- The fire occurred in the early hours of December 31 at a Tesla dealership in Georgia.
- No injuries were reported after the Tesla Cybertruck caught fire and sustained damage.
- This marks the second Cybertruck destroyed in a week following an unrelated incident.
Just a few hours before a Tesla Cybertruck carrying explosive devices was detonated in Las Vegas, another one was badly damaged elsewhere in the US. The difference is that this Cybertruck caught fire while it was sitting at a Tesla dealership lot in Decatur, Georgia.
Limited details are known about this incident, and it hasn’t received all that much coverage, as it was overshadowed by the aforementioned more high-profile and shocking blast that ripped through a Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel. Nevertheless, footage shows the rear of this example in Georgia has been extensively damaged in the inferno, and it’s unlikely the truck will be repaired.
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Local fire crews were called to the fire at around 3 a.m. on December 31. While they were able to extinguish the flames, they couldn’t do so before much of the bed was charred. Given that the Cybertruck has high-strength stainless steel panels, the sides of the bed have been charred but not totally destroyed. The same cannot be said about the plastic fender flares and the rubber tires, as they’ve simply melted.
The firefighters believe the blaze could have started in the EV’s batteries, but they are still investigating the incident, and chances are Tesla, too, will do its part to get to the bottom of the fire.
As with most other EVs on the market, the Cybetruck’s battery pack is located in the floor and sits between the front and rear axles. There’s no word on whether the truck was charging at the time of the blaze, and it’s not clear why the damage appears to be limited to the bed.