Dozens of Tesla Cybertrucks in Fort Lauderdale, FL this previous week have been defaced by somebody with a bone to choose with Elon Musk. An unknown tagger spray painted ‘F*** Elon’ throughout the stainless-steel physique panels of 34 Cybertrucks.
Uncensored footage of the express graffiti shall be eternally preserved due to social media customers like onlyindade on Instagram.
The vans had been saved in a public car parking zone, pending supply to new Cybertruck house owners. Overflow tons are frequent for dealerships or service facilities when house is restricted and stock is greater than ordinary. Nevertheless, this explicit staging space was positioned in a publicly accessible lot with no fence, barrier or safety of any form. Native residents interviewed by WPLG Local 10 news mentioned that the vans had been saved there for about 3 days and no Tesla automobiles had been seen saved within the lot beforehand.
This might recommend that the placement was chosen shortly and unexpectedly. As InsideEVs reported final week, many hopeful Cybertruck house owners have been upset that their deliveries had been pushed back at least a week. In response to Tesla workers, the vans have been underneath ‘containment maintain’ whereas ready on a repair for the truck’s malfunctioning windshield wiper motor. It’s attainable that this lot was chosen as a fast holding space whereas the substitute elements have been in transit.
Fortunately for patrons, the graffiti was simply eliminated and all vans have been clear by the subsequent day. Native police at the moment are investigating the incident and the perpetrator higher hope that these Cybertrucks did not have sentry mode engaged.
It’s unknown whether or not Tesla plans to make use of this lot for Cybertruck storage sooner or later. But when so, they could take into account taking a number of safety measures first. At a minimal, Tesla ought to in all probability put up a brief fence across the lot.
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