#cybertruck explosion

[that-railfan]

And there each time at the scene of the crime? The Red Caboose!

[epicallyepicepilogue]

RE: Cyberdumpster explosion

My anti-conspiracy theory on this... MAGA Muskbro shows up at MAGA Mecca/Trump Intl. Hotel in his rented Cyberdumpster loaded with fireworks for a long weekend of letting off fireworks, sexually assaulting hotel cocktail servers, and killing small animals out in the Nevada desert with his other Muskbro buddies.

But because Te$la's are exploding pieces of shit, it did what it's naturally supposed to do, blow up, and the fireworks and camp fuel within just made it worse.

This wasn't a terrorist act. Terrorists make bombs that take out whole buildings and embassies, not scorch valet parking bays. Their bombs are designed to kills scores of people, not just themselves.

Actual acts of explosive terrorism:

Lesson learned here, kiddies; do not buy Te$la Cybertrash.

[uboat53]

You know, there are times when Elon Musk's ignorance of a topic slides by because I don't know enough about the topic to contradict him, but there are definitely times when he says something so obviously stupid that it smacks me in the face.

On Twitter in the last day or so, he said the following: “Cybertruck is the worst possible choice for a car bomb, as its stainless steel armor will contain the blast better than any other commercial vehicle."

As an engineer, I've got to say, that's a wild claim. Let's pick it apart, shall we?

First of all, if you watched the video, what it did in this case was not containing the blast, it directed it. In other words, it was probably less dangerous to people walking along the sides of the vehicle, but it was probably way more dangerous to people behind the vehicle where the plating is much thinner and the explosion actually came out. Fortunately there was no one behind this particular vehicle when it exploded in Las Vegas but normally when you're just using a car there's other cars behind you or there's people in the parking lot or something. Now, we still don't know the cause of this particular explosion, but it's still possible that it was a design flaw that other cybertrucks would also have. I can tell you that I definitely feel a lot less safe driving behind a cybertruck than I did yesterday.

Secondly, when you talk about how the plating contains the explosion… think for a second about where it's being contained. We've already see how the "indestructible" nature of the cybertruck makes it a death trap when a shipping CEO's cybertruck became submerged in a pond and she drowned because no one could break her car open. The same thing is true here, you're "containing" the explosion to a place where the owners of the car are. In other words, your customers. You're containing an explosion where it will kill your customers. Again, we don't know whether this is a fault in the cybertruck itself, but Musk is now advertising that, if it is (and even if it isn't), it will definitely kill the people inside it! That does not make me want to get in one.

Thirdly, even if it was fully containing the blast, containing a blast isn't necessarily a good thing. Look, if you can prevent a blast from spreading out and injuring people, that's great, but if you can't… Every material eventually reaches it's breaking point and the more pressure builds up before that breaking point is reached, the more dangerous the resulting explosion will likely be. The same force of explosion released inside a sphere of plywood or inside of a stainless steel pressure cooker will cause very different amounts of damage if it's enough to shatter the stronger one. In the case of the plywood, you'll have the concussive effects of the blast, any incendiary effects, and you'll have plywood shrapnel being thrown out at high velocity, but in the case of the pressure cooker both the concussive and shrapnel effects will be even greater because the pressure built up even higher before being released. He's basically saying it's less deadly for light blasts and more deadly for heavy blasts.

So yeah, I've got enough education to know that Musk's reassurance/boasting isn't as reassuring as he seems to think it is. As always, he knows enough to sound knowledgeable to people who don't actually study what he's talking about, but as soon as he talks about something you do know about it becomes clear that he's not as smart as he likes to think he is.

[freshthoughts2020]

[i-bet-the-max-limit-is-32-symbol]

elon musk: "NOOOOOOOOOO pleaseeee don't blow up my cars!!!!!!!"

meanwhile the average tesla's death animation:

[ataraxiaaaaaaaa]

[00venator]

Lovely start to the year everyone.

[andrewberry]

Twenty-Twenty Five

[eldritchdropout]

I saw the og photo and was immediately possessed with inspiration

[bestfriend4u]

On Wednesday morning, Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old U.S. Army veteran from Colorado Springs, was identified by Colorado media as the individual who detonated a Tesla Cybertruck outside Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel. The explosion occurred at 8:40 a.m., resulting in Livelsberger’s death and minor injuries to one other person. Authorities are investigating the incident as a possible terrorist attack but have yet to confirm the suspect's identity or provide details about the injured.

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[ayshaley]

Trucks in New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Explosion Were Rented Using the Same App

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[actualrealnews]

elmo is claiming it was a terroist w/ a bomb or fireworks in the trunk. not that his opinions matter, unless, of course, he was in on it.

From the BBC:

The fire occurred around 0840 PT (1540 GMT), just hours after 15 people were killed when a man drove a truck into a crowd in New Orleans, Louisiana, on New Year's Day. Police have yet to confirm the if the Las Vegas incident was caused by a bomb or fireworks, but two sources with knowledge of the investigation told the BBC's US partner CBS News that investigators were working to determine whether fireworks were responsible.

[bearsbadblog]

I honestly thought tumblr was immune to the twitter curse of posts saying "look at this bad thing happening that confirms my worldview" with a video carefully edited to show all the fireworks and none of the carnage, but it looks like we're all equally susceptible to shocking engagement bait as long as the video only shows harm being done to those we deem worthy of it.

Hey y'all. If you are spreading the video of that Cybertruck exploding, please consider that you are spreading what is essentially a snuff video. Current reports (as of 11:07 PM PT 1/2/2025) seem to indicate that the driver shot himself shortly before the explosives he rigged went off.

So maybe don't do that, friends. Thanks.

[whydidisavethistomyphone]