‘Sell your Nazi car’: Tesla owner harassed in Lynnwood road-rage incident as anti-Tesla attacks surge
Mar 21, 2025, 7:17 AM | Updated: 8:40 am
Lynnwood City sign. (Photo: Bill Kaczaraba, MyNorthwest)
(Photo: Bill Kaczaraba, MyNorthwest)
A Tesla driver was harassed and cut off by another driver on the road in Lynnwood, describing the incident as both terrifying and unprovoked.
The incident occurred while the driver, Leigh, was on her way to a doctor鈥檚 appointment Wednesday morning. It started when another driver began honking behind her as she approached a red light. The second car, a white SUV, then cut her off and stopped in the middle of the road.
The driver then exited the SUV and began berating the Tesla driver in the middle of the road. Leigh described the incident as very threatening and harassing.
“He gets out and walks straight up to my door window. So I cracked my window and I said, ‘What? What is the problem?'” she told . “He goes, ‘You need to sell your car. This is a Nazi car. You’re driving it, you need to sell your car.'”
According to Leigh, the driver who confronted her was wearing a camouflage jacket and a ski mask.
“Being in Seattle, climate鈥檚 important, our footprint鈥檚 important,” Leigh told FOX 13, explaining why she chose to buy a Tesla. “This seemed like the right move for our very busy family. We drive a lot, and it saves us on gas. Now it feels like a huge risk; it鈥檚 scary.”
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Attacks against Tesla on the rise
Tesla owners have been victims of attacks, vandalism, and harassment since the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, became the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Trump administration. According to the Justice Department, which is beginning to charge people for vandalizing or destroying Tesla vehicles, one suspect threw eight Molotov cocktails at a dealership in Salem, Oregon while another suspect attempted to light Teslas on fire with Molotov cocktails in Loveland, Colorado. A third person “wrote profane messages against President Trump around Tesla charging stations before lighting the charging stations on fire” in Charleston, South Carolina.
The car brand has even become a target internationally, as four Teslas were torched in Berlin, Germany.
Locally, six Teslas at a dealership in Lynnwood were vandalized with swastikas and profane language directly related to Elon Musk. In another instance, a man was seen pouring gasoline on the hood of a white Tesla and setting it on fire in Seattle鈥檚 Capitol Hill neighborhood.
