United Kingdom-based campaign group Everyone Hates Elon organised a protest against Tesla boss Elon Musk in South London on Thursday. With sledgehammers, critics vented their anger out on a 2014 Tesla Model S. The spokesperson of the group said that the car was donated by an anonymous donor "to create a debate about wealth inequality". 

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Tesla’s shares dropped 13% in the first three months of 2025 – incidentally, after US President Donald Trump came to power in the US and Musk increased his political footprints.

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Giles Pearson, the one who dealt the first blow during the protest in London spoke to the Guardian and said, "My opinion [on Musk] has changed hugely...Since buying Twitter he's become seriously rightwing and alienated a lot of people by doing so. I would never normally do something like this … but I’ve always wanted to smash a car." Another protestor was seen donning a Ukrainian flag as she slammed the car’s bonnet. As per reports, Britney Spears’s “Hit Me Baby One More Time” was played on the speaker.

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UK-based group - Everyone Hates Elon - garnered attention this year for distributing stickers with the slogan 'Don’t buy a Swasticar'. They also said that the destroyed electric vehicle will be auctioned in the next few weeks. In February this year, this anti-Elon Musk poster went viral online, with an image of the tech billionaire doing the infamous Nazi-like salute from US President Donald Trump’s inauguration rally in January. The poster popped up in Bethnal Green, London, urging people not to buy Tesla cars.

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(With inputs from agencies)