Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned he’d consider suing media outlets over their coverage of the Cybertruck explosion that took place Wednesday outside of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas.
Musk “should consider suing outlets who framed the story like this,” conservative activist Robby Starbuck posted on X, along with a screenshot of a Business Insider article detailing the incident. “These headlines are sabotaging @Tesla’s brand by making people think it caught on fire. There’s about 1 Tesla fire for every 130 million miles traveled. Other cars have 1 every 18 million miles.”
“Maybe it is time to do so,” Musk wrote in response.
The Wednesday morning explosion killed the suspect inside the futuristic-looking Cybertruck, identified as an Army special operations soldier, and wounded seven bystanders. Law enforcement officials found a collection of fireworks, mortars and gas canisters in the trunk of the vehicle.
