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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Teslas are getting torched in Berlin as surveys show Germans are deserting Elon Musk’s carmaker in droves

The burnt-out remains of a Tesla electric car in the Steglitz district on March 14, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. (Credit: Omer Messinger—Getty Images)
  • Surveys conducted by Caliber and T-Online both show a sharp drop in favorability for Tesla among Germans. Sales in the first two months of this year plunged a combined 71% amid controversy over Musk's embrace of the AfD and a scheduled production shutdown.

In an affluent residential neighborhood of Berlin, four Tesla vehicles burnt to a crisp in the early morning hours of Friday after unknown vandals set them ablaze. 

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