A Northern California police department said it’s received several reports from Tesla owners about threatening notes left on their vehicles. The messages demand that they trade or sell their cars before Wednesday or face vandalism.

Tesla's electric-vehicle registrations in California fell about 12% last year, according to industry data, indicating mounting challenges for the automaker in the key U.S. market.

Registration of Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) in California plummeted by 11.6 percent in 2024, a new report has found. The company’s market share also dropped 7.6 percent last year, now holding just 52.

Several Tesla owners in one small Northern California city had flyers left on their cars earlier this month with a message that police are calling an "implied threat" against the drivers unless they sell or trade in their cars.