Group claims responsibility over multiple Tesla fire attacks in Germany

A group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that left several Tesla electric vehicles and chargers burned. A police investigation into the incidents is currently underway. 

Earlier this month, reports from Germany indicated that the Berlin fire department had responded to several car fires. Among the vehicles that were destroyed were two Teslas. As noted in a report from BZ, a Tesla burned on Paula-Fürst-Straße around 2 a.m., and a few minutes later, another Tesla was on fire on An den Knabenhäuser street. 

The fire department addressed the fires quickly, extinguishing the flames and cooling down the Teslas’ batteries. Both vehicles were then transported to a police quarantine parking lot. Authorities are reportedly looking into the possibility of the fires being connected,…