Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has been accused of damaging his company's brand image after he made an alleged Nazi salute during President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony. The claim comes after a misshapen swastika and the word 'Nazi' were spray-painted on at least two Tesla Supercharger stations in Salt Lake City,

Footage captured the anti-Tesla campaign, which saw an advert removed at a bus shelter and replaced with an edited image of the billionaire.

The EV firm’s sales are down in many parts of Europe, while rivals are chipping away at its market share in the company’s native US

When he acquired the car on a company scheme, Harris did not consider the politics of Tesla’s billionaire owner too closely. “Elon Musk just seemed like a really interesting person. Everything he was doing seemed really positive,” he says.

Sales are plunging in some of the world’s biggest EV markets, and protesters and vandals are targeting the company’s stores.

For someone who wears many hats, including—but not limited to—being the CEO of Tesla TSLA and SpaceX and the owner of social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), the world's richest man, Elon Musk has a lot of time on his hands.