Vegas Cybertruck Battery DID NOT Blow Up.

[@Gustavo-d7l]

Thank you for fighting misinformation

[@mmaestas87]

We need stop calling these "news" anchors journalists. They no longer actually practice journalism.

[@LCCB]

As soon as I heard "explosion" I knew it wasn't battery related. Even now though, news companies still title their articles as if the vehicle exploded, not the makeshift "device" in the back.

[@psylinx]

Thank you for setting the record straight. George Davis

[@jmd1218]

You are 100% correct. I called this out myself to a friend. THE CYBERTRUCK BATTERY DID NOT EXPLODE.

[@johntrotter8678]

I don't know if another truck would not have also pushed the explosion upwards from a tonneau-coverd bed. That said, thanks for the whole battery fire discussion. The message is ,in fact, getting through.

[@njbellamamita]

Thank you so much! The media is killing us! People need to read and listen. 🎉🎉🎉 the truck looked amazing. If it was any other car it would be toast!!! I’m impressed! Great job Tesla! They protected a lot of people.

[@DeryckBascom]

Thank you for making this clear. As a MS plaid owner I was peppered with this yesterday and I said wait for the facts. Now they all have to suck salt. It has been exhausting as I am sure you are aware.

[@K1LL3RRaT]

Thank you for making this video, man. I was getting so sick of people saying this was from the battery. I knew as soon as I seen the explosion electric vehicles do not blow up like that. I told my wife there was something else and when we got more facts I was hoping some of these people would retract their statements, but unfortunately I have yet to see it.

[@mohammadkamran5862]

lol. My wife showed me the video too. And instantly I said that’s not the battery. I said batteries don’t explode they burn. Plus the explosion came from the bed, and the battery lies at the underneath the truck between the front and back wheels. lol

[@commuterbranchline8132]

A blind man on a passing galloping horse could see that the Cybertruck battery did not explode. It was the contents of the bed that clearly exploded.

[@metatron3942]

People don’t want the truth they want their own narrative validated.

[@ien2023]

Cybertruck saved lives!

[@Dularr]

Wild point. The New Orleans murder was driving thr Ford F-150 Lightning.

[@rylans.5365]

We’ve reached the future terrorists are now using EVs!

[@AlexKroust]

Suicidal criminals love EVs

[@shanedw2]

Love it. But also a little naive to think he was trying to make a point about ev fires…. It was about being mad at orange man and musk… the media made it about batteries

[@olivergroves2007]

Crazy how legacy media reported this event! Thank goodness for X and Elon!

[@jamespaul2587]

Thank you, Drew. I heard that the driver was active in the military, and he shot himself in the head before the explosion was set.

[@melonmelon2848]

Honest, i saw the news and how the fire is shown in picture, I was like meh arson or other fire incident unrelated to the battery, seen enough FUDs in my life being part of my local EV community, it seems obvious The next thing I came back to, a full campaign of anti-Tesla / anti-EV / anti-Musk invaded my local SocMed group, it was ugly when people got intentionally misled / misinformed/ misdirected I lost faith with humanity again, today

[@ryanfraley7113]

There are cases where the CT battery has caught fire, like in Georgia at a Tesla dealership. That fire was more of a slow burn. The Vegas incident was terrorism, not a battery fire.

[@kurt16950]

Most discerning people view mainstreet media with tons of skepticism.

[@lsh3rd]

It's a hell of a hill to literally die on!

[@darinl848]

EV haters love to lie

[@mikaxms]

Thanks for the Facts.

[@obeidkaifo3169]

I appreciate the video brother ✌🏼 Thanks!

[@benjaminnead8557]

Thanks, Drew. I'm sharing this video on Bluesky. I'm no big fan of Elon (might have been a decade or so agao) and I've always thought that the Cybertruck is too stupidly large, heavy and expensive to advance EV adoption meaningfully, especially for crowded city streets. But there is still a lot of FUD about EV battery fires in general. This was a petroleum explosion, not a lithium battery one. The overkill bed floor on the Cybertruck actually kept things from getting worse in this bizarre terrorist event.

[@Thelastairbendy]

no mention of the F150 LIGHTNING from NOLA just man with truck mows people down

[@craigarnold1212]

The firemen used a special fire blanket designed to snuff out an EV fire. Which then helped put out whatever was still burning inside since it wasn't a battery fire. Just some amatuer pyrotechnician that blew himself up. Looked like the plastics melted in places. Like the tops of the side rails either blew off or melted? I am most impressed by the SMC-CF truck bed; see a little bent up area by the top of the storage top lid. Which helped contain the blast. I think it is a very overlooked feature. It fared much better than the tonneau, but it is just aluminum. Even the tailgate liner looks pretty good. I hope Tesla gets to take a look at it after the FBI gathers more data. Maybe offer a little off a new one for the owner? I think the best way to look at it is that if it had been any other pickup truck in America, other, innocent people could have died.

[@HansMilling]

Look at the building, all windows are intact. The Cybertruck was so strong it kept the explosion from going sideways and shattered the windows.

[@TroySavary]

Any truck woujd have stopped a few fireworks. All the force was released through the tonneau cover, and the majority of them exploded in the air anyway.

[@nunosapunso6239]

It’s already been confirmed the person who rented the Cybertruck killed himself.

[@bwmanarific]

Mightve been an accident? Just got all this dangerous shit cause he wanted to party and basically fucked himself over??

[@LegoGamer]

I appreciate the straightforward neutral discussion, thanks!

[@michaelsmithers4900]

Thank you

[@Zeyek1]

this gave elon free advertising

[@ndoghouse6853]

These names need to come out or they will do it again!

[@TheViewFromHome]

I tried to explain this on several of the "Cybertruck Exploded" news posts.

[@ibthmann]

Can you point me in the direction where reputable media outlets are saying the battery exploded? Within the first hour of this explosion, the reports were it’s a bomb. Was this video taped within the first 30m of the news? And there has been no manifesto recovered as I know, so how can we speculate his intent?

[@florianschneider3982]

Every headline claims the cybertruck exploded.

[@ibthmann]

@ ok. But where are the headlines pointing to the battery being at fault? The truck exploded because there was a bomb in the bed. To say the bomb exploded instead of the truck is semantics. You put a bomb in a car, it explodes.

[@MichaelMillerJ]

I do not think that was the motive. I think he thought it would blow up the entrance to the trump hotel.

[@florianschneider3982]

Then he wouldn't have taken a cybertruck. The goal was to get trump supporters who are skeptical of EVs to turn away from Elon.

[@TroySavary]

He was a Green Beret. He would have some familiarity with explosives. I doubt he expected a few fireworks to do significant damage. Looks like he just wanted to off himself very publicly.

[@VadersFirst]

1:13 another detail with EV batteries is that Tesla specifically has been “involved” in a VERY LIMITED number of fires, 0 of which have been directly linked to the vehicle being the cause of the fire, rather simply being present in the fire.

[@TroySavary]

Obviously you have zero clue what you are talking about. Tesla cars have been in over 200 fires. There have been 2 fatal Cybertruck fires already and multiple fatal fires in other Tesla cars. The fact the electric door releases stop working once the battery goes has trapped people in burning Tesla cars when they would have lived otherwise.

[@MarkLauzonTheStoneGuy]

I’m not so sure your right on the motive. This guy is a spec ops operator type. He’s smart. Understands tech and explosives. Specializes in drones. Doesn’t click for me. There is something we don’t understand yet. The fud was awe inspiring.

[@battery_wattage]

When I first saw the explosion I knew it wasn’t battery related. You don’t ever get a rapid combustion like that with lithium batteries.

[@MrJturner74]

Ok, so literally no one is saying battery fire about the Tesla. In fact it's kinda impressive that it didn't ignite. Give it a couple of months and this will be turned into a Tesla advert.

[@adamrak7560]

The first KZbin video I have seen about this, very confidently stated that it is very likely have been a battery fire, and a battery explosion. Their subsequent video a few hours later reiterated it. Their main evidence for the battery fire was that Tesla reported that the battery was okay according to their telemetry.

[@MrJturner74]

@@adamrak7560 The main evidence that it wasn't a battery fire was it wasn't still burning.

[@TroySavary]

There was a Cybertruck battery fire at a Tesla store elsewhere the same day. Why are no Tesla Stans covering that one?

[@ScrappyDoodad]

"I don't care what 'that' truth is", "I like the alternative truth", "The EV Battery Exploded", "EVs are Bas"

[@SsavageCamaro]

I honestly thought these guys bought a bunch of fireworks for a good time in the desert for New Years.

[@ElMistroFeroz]

So the guy killed himself to trigger fake news narratives? Now that’s what I call dedication.

[@ch4.hayabusa]

He was very pro Ukraine and was really upset with the new administration trying to rush a ceasefire. He was trying to galvanize support against the administration and stop the deal. He was trying to make a tianamen square moment.

[@metalbonsai]

Thank you for the video. The acoustics in that room make you sound like you are in an amphitheater 😬

[@rezyxilar4906]

LOL, RIP legacy media

[@glennalexon1530]

You think someone started a fireworks fire to make it seem that the truck had a battery fire? Literally nobody thinks the batteries are made of fireworks, and stored in the truck bed. This video is the only time I've heard the term "battery EV fire" in connection to this news story.

[@jefferylegere]

Anyone else focused on the door on the door glass?

[@zebtron]

What makes you think this was related to making it look like an issue with the battery? I've seen nothing that would back that up. My guess would be that it was a Cyber truck because of Musks involvement with the Trump administration. More as a symbol. But I don't think I have any more info than you do about the actual motives

[@gforce2002]

Agree completely. I think it was a statement about the recent incidents related to the Musk/Trump relationship and how it relates to Trump’s supporters.

[@erikmoore7402]

Maybe all the headlines that are misleading, that says the cybertruck exploded instead of saying there were explosives in the bed? It's so obvious.You have to be way out of touch, not to know.

[@K1LL3RRaT]

I feel this may be killing 2 birds with 1 stone. Symbolic of the Musk and Trump relationship and at the same time attempting to further people's hatred/fear of electric vehicles.

[@TailosiveEV]

Keeping the cover closed and renting a Tesla to burn outside a Hotel? I think it's quite a stretch to think he didn't mean to spread massive EV misinformation, or think he didn't intend for people to think the battery caught fire. I thought that was obvious

[@estevanprado2005]

Nah, look at the current context Drew, no way a person is going to pull off that much crap to spread battery misinformation ☠️

[@MOBMJ]

Also to make a note since legacy Auto can't keep their battery cost as low as Tesla, they resort to cheaper made Chinese batteries. which are not as great quality wise. there is a benefit to keeping everything in house. may not be the cheapest but, it will pay off in the long run. you get what you pay for

[@newdawnalex]

Yep that's all I've been seeing , cyber truck blows up.

[@chlistens7742]

I hate that you had to make this. I knew from the first picture i saw that it was a gas fire. Things like this will probably happen a lot because people are trying to push the narrative.

[@feandil666]

I thought it was clear from the news report

[@X862go]

Interesting 😮

[@MyGoogleYoutube]

It was pretty obvious that the battery didn't burn. The awning sprinklers and FD put it out with a quickness. That said we don't know the SOC of the battery. If it was super low there isn't much energy to release.

[@ElMistroFeroz]

Fire fuel doesn’t come from the electrons. It comes from the components.

[@MyGoogleYoutube]

@@ElMistroFeroz State of charge has a direct correlation to the intensity of the fire from a lithium battery. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnfNf6ymnsd7hZo

[@djwang06]

Ironically proving the opposite, it's practically and advertisement for the cybertruck.

[@VadersFirst]

Super obvious when you see the video that it was NOT the battery

[@MistahFluffay]

It was extremely obvious. Thing blew up like a bomb. Clearly see the fireworks too. But people just see what they want to believe.

[@402m]

The exploded Cybertruck? Russian hackers - attack! ))

[@davidgutting4317]

All I saw was the police force now has a bomb disposal unit with every Cybertruck squad car.

[@joelmarccairo5361]

👌

[@sunnypatel1606]

You know it’s bad if Drew is forced to fight EV misinformation after giving up on it (out of certain principles he has reiterated but not the point) and quickly record a vid

[@ryankelly5303]

Thank you Lord 😇🙏

[@YashAtishay]

Hey, we don’t know yet what was the motive of this person, it could be he had mental health problems (which would not shock me given he was in the military and how much trauma a lot of them get out in the field) could also be some terrorist motive. Again just trying to stick to the facts

[@YashAtishay]

Could also be the motive that you mentioned, not saying that’s not possible

[@chriswowk5972]

this was a completely foolish video. it’s obviously an intentional terror attack. I have not heard anyone accuse the cybertruck battery of exploding.

[@TailosiveEV]

Read the comments on my last video

[@patstephens5444]

We can tell you really did not want to make this video by the way you repeat that the battery didn’t explode and that the cyber truck contained the explosion about 500 times

[@turner02]

electric car is danger. battery blow up!

[@Mkxmax12]

Petrol cars also can explore. Electric cars dlo too. But very rare both cars

[@Dookie_and_Odourless]

Wow talk about misinformation. No one thought the battery blew up. They thought the battery caught fire and set the fuel and fireworks off...........because Tesla's catch on fire😂 The cybertruck is still a piece of shit death trap😂

[@florianschneider3982]

Tesla burns less often than any other car. How is it a death trap?

[@Dookie_and_Odourless]

@florianschneider3982 seriously? When you make a car as rigid as possible.....what do you think it's crash performance is going to be? And if that vehicle locks itself during a fire....which Tesla's do....does that make it safer🤣

[@mikeshafer]

EV haters are Luddites. Straight up.

[@LawtonDavis-e6t]

Your story does not make since. Also the guy was not in the truck for a fact.

[@robertkirchner7981]

"I'm just here to state the facts". 0:09 1) It was not a battery fire. So far so good. Thank you for the clarification and the other information, such as that about the detonator. 2) Immediately after establishing that fact, goes off the rails speculating about the person's motivations, based on what? "I believe their intent..." Nothing wrong with speculating, but be conscious that that's what you are doing, and don't try to pass this off as a "just facts" video when most of the verbiage is about what you "believe".

[@florianschneider3982]

How is this not a fact?

[@robertkirchner7981]

@@florianschneider3982 Read the full comment. You have to click the thing that says "read more". Pay special attention to (2).

[@florianschneider3982]

@@robertkirchner7981 I know how is (2) not a fact?

[@florianschneider3982]

@@robertkirchner7981 I know how is 2) not a fact?

[@whiteandnerdytuba]

Both trucks were electric, ban these incredibly dangerous evs

[@diraziz396]

Cool.CT is the Worst Blowup thingy.

[@TroySavary]

Yeah, but another Cybertruck did have a battery fire that same day.

[@tgriebe]

Well yeah, but Elon still sucks.

[@ianbladuell2694]

Looks like trump and Elon put on notice what’s coming their way

[@briangonigal3974]

OK, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt in that this video was probably written & filmed earlier in the day during a very fast-moving news story, but even so, you really need to step back a bit from your extreme narrow focus on EVs and realize there are other things going on in the world that an extremist suicidal nut job might be more obsessed with than any sort of pro or anti EV stance. No, we don’t know yet for sure what point the Vegas car bomb guy was trying to make, but given that he did it in front of a building with Trump’s name plastered all over it, that what Elon Musk is currently constantly in the news for is for his deep involvement with & influence on Trump which at this point seems to be making pretty much everyone, across the political spectrum, deeply uncomfortable, and that this incident is one of a pair of near simultaneous terrorist incidents sharing many commonalities, and that the other perpetrator made sure to make clear that his actions were explicitly in the name of ISIS, I think it’s pretty Goddam clear at this stage that the safety of EVs is not the issue that either of these nutjobs was driven by. And while we don’t know yet to what degree these incidents were connected, from the commentary I’ve seen apparently ISIS attracts all sorts of disturbed individuals to its recruitment web pages, where they list all sorts of tips, tricks &suggestions on how to martyr yourself in a terrorist attack, so if nothing else it seems likely these two were reading from the same “How To” manual, which apparently currently includes the suggestion to rent an EV off Turro, pack it with explosives and go out & create mayhem with it. Does this mean ISIS believes EV’s are dangerously explosive? Quite possibly, they don’t seem to have a lot of geniuses in their ranks these days, but even then they wouldn’t give a shit beyond the misapprehension that an EVs supposed volatility might be useful to them in their goal to cause death & destruction. And finally, even the media should be cut a bit of slack here for their knee-jerk assumption that the battery must have ignited. After all, if it had been a gas powered vehicle that had been packed with explosives and set off, everyone would just naturally assume in their reporting that in the process the gas tank must have ignited as well, even if somehow turned out to not be the case.

[@rolieg81]

Ya, sure it didn't...

[@deeem2628]

Are you ok, jew?

[@TyrantPapa]

@@deeem2628 what does ‘jew’ have to do with anything?

[@alexmckenna1171]

You could see the bed was undamaged, and the battery didn't burn in spite of all that heat from the oil and stuff.. Pretty safe. The good thing is that Herr Musk is now worth less money :-) So there IS some good to come from this.

[@hkmp5kpdw]

A mind is a terrible thing to waste… due to TDS.