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I have to thank Elon Musk specifically,
Sheriff McMahill said during his press conference on Thursday How come the truck automatically locks when it blocks and bursts into flames [?]”
The sheriff’s revelation that the Cybertruck had been locked at the time of the explosion prompted one person to ask Not knowing the extent of the explosives and how they were packed in the truck, it's hard to say for sure. But that truck looks to be fairly intact,
My understanding of 'containing the explosion' here is that the sides of the truck did not blow out, and so all the explosive force went vertically as opposed to in all directions, thus partially containing the blast,
So if some metal cans can withstand the explosion, so should a Cybertruck,
Now that we know the Vegas suspect was found with a bullet in his head, I see 2 possible scenarios. One, he shot himself—he was planning to commit suicide & didn't want to risk being burned alive. Two, he was shot by someone else & the Tesla was auto-pilot navigated to the Trump hotel."
Rogan O'Handley, a political commentator, wrote on X on Thursday Autopilot will not function unless it detects an attentive person in the driver's seat."
Elon Musk responded to O'Handley's post The battery pack never even caught fire and the tires are still inflated! Once we get this Cybertruck back to Tesla, we'll buff out the scratches and get it back on the road."
Elon Musk said on social media Legacy media headlines are nonsense,
Musk posted, aligning with fans celebrating the Cybertruck's performance in the unprecedented incident All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion,
I just don't think it was done as well as he was expecting it to be done,
Maybe it is time to do so.”
In response to the post about litigation, Musk wrote There’s about one Tesla fire for every 130 miles traveled,
The level of sophistication is not what we would expect from an individual with this type of military experience,
said Kenny Cooper, a special agent in charge for the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives It’s not lost on us that it’s in front of the Trump building, that it’s a Tesla vehicle, but we don’t have information at this point that definitively tells us or suggests it was because of this particular ideology,
said Spencer Evans, the Las Vegas FBI’s special agent in charge He was a normal guy,
We’re not aware of any other subjects involved in this particular case,
We have now 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."
Around 80 minutes later, he followed up in a second post Honestly @elonmusk should consider suing outlets who framed the story like this. These headlines are sabotaging @Tesla's brand by making people think it caught on fire,
We have never viewed Tesla simply as a car company ... Instead, we have always viewed Musk and Tesla as a leading disruptive technology global player."
Daniel Ives, a financial analyst at Wedbush Securities, said in a report
