Italian police are investigating as possible arson a fire that destroyed more than a dozen Tesla electric vehicles at a dealership on the outskirts of Rome.

Several Tesla vehicles at a dealership near Rome were destroyed overnight in what officials say was likely arson.

Tesla cars, infrastructures and offices have become targets of vandalism in several countries in response to CEO Elon Musk's right-wing activism. Musk, a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump and head of the U.

It’s ironic that, as a pro-democracy and pro-climate group, we’re protesting against electric cars,” one activist said. “But you cannot sacrifice our democracy for one piece of the thing.”

Protesters against billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump demonstrated outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities in Europe on Saturday in the latest attempt to dent the fortune of the world’s richest man.

As part of a global Tesla Takedown protest, a number of demonstrators gathered outside a Tesla dealership in South Salt Lake on Saturday to let their opinions of Elon Musk be known.

Protests erupted over the weekend outside many Tesla showrooms around the world against Elon Musk and his involvement in government.

An overnight fire at a Tesla dealership in Rome that destroyed 17 cars was an act of terrorism, the company's billionaire owner Elon Musk said on Monday.

Taking the stage in Green Bay wearing a yellow foam cheesehead hat, Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters.

Several Tesla insiders have sold their stock in recent years. Insiders can sell shares for various reasons, but the sales have a tendency to give investors affirmation to doubt the stock. Tesla's problems,