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A Cybertruck ‘blew up’ outside Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas
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It’s still not clear what caused the fire
It’s a Cybertruck.
From another article…
While some early Tesla models, including the Model S, were prone to spontaneously catch fire if they suffered underbody damage, it’s unlikely the Cybertruck, which has been recalled seven times since it went on sale in November 2023, was released with a similar flaw.
Nah, no chance a cybertruck would have the same flaw. No chance at all, am I right?
Having multiple models share the same defect is just being efficient!
Especially since musk does it’s own safety testing right?
Well, it’s certainly a different beast. Being a pickup, the chassis is higher off the ground than other teslas. The problem with other teslas was insufficient armor on the underbody, so road debris could puncture through the vehicle and damage batteries. On a pickup there’s both more room for (essentially) an armor plate and any debris would have to punch much higher up.
All and all, these kinds of battery fires should be much less likely to occur on a truck than on a sedan.
Edit: Upon actually watching that press conference from the sheriff and fire marshall, it seems clear to me from the language they’re using, that they’re treating this explosion as likely an intentional act. And I have to say, there’s a lot of damning evidence in that truck bed.
The battery pack also has a substantial amount of room between the bottom and the cells. It was so much, that at first people thought that was room for the double stack battery they had originally planned, but it turned out to not be enough space, and is just there to vent gas if cells catch on fire, and more room before a puncture during offroading can reach a cell.
Probably even MORE likely, since these trucks are way less safety regulated than normal cars.
Well, that is funny.
However the battery didn’t explode, the truck bed was full of gasoline cans and fireworks.
And the steel body of the truck bed actually did a great job of containing the explosion, focusing it mostly upward. The sheriff points out that the windows in the all glass front of that hotel weren’t even shattered because the blast was so well contained by the truck.
Yeah, teslas are quite good at keeping things inside during emergency situations.
Like people.
Zing?
Well that sounds like an odd propaganda moment then…
I think in some languages it translates to “matchstick kindling.”
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Is this an omen for the new year or just a fitting metaphor for it?
The next four years, really.
Minimum 4 years
I mean, he is 78 years old, apparently never exercises, and eats McDonald’s on a regular basis…
With access to the best God damned Healthcare money can buy
He was almost defeated by a glass of water and a slight incline the last time he was president and his brain is pretty clearly Swiss cheese.
Good healthcare has its limits.
Even the best health care is only as good as the patient’s willingness to listen to an expert. Unless there’s some poor intern being tasked with wrapping Donvict’s meds in cheese so he’ll swallow them, that might not matter.
The people pulling the strings would probably have that happen tbh lol.
Only time might tell
Wait, your telling me this was on purpose? I just thought the cyberjunk was so shit, someone visiting the building just HAPPENED to blow up
There are reports of a firework mortar and gas canister in the back. Looks very intentional and showy from the video. Stupid way to end one’s life, but that was part of it I think as well.
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A cybertruck in it’s natural habitat
Performing its natural mating display.
Looks a lot like a trunk load of fireworks exploded.
Good video on the Guardian’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9_zvpamUk
Video on the YT channel of The Times. Don’t know who is talking but they killed me: https://youtu.be/JrDnramp8i8?t=34
CNN saying there were also gas tanks and camping fuel
Says a lot that like nobody knew what to make of it until the propane tanks were found.
Its still unclear if the driver intended for it to explode or if somebody tossed a bunch of flammables in the back and the truck lit it.
Thinking this through, they probably filled the car with gas until they couldn’t breathe and then hit the firework mortar to set it all off. Also gives them a higher chance of ending it all then, as opposed to the “oops, all fire!” version, which would have been a lingering way to go.
Heh. Nobody is as mad as a betrayed zealot
The irony in the headline alone is enough sustenance to carry me through the lean months ahead.
I don’t think we will be experiencing an irony drought.
Don’t care. Sounds like a problem for fascists.
So lets see, a recall every few months, do not allow them to ever get them wet, dont drive them offroad, you’re not allowed to sell them, and never use them to haul fireworks.
Don’t feed them after midnight?
do not drive them through the mud or tow anything over a non-flat surface
Canyonerooo-oooh yah!
Canyonerooo
It must be a metaphor of Trump/Musk presidency 🤣🤣🤣
Praise the cameraman.
Staying at the Trump Tower? Let’s not give them much praise.
Sounds like it’s full of fireworks.
Real Trumpster fire.
Just found this
Another article said it was full of firework like mortars. No real details past that ATM I don’t think.
IntentionalRennaissance.
That entrance doesn’t even look 2nd rate, it looks more like a 3rd rate hotel.
I thought Trump liked things to look expensive, but this looks like it’s built with the cheapest of the cheapest standard parts available.
