Motorists have been told to boycott Tesla by the Polish sports minister in response to CEO Elon Musk's comments at a far-right German political rally that Germans should move beyond their "past guilt" over Nazi atrocities.

Tesla owners are boycotting the popular electric vehicle over founder Elon Musk’s controversial salute at the inauguration of President Donald Trump, which was widely compared to the Roman salute used by the Nazis.

Tech mogul said Germans should not be ‘guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great grandparents’

“No normal Pole should buy a Tesla anymore. There needs to be a serious and tough response to this, including something like a consumer boycott,” Nitras (PO) told private TOK FM radio broadcaster on Monday.

The world’s richest person has heaped praise on the Alternative for Deutschland party in recent weeks ahead of the country’s upcoming election.

Musk said that the AfD was the "best hope for Germany," and urged the crowd to be proud of their German identity.

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO showed up on video Saturday at an event to support German chancellor candidate Alice Weidel.

A 2016 clip of actor Morgan Freeman praising Elon Musk has resurfaced on social media after the former's Nazi salute at a Trump rally.

The word “heil” is seen projected onto the factory near Berlin in the font of the automaker’s logo, to spell the message “Heil Tesla”, a reference to the Nazi greeting that honoured Adolf Hitler.

Last week, the tech billionaire livestreamed on his social media platform X a chat with Alice Weidel, the party's candidate for chancellor ... has set off alarm bells among politicians across the continent. The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive also has ...

Brexit campaign group - is now targeting Elon Musk after projecting a video of him making what appears to be a far-right salute on the Tesla factory in Berlin

Conservatives have cooperated with the far-right AfD for the first time, amid growing support from the tech billionaire.