LVMPD Sheriff Kevin McMahill held a press conference Wednesday following the Tesla Cybertruck explosion. McMahill thanked Elon Musk for his quick assistance to the police.
Co-founder and CEO of Tesla Elon Musk announced that the electric vehicle company will restore the Cybertruck that exploded earlier this week and put it back on the road.
The a unique Tesla vehicle it retained its distinctive structure, remaining highly recognizable even after the fire outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was extinguished.
“The battery never even caught fire and the tires are still inflated! Once we get this Cybertruck back to Tesla, we’ll get the scratches out and get it back on the road,” Musk wrote in a post on X.
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Consequences of the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas (EyePress News/Shutterstock | Allison Robbert/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
When someone suggested that Musk was joking, the business titan stated that he was completely serious about fixing the Cybertruck.
“No, I mean it,” he replied.
Musk said the explosion was unrelated to the Cybertruck, noting, “All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion.”
Speaking of evidence after the explosion, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill noted that “they’re gasoline canisters, they’re, um, camping fuel canisters and large firework mortars.”
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A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, killing the driver and injuring seven others. (EyePress News/Shutterstock)
McMahill said the bulk of the blast went “up through the truck and out,” limiting the damage to the blast area. He noted that the door of the hotel, near which the truck was parked, was not even broken.
“The Cybertruck is the worst possible choice for a car bomb, as its stainless steel armor will contain the blast better than any other commercial vehicle,” Musk noted in a tweet.
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Authorities believe fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel were connected to the detonation system operated by the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday. (EyePress News/Shutterstock)
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The authorities have identified 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger as a Cybertruck driver. The man died by suicide due to an “intraoral gunshot wound,” the Las Vegas Police Department said in a post on X, citing the coroner of Clark County, Nevada.
