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A Tesla Cybertruck approached the glass front doors of the Trump International Las Vegas Hotel on New Year’s Day, began emitting smoke and then exploded, according to authorities.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill he said in a media briefing that one individual in the car died and seven others were injured. McMahill added that authorities were investigating “a number of leads.”
He also recognized alleged terrorist attack in New Orleans before New Year’s Day, during which a driver crashed into a crowd, killing at least 10 people. Later, law enforcement found suspected improvised explosive devices in the city.
McMahill said local authorities were searching Las Vegas for any “secondary devices,” adding that “…there doesn’t appear to be any threat to our community here, right now.”
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What caused the Cybertruck to explode?
The cause of the explosion of the Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel was not immediately confirmed by the authorities.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said that the explosion was caused by “fireworks and / or a bomb in the bed of the rented cybertruck” in an X post Wednesday. First, Musk published on X that “the entire senior team at Tesla” was investigating the matter.
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“We’ve never seen anything like it,” he wrote.
Musk is a close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, as well as one of his biggest donors. Musk has given at least $277 million to Trump and other Republicans during the 2024 election cycle, according to The Washington Post.
The Cybertruck has been plagued by recalls this year. In December, 700,000 Cybertrucks were affected by a recall related to a tire pressure warning light. The problem could cause users to unknowingly drive on low pressure tires. Other recall notices involved glitches with the windshield wipers, rearview displayand accelerator pedal.
