Lots of of Tesla dealerships throughout america, Canada, and Europe noticed protesters descend upon their tons on Saturday as a part of a worldwide day of motion organized by the Tesla Takedown protest motion. Demonstrators turned out in vital numbers in giant cities, together with New York Metropolis and Chicago, with many holding indicators that includes anti-Elon Musk and anti-Trump administration messaging.
Accounts from throughout the nation proceed to pour in, however regardless of the presence of counter-protesters in some areas, the demonstrations appear to have largely gone with out incidents of violence or arrests.
An account from the Boston Herald says that two individuals have been injured at a Tesla Takedown demonstration within the Boston suburb of Watertown when a black pickup truck allegedly clipped the protesters with the automobile’s facet mirror. Greater than 100 protesters have been reportedly on the scene throughout the incident, and each individuals hit by the automobile refused medical therapy and didn’t endure critical accidents. Police in Columbus, Ohio have been additionally seen escorting two anti-Tesla demonstrators in dinosaur costumes from a Tesla dealership throughout a Tesla Takedown occasion.
NOW: Columbus Ohio police escorts two Anti-Tesla dinosaurs as Takedown Tesla Protesters collect outdoors Tesla Showroom in Columbus Ohio. A counter protest gathering throughout pic.twitter.com/OOcp5XiQxa
— ScooterCasterNY (@ScooterCaste) March 29, 2025
In Florida, Legal professional Normal James Uthmeier ordered regulation enforcement to observe the occasions and reply with a zero-tolerance coverage for crimes in opposition to property, however native reporting indicated that dozens of protests occurred throughout the state with out incident.
Native studies counsel that at the least 150 individuals turned out to a Tesla Takedown occasion within the outskirts of Chicago, greater than 300 individuals confirmed as much as a protest outdoors of Syracuse, New York, greater than 600 in a suburb of Baltimore. Related numbers have been reported in St. Louis, Missouri, Buffalo, New York, Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, and different cities. Social media posts present giant demonstrations in Seattle and Ann Arbor, Michigan, whereas some counter-protesters have been documented in Meridian, Idaho and Paramus, New Jersey—although the pro-Musk demonstrations seem to have been considerably smaller than the Tesla Takedown occasions.
Protesters are gathered on the Tesla Takedown protest in Chicago.
“Hey hey, ho ho, Elon Musk has received to go!”
Like to see it!
— Artwork Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) March 29, 2025
The road is lengthy and getting longer!
Former and present Tesla staff, in addition to Buffalo residents who know ALL about Elon Musk’s failed insurance policies and damaged guarantees are right here to face up and combat again.
Hey, hey, ho, ho Elon and company greed has received to go! #TeslaTakedown pic.twitter.com/YRWwQNOqrh
— Our Metropolis Motion Buffalo (@ourcityaction) March 29, 2025
Whereas a lot of the protests passed off in america, there have been worldwide demonstrations as a part of the day of motion. NBC Information reported protesters turned out at Tesla dealerships in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Berlin, Germany. London additionally noticed a big turnout of Tesla Takedown demonstrators.
Protesters confirmed up for the Tesla Takedown protest occasion in London, England at the moment.
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The organizers of the Tesla Takedown protests have chosen Tesla as their goal as a method to inflict harm onto CEO Elon Musk’s backside line, a response to his involvement within the Trump administration, together with his management of the Division of Authorities Effectivity, which has led to dramatic reductions within the federal workforce. A typical theme among the many signage was kicking Musk out of the federal government (or the nation) and demanding an finish to the slashing of presidency companies and social security nets.
About 300 protesters confirmed as much as a protest in San Diego, the place there’s a retail storefront on the mall close to the College of California, San Diego. Regardless of being so shut to a school campus, the protest crowd skewed older, a typical theme at demonstrations over the previous two months.
An 83-year-old retired geologist named Dorrie informed Gizmodo she had two sisters protesting as properly, one in Boston and one in Orange County, California, each involved about what Elon Musk was doing to the nation. “He’s placing seniors on the road. Turning senior residents into homeless individuals,” she informed Gizmodo.
“I don’t know the way we’re gonna get out of it, both,” Dorrie continued. “Have you ever heard any inventive methods of how, you realize, you screw up the system for 4 years and you then change it? All people will get their jobs again, you realize?”
