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It's already well known that the Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas was loaded with fireworks and cans of camp fuel. Whether it was "terrorism" or not is still an open question (and it's such a wildly overused term these days that it'll likely be a useless answer) but I think blaming it on the battery is likely jumping to a poor conclusion.
I say we're not jumping to conclusions enough!
Maybe it was a false flag attack, one planned and executed by Musk himself! He contacts one of his most ardent fanboys on X. He tells him that he's arranging a get together for some of his greatest fans in Las Vegas. He says to load your cybertruck up with as many fireworks and gas cans as you can. From there everyone will drive out to the desert, hold a huge bonfire, and set off fireworks. And they will all meet up at the front door of Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. Musk waits til the mark does this. Once the car's GPS indicates it is in position, Musk simply activates the secret remote self destruct he's built into every cybertruck. It turns out, every one of those is a bomb that Musk can set off at any time through a simple web interface. He just clicks a button, an overload is triggered in the batteries, and the whole thing goes up in flames. The fireworks and gasoline just serve to multiply the blast, provide an explanation for the explosion, and to kill the only witness to Musk's plot.
It turns out he wasn't a terrorist! He was an innocent fool who thought Musk invited to a party. Musk is basically Lex Luthor at this point. Would you really put something like this past him? It's not like he hasn't integrated secret features into cars before. Why not a remote self destruct that can only be activated at the sole discretion of Musk himself?
</tinfoil hat>
To be fair, a bad battery would light all those fireworks and camp fuel.
I think it was deliberate, too, but Trump needs those sweet points with his base for doing something about it and musk wants to limit EV competition so he'll delay
Right, and people who hate Trump also need those sweet points with their base and so they'll accuse Trump of delaying even though Trump isn't president yet. And won't be in charge of everyone investigating this even when he is, Nevada's senate and house are both Democrat-controlled and I'm sure there's some state-level investigation going on here.
It's going to be a long four years, let's try not to make literally everything a pro-Trump or anti-Trump talking point. There are actual facts that can be talked about instead.
Elon will be the one stalling in my theory, not Trump. He doesn't like being investigated very much