Law enforcement officials said the Cybertruck actually helped contain the explosion.

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I couldnt hear the audio, but good to know!

Reminds of the comment from a movie I used to watch growing up whose name escapes my memory right now. “Pools are really good at holding water”

Well, there you go. A good use for the cybertruck. Bomb disposal.

Hot Rod. Pools are perfect for holding water, man.

EOD guy weighed in… quality of the bomb really. https://x.com/eodhappycaptain/status/1874645629495910533?s=46&t=wkwD7JOK-80Ykw9jBZg4IA

Sounds like someone doesn’t want to piss off the wrong guy/side.

Don’t you ever tell me how to live my life again.

Looked more like fireworks, but that cybertruck is a beast.

Let's see AI redo this commercial with a cybertruck https://youtu.be/WUtE3QlTpKI?si=hsYobkmvcrn_U-Ui

Remember that maxim about how everyone time they make something idiot proof. God makes a better idiot? This is like the inverse, where the idiots are getting shoddier to fail against our worse defenses

This is some great advertising for Tesla

Kind of? I think a normal car would not have contained it as well as the Cybertruck did simply because the Cyber truck is literally made of hardened aluminium and bulletproof glass. Were the explosives still not enough to cause more death? Possibly. But no denying the cybetruck took way more brunt than a normal car would.

Tesla bad catch fire, ICE cars good and never catch fire. 

Don't worry, they'll turn it into something bad somehow.

Small clarification: The CT exterior is stainless steel and the glass is not bulletproof.

It’s more reddit hates Elon so Tesla is bad.

Yeah, wasn't it mostly accelerant and fireworks? Not exactly a recipe for a good car bomb.

New cybertruck slogan: It doesn't matter if its fireworks, gasoline, kerosine or a family of a 7, in an emergency none of you are getting out of here.

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It wasn't about creating a big explosion it was about sending a message.

Piss off troll.

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Cause it was the CyberBeast 😉

From [Elon](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1874614362612326761): > The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards. > Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken.' [And](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1874579547452269054): > 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.

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Yeah I'm sure the bomb making murderers have a fantastic message to send lol

No… it was a bad bomb. This is another VBIED expert weighing in. Check out the video of the Tesla sedan blowing up. https://x.com/hkaaman/status/1874775627871691034?s=46&t=wkwD7JOK-80Ykw9jBZg4IA

Theres no such thing as "hardened aluminum"

“Potentially” lol

Meanwhile Reddit is absolutely relishing in this terrorist attack since it involved a Tesla.

I work in automotive tool and die with many metals including steel and aluminum, with the most common of the latter being 6016 T4 aluminum, which is solution heat treated, then age hardened. Aluminum can be hardened through solution hardening, quenching, aging, and work hardening. I have no idea if the aluminum parts used in a CyberTruck are hardened or not, but to say that aluminum can't be hardened is an extraordinarily false statement.

What video?

CT is a real beast here

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I think there was a myth busters about this. They showed the difference between a Hollywood pyrotechnic explosion and a true explosive like tnt. With the tnt, the car is gone and the metal is shrapnel. This was a Hollywood explosion.

Hi were calling to inform you that your cars bomb warranty has expired. Act now to renew!

"a great choice for suicide bombers looking to reduce collateral damage"

https://i.redd.it/yhs2g4l3xmae1.gif

Put a bomb in any car and it would have "helped contain the explosion".

There is a guy who blew up a model S in Finland because he was mad about the price of a battery replacement. That was far more powerful than the cybertruck explosion.

Yeah, did they not watch the video after it happened? The entire inside of the truck was a ball of flames💀

"DuH ItS a DuMPster" -some sheep idiot somewhere

No any other car it would use the parts of the car as projectiles. The steel contained the blast and kept the blast direction going up. Not even the windows on the building in front of valet blew up after detonating . Any other vehicle the shockwave would go outward breaking all the glass and harming more people

This one(it’s in his thread): https://x.com/hkaaman/status/1472138720556077059?s=46&t=wkwD7JOK-80Ykw9jBZg4IA

Ok, and so what. A truck being able to withstand an internal explosion a little better doesn't make it a better vehicle like people want this news to mean.

For real. Looked at the pics of the back of the truck and thought either a dummy tried to make an ied or a dummy had an accident with fireworks. Either way, dealing with a dimwit. Lucky thing really.

sure, 2024 is definitely as hard as 7075

I don’t think these cars are comparable 🤷‍♂️ I meant to say what was done to these cars. I mean one was a professional dynamite rigging and the other was fireworks.

lol how ?

Slavery didn't end by singing kumbaya around a camp fire.

Terrible communication skills, though. No one knows what the message even was.

Neither did it end by a bomb in a cyber truck

You should see what those tools at r/Rivian are saying of the CT. lol

Interesting to know who has the liability on the Cybertruck explosion? The driver (Dead), Turo insurance, or Owner insurance?

Listen to what the cop said

Rivian MFs should be the last one talking about bad sales numbers LMAO

Reminds me of this (fake but well executed) VW commercial from many years ago: [https://youtu.be/WUtE3QlTpKI](https://youtu.be/WUtE3QlTpKI)

Damn a person died? Were they in there and the terrorist just blew it up and the driver had zero idea?

How dare we judge another person for committing suicide. None of us have walked in Matthew Livelsberger’s shoes. Yes, Matthew's wife recently broke up with him but this isn't why he committed suicide. Matthew returned from a tour in the Middle East suffering from a traumatic brain injury in 2019. Matthew's brain and body and heart were changed forever. Matthew Livelsberger and every dead and suffering soldier is the tragedy of war. We are all too familiar with how the healthcare industry prioritizes profits over lives. Even our soldiers are disposable. We also don't know how many people Matthew killed while serving in the military. Looking through another lens, the U.S. engages in worldwide terr\*rism every day and our soldiers are pawns in this sick war-game of world domination. Perhaps the mrdr of innocents weighed on Matthew heavily and his torture was so internalized he had no way to access his emotions. We expect people to behave according to a stereotype. "Matthew was a big strong man, a soldier, a superhero, without weakness." This is such BS. My heartfelt condolences the Livelsberger family. RIP Matthew Livelsberger.

shot himself, I'm gonna assume he used a regular fireworks fuse with a lighter then offed himself as to make sure he wouldn't survive .. wouldn't have been pretty for him otherwise. side note, I'm morbidly curious if both the cameras on the truck recorded the instant and if they kept rolling that would be wild. besides all that, I think I see it more of a really serious cry for help but not for himself.

The difference a day makes...

Yep. Aged poorly. I admit it lmao

but rivian had worse sales YoY than Tesla....