Tesla Roadster thruster demo draws skepticism over 'flying car' claims

Replace 'Knight Rider 2025' with 'Tesla Roadster' and we're good.

While everybody’s talking about the flying car, the clock is ticking on the treason.

so the details are out on the "new" "tesla" "roadster", which reminder is a replacement for a different tesla roadster which has been vaporware for 9 years, and surprise surprise they're not even pretending they're going to sell this thing. the rocket car version is "by invitation only"

This is inane: WaPo Editorial Board knows the rockets in Musk's ejaculating speedster are useless but says so was the laser when it was invented. The banality of billionaires. Another reason to be excited about Elon Musk’s flying car www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The wildest thing about Musk's flying car is how he helped Putin murder Ukrainian civilians by messing with their Starlink

You don't need Musk's new Roadster to flip a Tesla, just take your model out into traffic, activate "self driving", and wait

Suddenly my opinion of the Roadster has flipped, much like the car itself. I now fully endorse every Tesla customer buying one of these things, and driving it off a cliff. 😆

I had a dream about the tesla flying upside down car but in my dream it was a convertible and the moment it went up the ramp the billionaires fell out and then because nobody was there to set off the rocket brake things the car just fell on them. Then I woke up and had a nice breakfast. 😎

You think we have a stupid people problem now? think about how many idiots are going to try and purchase the Tesla roadster. Which they wont be able to use. NOW THATS SOME KIND OF STUPID

The Small Sports Car SC01 costs one sixth as much as the rocket-free version of the ugly Tesla firetrap, and is being produced right now Of course, we can't get it here, because it's Chinese.

the roadster could genuinely be a lifesaver in situations like these –ignoring stoplight –missed exit on freeway –field sobriety test –spacex debris –tesla debris –tunnel debris –twitter ratio –offroading accident –line at drive thru –protected bike lane –boat mode failure –process server

The "flying" part of "flying car" is actually relatively trivial. There are lots of ways to make a small vehicle fly. The tricky bit is "car", meaning "safe for widespread adoption in crowded shared space with relatively little instruction". This is a standard that ground cars only barely meet.

Just two possible ways that roadster could make shit worse if all the bullshit about it was true. Here’s the good news: this Tesla roadster will never come out. You know how I know? The *last* roadster Tesla announced was never released, despite taking preorders and promising it was on the way.

I was curious about this Tesla Roadster Copperfield-esque show, so just leaving this here... There were 2 cars, 1 stunt car and 1 show car (interiors shots) ? The stunt car was some sort of shell with the extra tank on the passenger side ? Questions....

Tesla hasn’t even perfected the driving car yet, so no, I’m not falling for flying cars.