Turo, which investigators say was used to acquire the vehicles involved in the attack in New Orleans and explosion in Las Vegas, was emerging as an alternative car-rental service.

Both the Ford truck that plowed through crowds and the Tesla Cybertruck that blew up outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas were rented through Turo.

The car rental app Turo is working to understand how two of its vehicles were used in the deadly New Orleans attack and Cybertruck bombing in Las Vegas. The Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside of President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel and the electric truck used in the New Orleans attack were both rented via Turo.

Turo, an alternative to traditional car-rental companies, has found itself in an uncomfortable spotlight for its connection to a suspected terrorist attack in New Orleans and a car explosion in Las Vegas.

The suspects at the center of the New Year’s terror attack in New Orleans, and another in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, both got their vehicles through an app-based car rental service called Turo.