A fire that broke out in a parking lot in the Fehenheim district of Frankfurt, Germany destroyed ten Tesla Model Ys and damaged five more earlier this week in what appears to have been an act of “social resistance” by an anonymous group. which considers the American manufacturer one of its own “the most important enemies”local media reports.
Frankfurt firefighters said their dispatch center received a call at around 3:20 a.m. on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, that a fire had broken out in a parking lot on Wechtersbacher Street. Several vehicles were engulfed in flames by the time firefighters, who arrived with self-contained breathing apparatus and five vehicles, arrived. The approximate rail track was temporarily closed for approximately 30 minutes.
Around 4:30 a.m. the fire was extinguished and the first vehicles left the scene, but the scene remained under surveillance as it existed greater risk of fire recovery for electric cars.
Tesla, the enemy of environmentalists
Later, an anonymous letter entitled ” You are here flambé » publishes a group of environmentalists on the Indymedia platform, taking responsibility for the fire and claiming that Tesla is one of “the most important enemies”.
“The company represents the ideology of green capitalism and the ongoing global and colonial destruction like no other. Electric motors are constantly presented as a clean alternative. This is a cynical lie. Like other companies, Tesla mines resources all over the world. The raw materials needed for electric vehicle batteries, such as lithium and cobalt, are mined under appalling conditions in Latin America and Africa. »
Porsches were also targeted
On the same platform, which the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution considers the “reference” media for the German left-wing extremist scene, the group issued another press release in which it claims responsibility for ” deflate the tires of 51 Porsche cars parked in berlin » in protest against the German manufacturer.
The police say that the fire caused estimated damage about $537,000 (€500,000) and indicates that an investigation is currently underway to determine the cause.
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Source: Auto Plus
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