That's more probable, but that's also the reaction that should compel us to consider the possibility that we're looking at an insurance scam. If I owned a Tesla dealership in a country that was seeing sales drop the way they are, and if I didn't have ethics, I'd be thinking about the potential to get rid of unsalable backstock at no charge.

Possible, yes, even probable given the state of protest against the company. (Arson is a felony, but if we're now going to recategorize arson as terrorism, that's a big can of worms to open)

However, it's not like Teslas haven't had the reputation for being fire risks for years.

https://medium.com/@davidsehyeonbaek/why-tesla-evs-catch-fir...

Next you'll tell me that combustion engines don't combust without liberal anger to drive the piston.