Cybertruck Damaged In Vegas Explosion Will Get “Back On The Road,” Musk Says

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the cybertruck used in the Las Vegas explosion outside the Trump Hotel will get “back on the road.”

“The battery pack never even caught fire and the tires are still inflated!” Musk said.

“Once we get this Cybertruck back to Tesla, we’ll buff out the scratches and get it back on the road,” he added.

One X user commented that Musk was joking about getting the cybertruck back on the road.

“No, I mean it,” Musk responded.

Fox Business reports:

Musk has said that the explosion was not related to the Cybertruck, noting, “All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion.”

Speaking about the evidence in the aftermath of the explosion, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill noted “those are gasoline canisters, they are, um, camp fuel canisters, and large firework mortars.”

McMahill said most of the blast traveled “up through the truck and out,” limiting the damage to the area of the explosion. He noted that the doors of the hotel, which the truck was parked near, had not even been 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.

Authorities identified Matthew Livelsberger, an active-duty U.S. Army soldier, as the suspect in the cybertruck explosion.

Police said the suspect in the explosion sustained a gunshot wound to the head prior the detonation of the vehicle.

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Per ABC News:

Investigators had already collected significant evidence that Livelsberger was behind the wheel of the vehicle before publicly confirming their suspicions.

Officials found credit and identification cards in his name, purchase records identifying him as the owner of weapons found in the destroyed vehicle and identified tattoos similar to Livelsberger’s on the driver’s body, physical injuries to which slowed the identification process.

The Clark County Coroner ultimately identified Livelsberger — of Colorado Springs, Colorado — as the driver on Thursday. His cause of death was a self-inflicted intraoral gunshot wound.

No one else was seriously hurt, though seven bystanders sustained minor injuries, officials said.

An active-duty Army soldier, Livelsberger was found with a gun at his feet. Two firearms — one handgun and one rifle — were found in the vehicle “burnt beyond recognition,” Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said.

Both weapons were purchased legally on Monday, he added.

Livelsberger rented the Tesla vehicle on Saturday in Denver via the Turo app, before driving to Las Vegas through cities in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. His progress was tracked through Tesla charging stations, officials said.



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