# Tesla Cybertruck

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 23, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866 "2019-11-23T10:32:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1458 "2025-01-02T01:31:16Z")

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FYI we now have a breaking news thread for this CT explosion / fire in Vegas:

> [@Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel in vegas, one dead \[2025-01-01\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertruck-explodes-outside-trump-hotel-in-vegas-one-dead-2025-01-01/1012464):
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> 1 Dead After a Cybertruck Explodes Outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Gift link [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/car-fire-trump-hotel-las-vegas.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.l04.lEUo.kRRdcFok2lwE](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/car-fire-trump-hotel-las-vegas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l04.lEUo.kRRdcFok2lwE) Not a lot of info, yet. It looks like the driver is the only person who died. It may have been explosives in the truck, not the truck itself, that set it off.

Might be better to take further discussion of this event there.

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