The police also said that the explosion could have been worse if not for the Tesla Cybertruck's design. According to Kevin McMahill, sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the stainless-steel-bodied Cybertruck contained much of the explosion, with much of the impact directed upward.

The Tesla Cybertruck explosion and fire at the entrance of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday morning is being investigated as a possible terrorist act, according to a law enforcement official who has been briefed on the investigation.

A Tesla Cybertruck pulled up to the glass entrance doors of Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year's Day, began emitting smoke and then exploded, according to authorities.