Kevin McMahill, LVMPD Sheriff, holds a press conference on January 1, 2025, following the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck. McMahill thanks Elon Musk for quickly helping law enforcement.
Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk announced that the electric vehicle company will refurbish the Cybertruck that exploded earlier this week and get it back on the road.
The unique Tesla vehicle retained its signature structure, remaining highly recognizable even after the fire was extinguished outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
“The battery pack didn’t even catch fire and the tires are still inflated! After we get this Cybertruck back to Tesla, we’ll wipe out the scratches and get it back on the road,” Musk wrote in a post on X.
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The aftermath of the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada (Allison Robbert/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images; EyePress News/Shutterstock)
When someone suggested that Musk was joking, the business titan declared that he was completely serious about the Cybertruck fix.
“No, I mean it,” he replied.
Musk has said that the explosion was not connected to the Cybertruck, emphasizing that “All telemetry of the vehicle was positive at the time of the explosion.”
Speaking about the evidence after the explosion, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill noted “these are gasoline canisters, they’re camping fuel canisters and large firecracker 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. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released footage showing the moment of the explosion with ch (EyePress News/Shutterstock)
McMahill said most of the blast traveled “through the truck and out,” limiting damage to the blast area. He pointed out that the doors of the hotel, next to which the truck was parked, were not even broken.
“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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A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, killing the driver and injuring seven others. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released footage showing the moment of the explosion with ch (EyePress News/Shutterstock)
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Authorities have identified 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger as the driver of the Cybertruck. The man died by suicide due to an “intraoral gunshot wound,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a post on X, citing the Clark County Nevada coroner.
