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– The Cybertruck explosion took place in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, United States, Wednesday January 1.
Nearly three tons, 5.69 m long, 2.40 m wide… Tesla’s Cybertruck is a behemoth. Mentioned for years by Elon Musk, it has been on sale since the end of 2023 in the United States for the modest sum of $79,990. But one of them exploded, Wednesday January 1st, in front of the Trump Hotel from Las Vegas, in Nevada, in the west of the country, relays Le Monde.
One person died inside the vehicle, according to the city sheriff. Seven people suffer minor injuries. As a precautionary measure, the hotel was evacuated. In images posted on social networks, a gray Cybertruck electric vehicle, parked in front of the hotel entrance, explodes in a huge cloud of smoke. “We now have confirmation that the explosion was caused by large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the back of the rented Cybertruck and that it was not linked to the vehicle itself”said Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla. The rear of the vehicle contained cans of gasoline et large fireworks mortars. An investigation has been opened to determine the cause of this explosion.
Will Tesla succeed in selling its Cybertruck to French motorists?
No Cybertruck in Europe
This pick-up, Tesla’s latest, was unveiled in November 2019 but its first deliveries were slow, occurring only from December 1, 2023. The objective of Elon Musk, boss of Tesla, is to achieve an annual production rate of “a quarter of a million”, «courant 2025». The Cybertruck is not allowed to drive on the roads in Europe at the moment. Many professionals in the automotive sector even believe that its approval is unlikely on the Old Continent due to its particular dimensions, its unusual weight or even safety problems for pedestrians or cyclists in the event of an impact, for example.
