Numerous Teslas have been set on fire in Berlin in recent weeks.
This was the case, for example, of the two Teslas that caught fire on Monday night, April 23, at around 1.30 am in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district.
Both cars were completely burnt out, and the investigation was handed over to the Berlin state criminal police. The police are assuming arson, since the two cars were parked several meters apart and appear to have been set on fire individually.
At around 2 a.m. on February 7, two Tesla cars had already been set on fire at two different locations in the Lichtenberg district,
one in Paula-Fürst-Straße and the second in An den Knabenhäusern.
Two weeks later, another Tesla was set on fire and partially consumed in the Neukölln district. The police claim to have found traces of firelighters on the vehicle.
Berlin, night of February 6-7, 2024
Overall, the number of car fires in Berlin rose again this year. Between January 1 and April 22, 2024, police recorded 139, at least a dozen of which are considered “politically motivated”. Over the same period in 2023, there had been 83 cases, 56 fewer, while in 2022 there had been fewer cases throughout the year (123 in total) than at the start of 2024! The police are not in a position to comment on the reasons for this increase.
Source: Sans Nom