2 Jan 2025, 10:06 AM IST The remains of a Tesla Cybertruck that burned at the entrance of Trump Tower, are inspected in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 1, 2025.(REUTERS) Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk said the Tesla Cybertruck explosion was caused by fireworks or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck, not by the vehicle itself. "We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself," Musk wrote on X. "All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion," he said. In another post on X, Tesla said, “The whole Tesla senior team is investigating this matter right now...We’ve never seen anything like this.” Also Read | New Orleans’ mayor accused her of stalking. Now she’s filed a $1 million defamation suit The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabba, crashed the vehicle, then opened fire and died in a shootout with police, who said he had driven with the aim of killing as many people as possible. As many as 15 people were killed in the New Orleans attack. "Appears likely to be an act of terrorism. Both this Cybertruck and the F-150 suicide bomb in New Orleans were rented from Turo. Perhaps they are linked in some way," Musk wrote on X. According to the New York Times, the car rental company Turo confirmed in an emailed statement that the truck used in the New Orleans attack and the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas were rented through its service. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden said authorities are tracking the explosion of a cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas and investigating a possible link with the New Orleans incident.