Cybertrucks Are Rare in Colorado, but One Rented Here Turned Up in January 1 Las Vegas Explosion

It's rare to see a Cybertruck in Colorado...but one rented in the state recently showed up in Las Vegas, to deadly consequences.

A Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas early on Wednesday, January 1. Seven people were injured in the explosion, and the driver was found dead inside the vehicle from a gunshot wound. The driver was identified as an active member of the military based in Colorado Springs, who rented the Cybertruck through Turo in Colorado before driving it to Las Vegas.

The rented vehicle is one of relatively few in the state. As Westword reported earlier, Tesla's electric pickup truck has developed a divisive reputation since it hit the scene one year ago, from safety and software issues leading to five separate recalls issued for the vehicles to viral trunk finger-crushing incidents and aesthetic complaints about the bizarre futuristic design.

There are 413 Cybertrucks currently registered across Colorado, according to the Division of Motor Vehicles.

Only nine of Colorado's 64 counties have more than ten Cybertrucks registered. Over two dozen others have ten or fewer: Alamosa, Broomfield, Chaffee, Clear Creek, Delta, Eagle, Elbert, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Huerfano, La Plata, Lake, Lincoln, Mesa, Park, Pitkin, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Routt, San Miguel, Summit and Teller.

In November, Westword ranked the state's counties by number of Cybertrucks based on DMV data from October 31, including analyses of each county's total vehicles registered from the latest annual report by the Colorado Department of Revenue.

Here is where Coloradans are most likely to encounter the 7,000-pound stainless-steel boxes on wheels:

9. Weld County

Cybertrucks: 21
Total registered vehicles: 440,338
Percentage of Cybertrucks: 0.0048 percent
Roughly one in every 21,000 vehicles registered in Weld County is a Cybertruck. That's the ninth most Cybertrucks by number and the eighth most by percentage.

8. Larimer County

Cybertrucks: 24
Total registered vehicles: 399,674
Percentage of Cybertrucks: 0.006 percent
Roughly one in every 16,500 vehicles registered in Larimer County is a Cybertruck. That's the eighth most Cybertrucks by number and the fifth most by percentage.

7. Denver County

Cybertrucks: 28
Total registered vehicles: 609,894
Percentage of Cybertrucks: 0.0046 percent
Roughly one in every 22,000 vehicles registered in Denver County is a Cybertruck. That's the seventh most Cybertrucks by number and the ninth most by percentage.

6. Adams County

Cybertrucks: 33
Total registered vehicles: 580,166
Percentage of Cybertrucks: 0.0057 percent
Roughly one in every 17,500 vehicles registered in Adams County is a Cybertruck. That's the sixth most Cybertrucks by number and the sixth most by percentage.

5. Boulder County

Cybertrucks: 34
Total registered vehicles: 305,534
Percentage of Cybertrucks: 0.0111 percent
Roughly one in every 9,000 vehicles registered in Boulder County is a Cybertruck. That's the fifth most Cybertrucks by number and the second most by percentage.

4. El Paso County

Cybertrucks: 42
Total registered vehicles: 754,550
Percentage of Cybertrucks: 0.0056 percent
Roughly one in every 18,000 vehicles registered in El Paso County is a Cybertruck. That's the fourth most Cybertrucks by number and the seventh most by percentage.

3. Douglas County

Cybertrucks: 49
Total registered vehicles: 419,835
Percentage of Cybertrucks: 0.0117 percent
Roughly one in every 8,500 vehicles registered in Douglas County is a Cybertruck. That's the third most Cybertrucks by number and the first most by percentage.

2. Arapahoe County

Cybertrucks: 55
Total registered vehicles: 586,430
Percentage of Cybertrucks: 0.0094 percent
Roughly one in every 10,500 vehicles registered in Arapahoe County is a Cybertruck. That's the second most Cybertrucks by number and the fourth most by percentage.

1. Jefferson County

Cybertrucks: 58
Total registered vehicles: 591,809
Percentage of Cybertrucks: 0.0098 percent
Roughly one in every 10,000 vehicles registered in Jefferson County are Cybertrucks. That's the first most Cybertrucks by number and the third most by percentage.

This November 2024 story was updated on January 2 to reflect the recent incident in Las Vegas.