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Attacking Tesla is Tilting at Windmills

by Brent E. Zepke, Esq.

Apr 07, 2025
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The more than 50 reported attacks on Tesla cars and trucks caused me to wonder what type of person would attack an inanimate object?

My search for an example in literature took me back to the novel Don Quixote, published in 1606. This classic novel features the story of the character Don Quixote attacking an inanimate object, a windmill, in a heroic, but…

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