A Tesla Cybertruck is parked in front of a showroom on March 20, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Police said Monday that multiple “incendiary” devices had been placed at a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas.
FBI agents responded to the showroom after the Austin Police bomb squad identified the devices on Monday morning.
The incident appears to be the latest targeting of a Tesla location. The electric vehicle company has faced criticism and a spate of vandalism over CEO Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration.
Musk is overseeing DOGE, the administration’s effort to drastically slash federal spending and employee headcount.
The headquarters of Tesla is located in Austin.
News of the police activity broke as Musk attended a Cabinet meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump.
The Austin Police Department, in a statement, said that officers responded to the Tesla showroom just after 8 a.m. local time.
“When officers arrived on scene, they located suspicious devices, and called the APD Bomb Squad to investigate,” the department said. “The devices, which were determined to be incendiary, were taken into police custody without incident.”
“This is an open and ongoing investigation, and there is no further information available for release at this time,” the department said.
Police did not say if they had any suspects.
A spokeswoman for the Houston field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said, “ATF is part of the investigation but FBI is the lead. All information will come from FBI.”
The spokeswoman said that ATF agents from the Austin office were responding to the showroom.
Trump last week had suggested that people found guilty of attacking Tesla properties could serve their sentences in prisons in El Salvador.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has called the vandalism against Tesla properties, which has included an attack on vehicles with Molotov cocktails, “domestic terrorism.
