2 arrested after activists spray paint Tesla car dealership in Montreal

The front of a Tesla car dealership on Ferrier Street in Montreal is covered in pink spray paint on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Source: Last Generation Canada)

Two young adults were arrested after a Tesla car dealership in Montreal was vandalized Wednesday morning.

Montreal police say they received a 911 call at around 10 a.m. about the front of the building being covered in pink spray paint.

When officers arrived at the dealership on Ferrier Street, in the city’s Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce borough, they arrested two men aged 21.

Police said the two men were released from custody on a promise to appear in court in May with conditions.

Last Generation Canada said two of its activists used washable paint to send a clear message to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

“The group is demanding that Canada stand up to Tesla’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, who is destroying democracies and spreading climate denial,” the group said in a press release on Wednesday.

“Last Generation Canada is also calling on the Canadian government to create a Climate Disaster Protection Agency to help Canadians whose homes, communities, lives and livelihoods have been destroyed by extreme weather caused by fossil fuels. The group wants the government to pay for the agency by levying punitive taxes against the ultra-rich, who are overwhelmingly responsible for the climate crisis.”

There has been a wave of attacks on Tesla dealerships across the United States and parts of Europe in recent days. In Colorado, Molotov cocktails were thrown at vehicles and the words “Nazi cars” were spraypainted on a building.

In South Carolina, a woman set fire to Tesla charging stations near Charleston.

This is a developing story that will be updated.