It may be the time to buy a Tesla on the American second-hand market. In a few months, their price melted by 15 % on average, up to 50 % for a cybertruck, the electric pick-up in the form of an anvil and iron iron of the brand. A much stronger discount than for any other car operating on battery. The Kelley Blue Book, equivalent to Argus across the Atlantic, sees red. Admittedly, in Uncle Sam, disaffection for electricity is general and the return of a supporting Trump of fossil fuels has something to do with it. But the American, city and green left has found a new way of resisting Trumpism. Yesterday, she adored the brand. Today she hates her, to the point of staging showroom occupations among Tesla dealerships and destruction.
In the early hours of Trump’s second term, signs of dissatisfaction were pretty good and especially revealed the dilemma of this left, at the limits of schizophrenia, shared between its ardor to defend the planet – with a manifest narcissistic dimension – and his hatred of the republican president. Stickers “I bought it before it went crazy”to be placed on the bumper, was tearing up on Amazon. We remained there. Then the aversion to Musk gradually turned into vandalism: first slices of kraft cheese to cover the cars, then key strokes on the doors, sometimes a swastika. For two weeks, this more or less creative resentment of this Upper Middle Class Sanded by the defeat of the Democrats succeeded a more brutal movement, too dangerous too.
Panic with the dealer
In Charleston, on March 7, a man thus threw several Molotov cocktails at a Tesla load station. Before he himself mixed up by fire, he had tagged the “long life in Ukraine” sidewalk and coarse words against Trump. In all, in recent weeks, more than twenty showrooms and charging stations have been the scene of voluntary fires in major American cities. On March 18, in Las Vegas, the Tesla body repair center was the target of several incendiary objects: five vehicles, three of which were affected by bullets, caught fire. On the door of the establishment, painted with the bomb, the word “resistance”. In the same evening, in Kansas City, Missouri, two Cybertrucks also caught fire at a dealership.
“I don’t want to drive a car built by an asshole”
At the highest peak of the state, this series is starting to worry. This time, Pam Bondi, attorney general of the United States (the equivalent of Minister of Justice), seized the question, speaking of “Inner terrorism”. The spokesperson for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, took it directly to the opposition. “The Democrats were of fervent supporters of Tesla and electric vehicles until Elon Musk decides to vote for Donald Trump. We would therefore like that they also openly condemn these odious violence. »»
In fact of conviction, the Democrats revel in the show. There is the ex-candidate for the vice-presidency, Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, who gives a series of meetings across the country (he does not explain to present himself to the presidential election of 2028). Releasing his iPhone from his pocket, the former Harris package rejoiced on Tuesday, during a public meeting in the Wisconsin, the setbacks of the brand. “I have this little application on my smartphone which gives me the scholarship lessons. I added Tesla to give me a little boost during the day »quipped Walz, advising those who had a “To remove with dental wire the logo” on their car. Elon Musk was quick to reply to X: “Sometimes when I need a little boost, I look at the portrait of JD Vance at the White House and I thank the Lord!” »»
Two million Americans have a Tesla and the vast majority is far from being a fan of Trump
Another star of the Democratic Party and possible candidate for the succession of Trump in three years, the Senator of Arizona Mark Kelly staged this week by reselling his Model S. Musk had dealt with him “Traitor” After the ex-astronaut had published a tweet in which he said: “We cannot abandon the Ukrainian people!” »» The exchange of kindness continued. Kelly replied: “I don’t want to drive a built car designed and designed by an asshole!” »» And returned a few days later in front of the camera praising its new purchase, a Chevrolet Tahoe Z71, a 6.2 l V8 of displacement, of more than 400 horsepower, certainly manufactured in the United States, but not really connected with the ambitions of reduction of CO2 emissions displayed by the Democrats.
Blackmail and denunciation
This Bobo Anti-Musk crusade, version of the class struggle between cities and countryside, took a more disturbing turn with the publication, on an anonymous site, contact details (address, email, telephone) of Tesla owners. DOGEQUET-The name of the URL is an allusion to the department of government efficiency, of which Musk is in charge-puts online a map of the United States where one can navigate using a cursor in the shape of a Molotov cocktail. The site promises to erase the information from Tesla owners if they provide proof that they have sold their vehicles. Two million Americans have a Tesla and the vast majority is far from a fan of Trump. But for this activism, which recalls the excesses of the Black Lives Matter movement, the border between well-thought and terrorism is due to a charging thread.
