Trailers loaded with millions of dollars of Tesla car and home batteries have been stolen straight from loading docks at the company’s Nevada operations at least 11 times since December, according to sheriff’s records.
Nine of the suspected cargo thefts happened in January alone, and a local detective investigating the cases calls the situation “an epidemic right now.”
The records were obtained through public-records requests and first reported by WIRED, which dug into emergency dispatch and Storey County Sheriff’s Office files tied to Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada.
What’s being stolen, and how
The thefts target full semi-trailers of finished product before they ever reach customers.
