A Tuesday attack at a Tesla charging station in Lacey, Washington, is currently under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) Seattle Field Office and local law enforcement officials after reports surfaced of the charging station being damaged in a possible explosion or “bombing”.
In a post on X, previously Online, the Lacey Police Department announced,” This night at 1: 34, officials were dispatched to a harmful evil after receiving multiple calls reporting a loud noises in the area. Officials arrived at Target at 665 Sleater Kinney RD SE, and discovered that the electric vehicle charging place had been damaged”.
The Lacey Police Department added, “LPD police are investigating in synchronization with our national partners”.
In a speech to The Post Millennial, Steve Bernd, an FBI Seattle director, confirmed that the FBI is “working with our partners to establish exactly what happened” at the Tesla charging station in Lacey.
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While Electrek first reported that the Tesla charging train was damaged by an explosion and that a little weapon was used in the attack against the charging station, FBI Seattle told Fox News that it could not verify whether the damage was caused by an explosion.
Photos of the Tesla charging station in Lacey show significant damage and dirt. The Post Millennial reported that the images seem to suggest that the Tesla charging network’s key control package was burned and blown out.
In the PNW Tesla Facebook group, social media users Dan Solie even shared photos of the Tesla charging train that was damaged on Tuesday night. ” Lacey Supercharger is going to be online for a while”, Solie wrote. ” Update. It was a bomb. FBI is around. We own the house opposite and are looking through devices”.
Despite Solie’s outline of Tuesday’s event as a “bombing” event, FBI authorities and local law enforcement officials have not confirmed whether the Tesla event is being investigated as a bombing harm.
Following Tuesday’s event in Lacey, Tesla confirmed that it was working to restore services at the charging station and was reviewing the camera footage from the event.
Tesla Charging tweeted,” We’re on-site with @LaceyPolice and @FBI, and reviewing camera film. Even coordinating with @PSETalk to get the Superchargers up online asap. Don’t clutter with important system”.
