A least a dozen brand-new Teslas were torched in an (alleged) arson attack on a dealership in the Toulouse, France suburb of Plaisance-du-Touch on Sunday night, local officials tell AFP.
Alleged, because they could’ve just spontaneously burst into flames on their own, a possibility officials seem to be overlooking here by asserting the blaze was “not at all accidental.” Plaisance-du-Touch Mayor Philippe Guyot was also maybe a little too quick to blame some lib pranksters, telling AFP the firefighters who responded had quickly determined it was arson.
Now look, officials in other countries tend to be a little more opaque than American ones when it comes to divulging specific details of a criminal investigation, so maybe these guys are leaving out that there were unused molotov cocktails left at the scene or some other evidence that put such questions to rest. Totally fine. And it’s not like no one’s going to enjoy such confirmation of French libs sticking it to Ketamine Brain. But again, in absence of said information, nobody should just roll with “arson” without leaving the door open for simply Teslas doing what Teslas are wont to do.