^^
Those protests seem to be politically motivated no matter how you look at it.
At first I thought it was a joke after hearing each protestor are getting paid $40 per hour to be at these rallies infront of Tesla dealerships across the country but after seeing that post on X it does seem there could be some truth behind it.
There was one leader of these protests found to have drove his Tesla to one rally which is just far out there into left field.

https://fortune.com/2025/03/31/elon-musk-calls-for-arrest-funding-tesla-takedown-protests