The tally of documented assaults on Tesla cars, showrooms, and charging facilities has exceeded 50, correlating with Elon Musk’s growing sway within the Trump administration and his unabashed expression of right-leaning political opinions.

A study conducted by Fox News indicates that there have been at least 51 deliberate assaults occurring throughout the U.S., alongside at least 17 comparable incidents worldwide.

The attacks range from minor acts of vandalism, such as scratching the paint or spray painting, to more severe occurrences like arson and drive-by shootings allegedly aimed at Tesla vehicles. There are a minimum of five federal lawsuits related to these attacks against Tesla.

Elon Musk and a recent Tesla protest. The number of reported attacks on Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations has now surpassed more than 50 amid Musk’s growing influence in the Trump administration. (Getty Images)

Elsewhere, more than a dozen shots were fired at a Tesla dealership in Tigard, Oregon, on March 13, the second such incident at that location in one week.

In Charleston, South Carolina, Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24, allegedly wrote profane messages against President Donald Trump and advocated for Ukraine around Tesla charging stations before lighting three of the charging stations on fire with Molotov cocktails on March 7.

Court documents, citing witnesses, say Clarke-Pounder spray-painted in red paint, “F— Trump” and “Long Live Ukraine” in a Tesla charging station parking spot.

Meanwhile, in Salem, Oregon, on Jan. 20, 41-year-old Adam Matthew Lansky is alleged to have thrown approximately eight Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership, federal prosecutors said. One vehicle was completely destroyed and several others were damaged.

Other incidents have involved people keying Tesla’s, carving or spray-painting the word “Nazi” or swastika symbols onto Tesla vehicles, while one man has been charged in Texas with using a small all-terrain vehicle (ATV) to ram into a Tesla vehicle and damage at least two others.

Teslas on fire at a collision center in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 18, 2025.  (Souphany Vannavong via Storyful.)

The international incidents involved several instances of vandalism against vehicles, including a Tesla humanoid robot having orange liquid poured over it by climate activists in the U.K.

A Tesla factory near Berlin was set on fire March 5 while twelve Tesla vehicles were set on fire in Toulouse, France, on March 2.

Over the weekend, anti-Musk protesters saw one of their biggest shows of force as the decentralized movement known as Tesla Takedown planned a “Global Day of Action” targeting more than 500 Tesla locations worldwide. 

Fox News’ Madeline Coggins, Mary Schlageter, Peter D’Abrosca and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.