Local Resentment Grows Over Elon Musk's Support for Far-Right Groups
Tesla New Car Sales Decline
Used Car Platforms Benefit from the "Elon Effect"
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, is watching the men's singles final on the last day of the US Open tennis tournament held in New York, USA, on the 8th (local time). In Dresden, eastern Germany, where Tesla electric cars caught fire for two consecutive days on the 8th (local time), fire authorities are suspecting the possibility of arson. /EPA·Yonhap News Agency
Tesla electric vehicles caught fire two days in a row in Dresden, eastern Germany. Amid growing local resentment toward Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, who is supported by far-right groups in Germany, the fire department suspects arson.
According to local media including MDR, the Dresden Fire Department reported that on the 9th (local time), fire reports were received for Teslas parked on city streets at around 1:20 a.m. the previous day and 1:25 a.m. on the same day.
The fire the previous day started under the hood, and the fire department stated that in both vehicles, the fire was prevented from spreading to the battery. The two fire locations are several hundred meters apart. A sticker reading "Stop Nazis" was found on the first vehicle that caught fire.
The police and fire authorities have ruled out technical issues as the cause and are suspecting arson and a connection between the two fires.
CEO Musk has drawn resentment by fully supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ahead of the German general election on the 23rd.
New Tesla car sales are plummeting locally, and used car prices are also sharply falling. Stefan Schneck, head of sales at the used car platform AutoScout24, said Teslas are coming onto the used car market with high discount rates, calling it the "Elon effect."
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