sell. Some just burn by themselves.
An economic, political, and safety liability all around.
And this is why most corporations get rid of their CEOs if they become toxic to the brand. But Musk has placed people who are loyal to him on the board. That's how he stole the company from its original founders and this is how he'll be allowed to run the company into the ground as if he owned it.
Just like trump in the white house, we should experience similar trajectories. Maniac in charge sorrounded by yes men.
Oh well, what can you do? Rome is pretty hot this time of the year.
Who knew Teslsas would set on fire in hot temperatures.
And nothing of value was lost
That's not true. The materials used to make those could have gone to something much more productive.
They already were wasted by making teslas
The lithium should burn to lithium oxide. So it should still be recycled to recover most or almost all of it.
Opportunity costs.
its fine the cars committed suicide
Good. Fuck Musk and fuck any of his companies and cronies.
Sic semper tyrannus
I didn't see nuffin
The entirety of Rome was with me that night so they couldn't have done it.
New Olympic sport just dropped.
maybe it was Nero?
Why would the WOKE libs do this?
Oh this in Rome? Do they have woke libs?
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Burn a few and get a little satisfaction. Burn some more and you get some more satisfaction. Burn 'em all and you get complete satisfaction.
Did anyone bring a fiddle?
Oh so sorry to hear about your Swasticars that passed away. Here's five big booms.
Wow, there might be more Tesla's put of fire than there are Russians that fell out of a window now.
and that’s how is done.
Weird, sometimes they just do that.
Well I have a pretty good idea of what the cause is...
Prolly just a mistake. Maybe left them charging too long?
Aw shucks
Tarrifed Teslas
Hell yeah... More of this.
Good start! Keep ‘em coming.
Always glad to see teslas burning
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Prolly just a mistake. Maybe left them charging too long?
Don't worry. It's what
motorbikesTeslas do.- Jason Mendoza "The Good Place"
the
years of leadyears of lithium have startedI thought you were supposed to let electric vehicles burn because water conducts electricity.
When in Rome...
BTW, which Rome? Like, I'd assume Italy, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was another Rome.
Edit: confirmed that it's Rome, Italy via other articles.
Oh so sad.
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