More protests are planned at Tesla auto dealerships in the coming days in upstate New York. It’s all part of the effort to rally against Tesla’s owner, Elon Musk, and his work in the Trump administration.

The anti-Elon Musk and anti-government movement is called Tesla Takedown.

Protests are being planned around the globe. A protest is scheduled to take place at the Tesla dealership location in Henrietta on Friday afternoon. Another is scheduled to take place in Fayetteville at noon on Saturday. They are calling on people to “sell your Teslas, dump your stock and join the picket lines.” 

Ferhat Canakci loves his Tesla Model Y and drives it proudly. He says he has no regrets making the purchase.

“[I've had it] three years. No oil changes, no mufflers, no brakes, any of that stuff," he said.

The controversy brewing over Elon Musk isn’t changing his mind. In fact, Canakci is a Musk supporter.

“What will people understand is Elon is probably our modern Einstein of our time," he said. "And that will only be more apparent after he's gone.”

“What is being done by Elon Musk is, in my opinion, unconstitutional and illegal. So that's what we're trying to stop,” said protester Ron Clower.

Clower plans to participate in Friday’s protest.

“It's just a matter of voicing our opinion," he said. "Using our First Amendment rights to express that we're resisting what's going on with the federal government right now.”

That being the work of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is designed, according to the federal government, to eliminate "waste, fraud and abuse." That mission has also resulted in the Trump administration cutting tens of thousands of federal jobs.

The pushback has triggered vandalism and violence on Tesla vehicles and at showrooms – with some suspects using guns, Molotov cocktails or even the vehicles themselves as weapons.

“I hope the criminals that set fire to Teslas are arrested and put in jail," Clower said. "I do not agree with that at all."

“If somebody keys my car, how does that hurt Elon anyway? It’s private property," Canakci said. "It hurts me, you know? So again, I don't see the whole idea behind vandalizing private property dealerships and throwing Molotov cocktails at cars. It’s straight-up crazy."

Clower says Friday’s protest will be peaceful and the group is not associated with any violence or criminal activity.

In the meantime, that same group, Tesla Takedown, is holding what it’s calling a "global day of action" to stop Musk.