This wasn't intentional?

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Twitter link? Really? Edit - 20 days later, you are all part of the problem

IMO this is an act of terror. This doesn’t look like a thermal incident to me.

Cybertruck which exploded at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas was filled with "fireworks-style mortars," according to ABC

Does no one see the fireworks popping off

Wow. That’s a huge explosion. It really looks like this was intentional. I don’t want to believe that’s just the vehicle components exploding.

Pretty obviously intentional

Blowing up a Tesla in front of a Trump property definitely seems suspicious, I'd be very surprised if not intentional

People would rather believe it's a terrorist attack than some idiot owner with a truck full of unsecured fireworks on New Year's Day partying in Vegas.

Looks intentional, but the driver died, seems like if it were intentional the driver would have been far away before an explosion like that? But also can’t find any evidence of something like that explosion happening so suddenly with a cybertruck anywhere else, plus at the front of a Trump building. If not intentional it is a hell of a coincidence

Hint: It can be fireworks *and* terrorism.

Don’t know why, but that looks fake af to me.

Looks fake

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Sure, it could be. But if they were gonna blow themselves up anyway might as well use the 700hp and stainless steel chassis, drive inside the lobby before detonating. This looks more like stupidity than a well thought out attack.

Certainly can be both of these. But it certainly isn’t how EV batteries combust.

Some bombings are suicide bombings. Also, sometimes bombers make a fatal error.

Or mortar-style fireworks?

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>An official briefed on the probe told ABC News that the Tesla Cybertruck had a load of fireworks-style mortars onboard. Investigators are urgently working to determine a motive and whether the driver intended to set off an explosion and why. So, purely on speculation, a dumb idiot trying to make a statement, or a dumb idiot mishandling dangerous explosives.

*except it’s about 50/50 in politics, but those options are also not mutually exclusive.

It's being investigated as an act of terror. https://x.com/stillgray/status/1874554590835900815

Definition of more money than sense.

I read that it was a rented truck so it shouldn't be long before we know who rented it, if they were the same person driving it and died, and then it should be more clear if it was stupidity or intentional. Its not like any would be bombers screw up the arming and blow themselves up either.

Probably a dummy with a bed filled with fireworks. Got to hotel, opened cargo cover, pinched a firework and accidental 🎇

What kind of an idiot uses fireworks if their intention is to cause harm? Fireworks are literally designed to use the safest kind of explosives possible

Was driver valet park assistant?

This actually seems like good news for Tesla. I mean what sort of idiot puts a "bomb" in a stainless steel box and expects massive exterior casualties? Had this not been a Cybertruk this would have been ALOT WORSE!

I mean, based on the countless videos of people permanently losing fingers and hands, I would say their safety is questionable.

Fireworks don't go off on their own just like trucks don't drive themselves into crowds.

I’m gonna be pretty pissed hearing all the people who say this was the battery exploding and how EVs are dangerous for the next year

This and the New Orleans attack. Too much of a coincidence to not be an attempted attack. Procuring explosives without raising a flag in America is practically impossible. However fireworks…. Is a different story. Also who buys 100s of pounds of mortars only. Unless the dude is a licensed pyrotechnic

I kinda felt the same. And the view from inside: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elZTcBbyudc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elZTcBbyudc) Makes it look like no damage occurred in the lobby. That makes it seem like the explosion was directed away from the lobby,.

This along with the New Orleans attack shows shit is about to get realz.

Fireworks can be used for an IED.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1874579547452269054?t=1wTk7oqdbpCrMTZD1h0dUg&s=19 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. All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion. update https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1874614903551484402?s=19

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It's not fake.

car batteries dont just go off like that on their own either. In fact there are *loads* of systems in place to stop them doing that, fireworks are notorious for not being well designed and they are in fact designed to explode.

they have to. but I'd put serious money on the fact this is was just stupidity. no malice intended.

That much is true. Gotta love all the MSM articles that reported it as an EV fire.

Probably by the stainless steel body, which is thick enough to resist sledgehammer blows. Hemp panels can also do that, but would burn.

I'm not sure what you're trying to argue about. I think the driver intentionally lit the fireworks off in the vehicle.

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Unless that was their intent.

Given the truck, the location, and the current political climate, it’s too much of a coincidence, IMO. The truth will out and I’ll gladly recant my opinion if I’m proven wrong.

I am in Vegas, as we speak. It is not fake!

Ah interesting I wouldn't have thought they'd work as well from an explosion from the inside out. But I assume you're right given the post explosion fires are only coming from the windows.

ok, thats fair. its possible someone deliberately killed themselves in a very expensive cybertruck using fireworks. Seems very unlikely, but stupid people do stupid things i guess.

Um there is video that shows none of that.

why would this be intentional? driver kills himself and minorly wounds a few others? breaks some windows? if this was intentional, than id like to know what he was trying to do? cause it definitely didnt succeed.

So instead of hanging themselves they decided to go out with a bang?

Killing only yourself is not a very effective way to bomb anything

So the driver intentionally killed himself without killing anyone else ?

Bought quick fuse instead of safety fuse?

Could be a suicide bomber

Misdirection to make you think it’s an accident?

Fox News is now at a crossroads, can they continue to criticise Teslas and EV batteries if Musk is their second in charge?

Good question, I hadn’t considered that

Also a good point

Idk they are both pretty unlikely. How would fireworks spontaneously ignite?

It’s quite possible that the driver was an idiot and didn’t think the plan all the way through

I have some snake oil to sell you

Come on now. Actual explosives intended to do widespread damage vs fireworks is almost an apples and oranges comparison.

They rented the Cybertruck

Was a rental apparently

Sadly, wouldn't be the first time.

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Saudi connection?

The video is the explosion. And it's not close up. My theory still stands. The cover could be pulling back, which pinched fireworks, and exploded them. -edit Someone forgot the powered tonneau cover 🤭

Bro, they were going to say that anyway.

Ya but it’s gonna be extra annoying explaining this to people.

As was the Ford LIGHTNING (EV) used in New Orleans.

Ok. How does that relate to the comment I responded to?

It doesn't necessarily, but it suggests there may be another possible reason that he 2 events are linked.

Interesting that the terrorist attack in New Orleans was committed with a pickup truck too, but a non-Tesla is not a newsworthy mention. It was a Ford, btw

Already had a conversation with my wife’s dad about how EVs blow up all the time, he’d never drive one, blah blah blah.

New Orleans attack was a pickup too, yet the brand of pickup was not the focus of the attack.

Would-be suicide bombers are not always the brightest bunch

I had my uncle refuse to get into my car because it scared him. Not even joking. I had to convince him that it’s not going to just explode randomly

My step mom is the same.

it’s sad to see people trying to tarnish teslas name by doing things to initially hurt the company. teslas are known for their safety and reliability. I hope these negative things pass over.

MAGA these days is a cacophony of oxymorons, we need an actual populist party that isn’t just 2 billionaires in a trench-coat.

Fireworks are really good at chaos and starting fire. A truck bed filled with missile fireworks backed into a building lobby and going off would 100% cause mass panic and probably light everything on fire.

What?

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It’s a metaphor. https://preview.redd.it/qg77m6bm1hae1.jpeg?width=1213&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=970fa84ea7d23249dd246065ce49d9d6e668b9d5

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Please tell me he got in and you started to drive before stopping suddenly and shouting 'shit get out it's going to blow'

Were you asleep during the first administration?

It was absolutely intentional. Law enforcement are describing it as a terrorist attack now.

What could the connection with saudi arabia possibly be?? Is he insinuating islamic terrorism? If so why talk about saudi arabia they are like 100% liberalism pilled right now and not related to any direct act of terrorism in a long time.

This is the only way

Ye more likely remotely detonated or triggered by something, given how precise the timing is (blew up when the vehicle was put in P and lowered down) It's a bomb and it's terrorism

Again, though, islamist extremists are not exactly brimming with brain cells.

I trust EVs and their safety, but I don't fucking trust Elon and Tesla. Give me BYD and their blade batteries

While they are using their smartphone that uses the same or more volatile battery

Except no one was next to it. I doubt a ford would be worse, maybe even better because hardened steel is probably far worse as shrapnel than plastic.

Don’t they do this already? But yeah I agree

Why bother?

I’m sure they will put some sort of spin on it to suit their purpose: “This was clearly the work of the socialist dems…”

I won’t follow your bets 💸

that guy drove up all nice and legal instead of driving through the doors. like he diidnt want to hurt ppl what a horrible terrorist considering the other terrorist did the opposite its weird look a cover up lol

That’s a load of crap

Would be interested to see if the battery did burn As safe as they are Very solid truck Love teslas! Have 2 and they are fantastic

This was confirmed intentional.

Always the elderly people.

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Well, seeing reports that the car was loaded with gas and petrol as well and it was a rental ( had no idea that a cybertruck rental was even a thing)... looking more like a deliberate suicide bombing. A really badly planned one

And then making him look back at it mockingly like oh wait nevermind it's fine.

Iran is the more likely suspect.

It was a Ford Lightning, so an EV pickup as well.

considering it was new year's day, seems likely that someone could have had leftover fireworks and they ignited somehow

Back in the day it was common to have a lot of fireworks and booze and blow stuff up. Lighting mortar shells while drinking, bottle rocket wars, etc.

I could see taking fireworks apart first and then doing something, but this looks like someone that drank too much the night before, packed up leftovers and something ignited them

Sad thing is someone killed themselves in someone elses very expensive CyberTruck... imagine owning a CyberTruck, just trying to make a little money from it on Euro, then have some asshole terrorist immolate himself and your nice vehicle.

He meant to destroy the front of the building but he was (A) too stupid to know how much explosives power that would take and so just loaded up gas and fireworks, and (B) was too stupid to realize the hardened sides of the Tesla meant all of the force from the explosives he set off would be directed into cabin and also upward. The police said exactly that.

Lots of people in U.S. desert regions may buy many fireworks for a private show. That itself might be worth checking out in conjunction with other things but by itself you're going to have a lot of hits - remember everything he had, including some gas cans apparently, all fit in the bed of a CyberTruck with the lid closed so you are probably not talking 100s of pounds of fireworks, maybe 50. Even mortar fireworks would take up a lot of space for the amount of explosive they have and I am doubting he even bothered to pull the firework tubes apart.

Because many bad guys are idiots. And it was not just fireworks, it was gas canisters as well.

Well he also had gas tanks and camping propane tanks and it exploded directly in front of a resort bearing the President elect's name in a vehicle by a company owned by a close ally. It also occurred on the same day (a federal holiday) as another terrorist attack which inovled an electric truck rented through the same company. That's a lot of coincidences.

Maybe don’t target anybody.

I'm so sick of people saying the fireworks are chunks of lithium. Lithium doesn't burn green

Suicide bombers, they don’t care about if they launch off this mortal coil. Also it could be they intended on more shrapnel being flung from the explosion which didn’t occur as some of the panels looked intact.

Two rented EV trucks, two terrorist acts. Very odd day we are having today.

The more likely suspect would be the ISIS, since they have a history of actions like this.

I knew it! When Tesla cars explodes it shoots out fireworks.

Yeah no shit. I saw a suggestion that the other incident in new Orleans was a Turo rental as well. I really hope that's not an indication of a link between them. Also if they're both labelled terrorism, insurers don't cover acts of terrorism...

Oh yeah, after reading about the gas and propane tanks I think it's pretty clear it's a planned attack.

Yeah but now it's lefties on Reddit saying it as well just cuz they want to shit on this truck, so stupid and counterproductive.

These guys picking EVs thinking they would do more damage probably

This is the reality I'm trying to strive for

The various propellant and other combustibles in fireworks don't typically burn long enough to catch other things on fire. Especially in an urban environment where the most you'd really come in contact with is fire retardant carpet. It's not exactly a dry forest.

Sure, out in the boonies, not on the Vegas strip

Hardly ever, I would argue.

Except the weak tonneau cover allowed the explosion to be directed straight up. The steel side panels are almost entirely undamaged.

You can rent anything on Toru, in fact, many early Cybertruck reservations were listed on it to make back some of the purchase price by renting to reviewers.

A Ford Lightning in fact, but no, they just say "pickup" in those articles.

Probably thought the steel skin would shrapnel rather than the bed and castings containing the blast.

Or... Move away from populism?

everytime a Tesla crashes is “Tesla crash”,other brands are just “car crash”

Delicious theory - but we won't know for sure - ever - and if it turns out that it wasn't by intention, then it surely must have been karma.

Finally feeling heard

When steam trains came up, doctors thought passengers were going to be suffocated as the air would be sucked out of them above 30km/h. What a time to be alive 🤡

Yup. Does anybody think the media would have glossed over the fact if it was a Cybertruck?

It’ll be my mother in law for sure. I’ll ask her where she got her information and she won’t know (Facebook). Then my brother in law will inform me this is somehow related to the Illuminati coming to control us.

They're pretty bright for a moment.

It sounds like you would enjoy the benefits of non-attachment 😌 Best of luck, my friend!

Sure, next to the mortars and gallons of gas they also packed with their fireworks.

> Except no one was next to it. A groom of the hotel was next to it, blown away literally.

And yet it didn't catch on fire? Seems like Ford makes safer EVs. I've seen numerous videos of Teslas burning up, including ones where folks are trapped inside the car. Teslas are death traps.

Surely you're being, because you obviously know that the New Orleans attack wasn't a bomb, the perpetrator used the truck as a weapon by driving into a crowd: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025\_New\_Orleans\_truck\_attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_Orleans_truck_attack)

They wouldn't have cared at all, just like the F150 Lightning, it would've just been called "drove a pickup truck": [https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/1hrck3u/comment/m51sc2r/](https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/1hrck3u/comment/m51sc2r/)

Your theory didn’t age well. Dude was found with guns in the car and a self inflicted shot to the head.

now we know for the 4th of July

I can't get my sister in my tesla. She saw Leave the World Behind on Netflix with all the Tesla's crashing into each other.

Was also an Islamic terrorist, but his flag was covered up too.

The guy was a green beret, I doubt it

Sigh, sigh, sigh. How about you look at the stats on how many gas car fires there are (I have seen 3, personally, and not a single EV in that same time in flames on the road). Then, yes, adjust for how many of each type of car on the road. Then, what do you know, EVs are less likely to catch on fire. Be careful to not let your bias blind you from the facts!

Did you flunk statistics, pal? You are making several statistical errors with that little pretzel logic argument of yours. And anyhow, the point was actually about how these lithium ion battery fires are insanely dangerous and difficult or imposing to extinguish. Typically fire departments just wait for them to finish burning, which is not the same with gas or diesel. And teslas are death traps for a number of other reasons as well, but dumb simps like yourself will keep on locking Elons boots, so there’s really no use in arguing with you.

Don't believe the propaganda. Teslas are the only vehicles that always reach the headlines when anything happens. You can even see in the photo here that Cybertrucks battery did NOT catch fire. Fords burn all the time. Their F150 is also one of thr most accoden prone vehicles in the US of any model. You just don't hear about it because it doesn't generate clicks and interactions like "TESLA <anything>" does.

Tesla’s BEVs have far more quality control issues than the legacy automakers’ BEVs, which themselves have far more issues than traditional combustion vehicles. You Tesla shills are brainwashed https://www.jdpower.com/sites/default/files/file/2024-06/2024061%20U.S.%20IQS.pdf

He was also a US citizen and US military veteran.

Have you seen the movie Four Lions? That's the very premise of that movie. British dark humor, it's something.

The battery never caught fire, it was explosive cargo that went off.

Sigh. Sigh. Sigh https://www.kbb.com/car-news/report-evs-less-likely-to-catch-fire-than-gas-powered-cars/ https://www.motortrend.com/features/you-are-wrong-about-ev-fires/ https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/environment-energy-coordination/climate-matters/EV-less-fire-risk And page after page of the same thing. Risk of fire is less with electric cars - https://www.google.com/search?q=gas+car+fires+vs+electric+car+fires If they catch fire less, what the heck does it matter if it is hard to extinguish. The last gas car on the side of the road obviously having been on fire was burnt to a crisp, probably because the fire department couldn't get there in less time. That car did no better to survive the heat than the 3 Tesla's ACROSS THE ENTIRE WORLD I have seen videos of over the years. But, hey, if you have an issue with the burning power of lithium, chuck out your cellphone, laptop, tablet, drone, and so many more things. I have driven Tesla's for 125k miles now. Survived every mile of it. And keep seeing reports of REALLY bad crashes that have people survive them because of Tesla's design with massive crumple zones, a strong roof, and side impact protection from the *solid* battery pack. But I know what you are getting at. People not reading the fucking instructions on what EAP and FSD can, BLOODY WELL DOESN'T DO. Namely be the bloody driver, legally, or morally. But, you know best, not the NHTSA and their top safety pick, PLUS that most Tesla models have achieved.

Again, idiot, Teslas have far more QC issues than legacy car makers’ BEVs, despite the fact that Tesla has been in the game a lot longer. Not to mention that BEVs in general have more issues than traditional gas and diesel vehicles. https://www.jdpower.com/sites/default/files/file/2024-06/2024061%20U.S.%20IQS.pdf Get a fucking clue. Teslas are overpriced garbage and Elon is a conman who lies constantly to the investors and customers.

They have only taken into consideration amount of issues reported by owners to the dealer, without taking into consideration that Tesla is the only brand without a regular service interval. so every issues is dealt with when reported rather than fixed during regular service. If they actually added in all the issues that where quietly fixed during regular services for other brands I think the numbers would look very different. So to me that report isn't valid. Edit: in other words, that report does in no way back up your claim, you are interpreting the findings wrong based on a flawed report.

Have you learned how to read yet, buddy? Like I said, right there on page 2…

I can read in multiple languages, buddy. That report is still very biased and flawed and I can not take it seriously at all.

So basically you lied earlier and now are pivoting to a new justification for why you reject it? Who is biased here, buddy. Seems like you ought to look in a mirror. And for the record, JD Power is a highly respected analytics firm that has been at this for more than 50 years. Longer than Enron Musk has even been alive. You are braindead and brainwashed. Just admit it.

He was recently converted to Islam and a radical terrorist.

Allegedly. My point was just to add more context so there is oess cherry picking of information in this case. It's easy to hate a terrorist, it's harder to believe a regular hard working veteran gone extremist.

You switched from talking about how all lithium battery packs supposedly explode so easily, to Tesla's QC issues. Stick to the point moron