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Chaos erupted outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday after a Cybertruck, Tesla’s popular-but-maligned electric pickup truck model, exploded into flames. The New Year’s Day event killed one and injured an additional seven, according to authorities.
CEO Elon Musk responded Wednesday on X, writing that after the “whole Tesla senior team” investigated the matter, they’d “confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself.”
“All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion,” he said.
And while there’s apparent reason for concern over the event, the tragedy also garnered a fair amount of ridicule and mockery on X, the social media platform Musk owns.
Many users expressed that it’s a “perfect metaphor” for what’s in store for 2025 under President-elect Donald Trump and Musk leading his DOGE advisory board.
“A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025,” MeidasTouch News editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski wrote.
“Have you seen the footage? Looks like it deliberately blown up,” responded another. “If it was, you’re probably spot on, just not in the way you thought.”
Local and federal officials are continuing to investigate the deadly explosion Wednesday morning of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, including whether it was motivated by terrorism or linked to the killing of 15 people in New Orleans hours earlier.
The explosion outside the president-elect's property near the iconic Las Vegas Strip killed the driver and left seven bystanders with minor injuries, officials said.
In New Orleans, a driver rammed his pickup truck into a crowd celebrating the new year on Bourbon Street. The attack, which the FBI has called an act of terrorism, killed 15 people and injured dozens more.
Local and federal officials said they are not ruling out a connection between the two New Year's Day events. But they said the Las Vegas explosion appears to have been an "isolated incident," with no lingering threat to Las Vegas tourists or residents.
The truck that exploded at the Trump Hotel was rented in Colorado, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said.
A license-plate reader recorded the Cybertruck arriving in Las Vegas at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, McMahill said. The driver moved up and down the Las Vegas Strip for about an hour before pulling into the covered driveway outside the Trump Hotel. He said the vehicle exploded about 15 seconds later.
"It's a Tesla truck and we know that Elon Musk is working with President-elect Trump and it's the Trump Tower, so there's obviously things to be concerned about there," McMahill said. "It's something we continue to look at."
Jeremy Schwartz, acting FBI special agent in charge of the Las Vegas office, said investigators are prioritizing identifying the driver and will then work to determine whether the attack was terrorism.
McMahill showed a video from outside the hotel showing the Cybertruck exploding outside the glass entrance doors to the hotel.
"The fact that this was a Cybertruck really limited the damage that occurred inside of the valet, because it had most of the blast go up through the truck," McMahill said. "You'll see that the front glass doors at the Trump Hotel were not even broken by that blast, which they were parked directly in front of."
McMahill said Musk had been in touch with the Las Vegas police and provided video of the Cybertruck charging at Tesla stations before arriving in Las Vegas.
The Cybertruck involved in the Las Vegas incident and the Ford pickup truck used in the New Orleans attack were rented through Turo, a platform where people can rent cars directly from vehicle owners.
A company spokesman said Turo is working with law enforcement, but that it does not believe that either renter "had a criminal background that would have identified them as a security threat."
Eric Trump, one of the president-elect's sons, thanked first responders for their "swift response and professionalism."
"The safety and well-being of our guests and staff remain our top priority," he wrote on X.
Musk, who owns X, wrote on the social media platform that "the whole Tesla senior team is investigating this matter right now."
"We've never seen anything like this," he added.
Cybertruck explosion at Trump hotel linked to bomb or fireworks: Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says a bomb or fireworks caused the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, in what authorities are investigating as a possible act of terror.
The explosive materials were carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and thus aren’t related to the Cybertruck itself, Musk said in a Jan. 1 X post:
“All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion,” Musk said in a follow-up post after he confirmed Tesla was investigating the incident.
Police have also confirmed that the Cybertruck was filled with firework mortars, gasoline tanks and camping fuel.
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