Elon Musk immediately jumped in to help after Cybertruck explosion, says suspect ‘chose the wrong vehicle’

After a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, the co-founder and CEO of the electric car maker Elon Musk immediately jumped in and offered assistance to the authorities investigating the incident.

Las Vegas Metropolitan The police department Sheriff Kevin McMahill thanked Musk after the explosion, saying Musk provided invaluable “additional information” and indicating that Musk provided video from Tesla charging stations.

The explosion was caught on camera, and the sheriff noted that the vehicle had “limited” blast damage because most of the explosion’s blast went “up through the truck and out.”

The sheriff also noted that the glass doors of the hotel did not shatter as a result of the truck largely containing the blast.

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The aftermath of the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. (Allison Robbert/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images; EyePress News/Shutterstock)

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released footage showing the moment of the explosion, with charred gasoline canisters and fireworks mortars in the bed of the heavily burned truck. (EyePress News/Shutterstock)

The X highlighted business power McMahill’s remarks, noting that the vehicle limited the blast damage.

As for the evidence in the back of the truck, the sheriff spoke of “gas cans, they’re, um, camp fuel cans and large firework mortars.”

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Musk shared a clip of the sheriff’s comments, noting in a post on X: “The evil knuckleheads chose the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. The Cybertruck actually contained the blast and directed the blast upwards. Not even the glass doors in the lobby were broken.”

Musk stated in another post that the explosion was “unrelated to the vehicle itself,” noting, “All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion.”

“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 said in another post.

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A Tesla Cybertruck exploded in flames outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on Wednesday, killing the driver and injuring seven others. (EyePress News/Shutterstock)

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Turo noted in a statement that both the Cybertruck and the vehicle involved in the New Orleans attack Wednesday had been rented at Turo.

“It is with heavy hearts that we confirm that this morning’s horrific attack in New Orleans and this afternoon’s Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas both involved vehicles rented on Turo,” the statement said.