5 things to know about Elon Musk’s new flying car Tesla Roadster
Elon Musk’s Tesla has unveiled its redesigned Roadster, an electric sports car featuring rocket-inspired technology that allows it to perform brief aerial manoeuvres. The post 5 things to know about Elon Musk’s new…
Tesla's original Roadster, first teased in 2017, has long been promoted by Elon Musk as a showcase for the company's most ambitious engineering ideas, with repeated delays pushing its production timeline back several times over the years. The latest version unveiled adds SpaceX-inspired rocket thruster technology that Musk says can briefly lift the car off the ground, blending Tesla's electric vehicle ambitions with ideas drawn from Musk's rocket company.
Coverage across outlets agrees on the core details: the redesigned Roadster uses rocket-inspired thrusters for short aerial manoeuvres, and Musk has floated a future production target. However, reports note that technical experts remain sceptical about the feasibility and safety of such thruster-assisted flight in a consumer vehicle, and key specifics—regulatory approval, pricing, battery range, and whether the feature will survive to actual production—have not been detailed. As with previous Tesla unveilings, the gap between demonstration and delivery has historically been wide, making the stated production date one of the more contested points in the story.