Demonstrators gathered outside Tesla stores across the U.S. Saturday to protest the automaker's billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, and his push to slash government spending on behalf of President Donald Trump.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy raised concerns over whether Elon Musk’s can run Tesla while slashing costs at the US government as the head of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. During a Friday appearance on Fox’s “Varney & Co.

More than 400 Princeton area residents came out to protest Elon Musk and DOGE at the Lawrence Tesla dealership on Saturday.

Indivisible Cranbury joins the nationwide "Tesla Takedown" protest with one of its own in Lawrenceville this week.

Crowds continued to gather outside Tesla stores nationwide last weekend to protest the automaker's CEO, Elon Musk, and his initiatives to cut government spending. Nearly 100 protestors met outside the company's location in the Leon Springs neighborhood of the Dominion on Saturday,

Tesla stock has been struggling lately. Investors hope for a bounce as some of the politics driving increased investor uncertainty subside.Shares of the electric vehicle maker were falling 2.6% in premarket trading at $256.

The tech CEO thanked supporters for buying new Teslas, as sales at the electric car company have declined in recent months.

In the weeks after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, investors pumped more than $700 billion into Tesla Inc. shares, betting that Elon Musk’s relationship with the commander in chief and growing political prominence would pay off for the automaker.

Tesla stock is down 46% below its December 2024 high, notes CNBC, a $677 billion loss in market value. Last year Tesla shipments fell as Musk's DOGE work hurts the brand.

DOGE staffer Riley Sennott's Google Calendar wasn't private, exposing his interactions with DOGE and firms like Tesla and Palantir.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is blaming ActBlue funders for financing the campaign that has led to a recent string of vandalism against Tesla vehicles and charging stations across the country.