Investigators are using data from Tesla's charging network to track the movements of a Cybertruck that was used in an explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The vehicle was rented on the Turo app.
As the FBI and Las Vegas police investigate whether the detonation of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was a terrorist attack, investigators have been aided by the automaker and its vast trove of data about its cars and their drivers.
Video and data from the Tesla charging network allowed investigators to quickly track where and when the truck — rented on the Toro car sharing app — had been from the time its suspected driver rented it in Denver Saturday until it became visible on the traffic cameras and private surveillance feeds that blanket Sin City.Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill was able to confidently speak in detail about the vehicle's movements just hours after the New Year's Day explosion. 'What I can tell you is we do know the truck was rented in Colorado. We were able to trace that truck through the Tesla charging stations,' he said Wednesday.That's a huge benefit for investigators, former prosecutor John Bandler told Scripps News. 'So if we think about more old fashioned crimes with gasoline automobiles, we might look to see where someone gassed up their vehicle, because we know those cars need gasoline,' Bandler said. 'But it's harder to figure that out because you have to hope that they paid for it with a credit card or debit card, and that those records you can obtain. That's a multi step process.' 'Here with the Tesla, you know, it needs to be charged at a Tesla station,' he added. 'You go to Tesla and you ask them, 'can you tell us everything you can about this car? When was it charged? When was it driven? Where was it driven?' Because Tesla knows where their cars are,' he said
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