Tesla Cybertruck explodes at entrance of Trump Hotel in Las Vegas
uthorities are investigating the Tesla Cybertruck explosion that occurred outside Trump Las Vegas hotel Wednesday as a possible act of terror.
Wild video taken by a hotel guest shows the Tesla electric pickup truck suddenly burst into flames as it is parked just outside the hotel, emitting giant plumes of smoke across the Strip.
A vehicle fire was reported at the hotel just after 8:40 AM and crews arrived to find a 2024 Cybertruck engulfed in flames, Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McCahill said in a news conference.
Musk: Tesla senior team investigating Cybertruck explosion
Billionaire entrepreneur and SpaceX and Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk took to social media platform X to announce that the entire Tesla team is investigating the Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion at Trump Tower, which local authorities hint may have been a terrorist attack.
The incident comes amid reports of Tesla CEO Elon Musk growing closer to US President-elect Donald Trump.
Musk reportedly spent New Year’s Eve at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property and attended a dinner with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. According to The New York Times, Musk has been staying at a cottage on Trump’s Florida estate since Election Day.
“There is one deceased individual inside the Cybertruck and I don’t know whether it is a male or a female at this time,” McMahill said.
According to officials, a 2024 Tesla Cybertruck pulled up to the Trump Hotel glass entrance doors before exploding.
Seven other victims sustained what McMahill described as “minor” injuries as a result of the explosion.
Jeremy Schwartz, acting special agent in charge of the FBI in Las Vegas, also confirmed during the news conference that his team is involved in the investigation.
Trump Tower Las Vegas fire after Cybertruck causes ‘boom boom boom’ explosion
There are several reports of a ‘huge explosion’ near Donald Trump’s tower in Las Vegas, with witnesses claiming they heard a loud ‘boom’ and saw ‘a lot of smoke’
Witnesses described a “massive explosion” near Trump Tower in Las Vegas, with one person reporting a series of loud “boom, boom, boom” sounds that rattled the surrounding area.
Local footage shows police and firefighters rushing to the scene by the 64-story luxury building, renowned for its “stunning views” of the Strip.
In a statement posted to X, Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote: “The whole Tesla senior team is investigating this matter right now. Will post more information as soon as we learn anything. We’ve never seen anything like this.”
The FBI Las Vegas also said in a statement to NBC News that it “has personnel on scene to offer assistance to our local partners, who handled the initial response.”
In a statement from the Trump Organization, which was also shared by President-elect Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump on X, the organization acknowledged that “a reported electric vehicle fire occurred in the porte cochère of Trump Las Vegas.”
We haven’t yet found a video of the vehicle catching fire in the first place, but several others on X say they witnessed an “explosion” and captured videos of the rising smoke. Alcides Antunes, whose image tops this story, says the car first caught fire, then there were three big pops that might have been batteries exploding. Max Radford claimed there were multiple explosions; Stephen Felando claimed the windows shook violently on the 53rd floor of the building.