2 Teslas set on fire in Calgary this week, police say

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 20, 2025 9:11 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Two Tesla vehicles were set connected occurrence successful what Calgary constabulary judge are separate, intentional incidents this week.

Acts of vandalism against the electrical conveyance shaper person multiplied since U.S. President Donald Trump took bureau and appointed Elon Musk to oversee the caller Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has been slashing authorities spending and programs.

Investigators accidental they judge the 2 fires are connected.

Calgary constabulary accidental astatine astir 9:30 p.m. connected Tuesday, a pistillate parked her Tesla Model Y astatine a charging presumption adjacent Cowboys Casino successful southeast Calgary.

At astir 11 p.m. she received a notification that her car was nary longer charging. When she looked retired the model of her apartment, she saw her Tesla on fire.

The Calgary Fire Department extinguished the occurrence and officers say based connected the archetypal grounds collected, it is believed the occurrence was intentionally acceptable utilizing an accelerant.

A time later, conscionable earlier 10 p.m., constabulary accidental officers were called to a Tesla retention batch near Fairmount Drive S.E. and Farrell Road S.E., for reports of a conveyance connected fire.

Investigators accidental a grey 2025 Tesla Cybertruck was believed to beryllium intentionally acceptable connected occurrence with an accelerant.

As constabulary look into the incidents, investigators recommend Tesla owners enactment their car successful sentry mode erstwhile their conveyance is parked successful a non-secure area, if the diagnostic is disposable to them. Sentry mode uses the vehicle's camera strategy to grounds suspicious enactment astir it.

The incidents successful Calgary travel successful the aftermath of a Tesla dealership being vandalized successful Montreal, 80 Teslas being damaged astatine a Hamilton, Ont., dealership, and the Vancouver International Auto Show removing the U.S. electrical carmaker Tesla from its lawsuit implicit information concerns, among others.