Elon Musk has taken to social media to criticise protests taking place around the world targeting Tesla dealerships and its electric vehicles, including arson attacks in the United States and Germany.

The head of President Donald Trump’s government efficiency effort, Elon Musk, is emerging as a messaging punching bag for Democrats as they pick up the pieces of their stinging defeat in last year’s elections and search for a winning message for 2026.

Protesters are gathering at a Tesla dealership in Schaumburg to protest against Elon Musk. Nate Rodgers has the story.

Four Tesla cars have been set on fire in Germany in an arson attack and police say a "political motive cannot be excluded".

Police said that since a potential political motivation could not be ruled out, the police state security department of the State Office of Criminal Investigation had taken over the investigation, according to German news agency dpa.