Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Fix Cybertruck That Was Blown Up In Las Vegas
The Tesla Cybertruck carrying a bed full of fireworks and fuel that blew up in front of a Trump hotel in Las Vegas on New Years Day will be repaired, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said.
“The battery pack never even caught fire and the tires are still inflated! Once we get this Cybertruck back to Tesla, we’ll buff out the scratches and get it back on the road,” Musk posted on X.
Responding to a reply that said he was “clearly joking” Musk wrote, “no, I mean it.”
Fireworks inside of the rented vehicle were apparently detonated by a man identified by authorities as Matthew Alan Livelsberger, who was found dead with a gunshot wound in the front seat. An investigation into the incident is ongoing and his motive remain unknown.
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The visibly intact stainless steel body was latched onto by Musk and Tesla fans as proof of the vehicle’s strength.
It is not yet known how potent the explosives were and how another vehicle would have performed in the same situation. Nevertheless, Musk is taking the opportunity to promote the vehicle.
Tesla recently lowered the lease prices for the Cybertruck and certain trims became eligible for the $7,500 federal electric vehicle purchase tax credit in 2025.
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Tesla has not released a final sales figure for the specific model, but the bundle of Cybertruck, Model S and Model X that it reports was 85,133, with the Cybertruck possibly accounting for roughly half that figure.
This isn’t the first inoperable vehicle Musk has promised to get on the road. In 2013 he paid nearly $1 million to buy a Lotus Esprit-bodied submarine used in the film “The Spy Who Loved Me” that he said he would use Tesla technology to make it transformable into a road car, as it was depicted on screen. The car hasn’t been seen since.
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