It’s still not clear what caused the fire
It's a Cybertruck.
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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?
It has a whole new set of flaws that result in the same outcome.
Saw one in daylight for the first time yesterday. They're so big they don't fit in Costco's ridiculously oversized parking stalls.
Yet their bed is so small it doesn't fit an average Costco shopping haul.
Having multiple models share the same defect is just being efficient!
Especially since musk does it's own safety testing right?
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.
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.
Whoever is in charge of writing this simulation is just getting lazy.
They are really heavy-handed on the symbolism in the new season. And right in the first episode? Bold.
He hasn't even been inaugurated yet. We're still in the last season recap.
It does feel increasingly like we arent living in any sort of actual reality anymore. Maybe our universe really IS just a simulation. If so, the entities who made it should be ashamed of themselves. This is pathetic.
The weirdest thing about a cybertruck bomb is that the world has become so shit that it's not even interesting. Like, I just cannot care because every day something insane happens.
That's the real fucking signal IMO.
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
The vehicle's battery was not damaged and did not catch fire.
The cargo area was full of fuel and explosives - in the form of firework mortars.
Explosives and fuel make a good fireball and fire. Fireworks being a 2 stage explosive (launch and pretty explosion), they may have expected the initial bang to disburse the fuel and the second to detonate it as a fuel/air explosive which would be very damaging, enough to take down the building.
Obviously were that their goal they did not sufficiently test. The vehicle contained the initial explosion and all they got was a fire
And the blast and fire exited through the passenger cabin, killing the driver. I hope it wasn't a valet.
I wonder if it was triggered accidentally early or badly set up and detonated on its own or remotely triggered too early.
I bet they thought they'd light up the battery. Poor quality bombers
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.
It's like the opposite of early-2000s games, where the car models had an ever-growing poly count but the fire was still an animated 2d sprite.
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
The glass doors right next to the vehicle look intact in the image, so I can't imagine that the explosion was very large.
I don't think it actually "exploded", just caught fire. So you know, standard behavior for a Tesla.
There’s a video out now. It definitely exploded, but from my amateur digital forensics it looks like it was the result of a trunk full of fireworks instead of the car itself. I could be wrong.
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.
It must be a metaphor of Trump/Musk presidency 🤣🤣🤣
Heh. Nobody is as mad as a betrayed zealot
I'm making that image in the article the "hero" banner image in my Steam library for Cyberpunk 2077. It's just too damn perfect.
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.
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.